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title: "Bought my first Anthurium (Crystallinum) in Dec. The minute after…"
description: "Bought my first Anthurium (Crystallinum) in Dec. The minute after clicking BUY I realized the folly of purchasing a tropical plant -by mail-in the dead of…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "BlondeinBrooklyn"
published: "2026-05-12T22:31:46.521711Z"
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# Bought my first Anthurium (Crystallinum) in Dec. The minute after…

_Posted by BlondeinBrooklyn on 2026-05-12_

Bought my first Anthurium (Crystallinum) in Dec. The minute after clicking BUY I realized the folly of purchasing a tropical plant -by mail-in the dead of winter. She arrived looking rough, despite adding a heat pack. She only got worse from there. After about a month I realized I could kill her stem by stem or try cutting her back \& putting stems in moss/perlite prop boxes \& hope for the best.

Well, it worked. These are not even all the stems that are thriving. I have another one in soil \& 2 small plastic containers with multiple stems showing growth.

Moral of the story, moss/perlite prop boxes save lives. 🙌🏼

PS: These are in chunky soil with 50% perlite/moss in a self watering pot in my "greenhouse" (plastic display boxes) in a south facing window.

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