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Help me figure this out guys

metalfan

By metalfan
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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I have 2 big Anthurium faustomirandae. They are by now about 11-12 years old. Very well established. Biggest leaves about 24" x 30-32". Its time to make supports for them to hold them up better. One is in the ground, the other in a 35 gallon container. I know from researching that in nature they grow as semi-lithophytes on limestone. Would stacking some stone pieces around the bases be BETTER than building a coir wrapped totem for them? The one in the ground tries to lean and the leaves end up on the ground.I want it to get HUGE baby give me advice

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Like the idea of allowing it (or various Orchids, Ferns, etc that grow on it in their natural environs) to grow on Limestone / Lava rock myself.. At some point i'd think the Coir would decompose, stone won't, plus, kind of looks cool. If you had a couple offsets to spare, you could always trial both methods, then compare things like growth rate, vigor, etc later. 

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I'm going to work on it with the one in the ground first. Will show results!

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I did it! I got some medium sized rocks and put them behind and kind of around the base of the Anthurium so it stays upright and hopefully as it trunks it will attach to them. I can always add more. Went hiking out in the back 3 acres by the creek and found a couple pieces of good wood, made an arrangement with some bromeliads. The Ti plant was there already

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