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Anthurium andraeanum - LR9A1598

Common names for plants in the genus Anthurium include flamingo flower, tailflower, painter's palette, and laceleaf.Its name comes from the Greek words anthos, meaning flower, and oura, meaning a tail, referring to the spadix.

Anthurium andraeanum is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae that is native to Colombia and Ecuador.A winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, it is one of the plants listed in the NASA Clean Air Study as effective in removing formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, and ammonia from the air.

 

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Uploaded on December 11, 2020
Taken on December 10, 2020