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title: "This is my first anthurium, I’ve grown it from the biggest leaf.…"
description: "This is my first anthurium, I’ve grown it from the biggest leaf. Really happy w how she’s sizing up!! The first leaf was starting to yellow when I got it but…"
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# This is my first anthurium, I’ve grown it from the biggest leaf.…

_Posted by Neptune’s Nest on 2025-09-02_

This is my first anthurium, I’ve grown it from the biggest leaf. Really happy w how she’s sizing up!! The first leaf was starting to yellow when I got it but it’s gotten worse now not sure of the other discoloration, so I did a sulfur treatment last week. Any ideas? TIA! Ps the white speckles are dried sulfur.

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## 7 comments

### Soup commented on 2025-09-02

Looking great! Sadly the two with the yellow around the edges have a fungal infection, the yellow halos with the necrosis is usually a tell tale sign of fungal infection. I’d chop em off.

As it’s your first anthurium I’ll give you a bit of advice, anthuriums being aroids love humidity around their roots, so make sure you have a well draining aroid mix that doesn’t evaporate super quickly. Or u can shove em in semi hydro.

Anthuriums are heavy feeders, they love being fed through summer and winter. However because yours aren’t in a cabinet I’d suggest feeding every other watering in the winter, or, if you start noticing fert burn, adjust it.

### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-09-02

Thank you so much! She is semi hydro! It was like ambient 70% humid in my home all summer and now the weather is changing and the humidifier went back on today

### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-09-02

Also the planta Dr thing said thrips so you think it looks like too?

### Tina commented on 2025-09-02

Some of the yellowing could also be a sign of transport shock/low humidity since you’re saying it started when you first got it. Especially if this was grown in a greenhouse and then went straight to ambient household conditions.

\- How long have you had it for? And did you transport it immediately into semi hydro or gradually?

\- Did you acclimate it to household humidity when you first got it?

\- How high do you keep the water level?(anthuriums hate wet feet and are easily prone to root rot).

### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-09-02

OH SHE HAS WET FEET

### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-09-02

I got it with the yellowing too so that’s for sure what’s up thank you so much! I allllsooooo found thrips in my monsteras today 🥴

#### Tina replied on 2025-09-25

Oh no!! I didn’t see this message before; how’s the thrips war going? 😭

Also, from your update photo for this plant it looks like it bounced back well!

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