Flamingoblomssläktet – Anthurium

Leaves arise from aerial or underground stems (rhizomes). The leaves are spirally arranged, glossy, heart-shaped or lanceolate, often leathery in texture, long-petioled. The inflorescence is a spike-shaped spadix, containing minute bisexual flowers close together in spiral arrangement. Beneath the spadix is a large colourful spathe, a type of bract that is usually lance-shaped and may extend out flat or in a curve. Sometimes it covers the spadix like a hood. There is a wide range of spathe colours: white, rose, salmon-pink, red, light-red, dark-red, brown, green, lavender, cream or multi-coloured. The fruits that develop from the flowers on the spadix are juicy berries varying in color and usually containing two seeds.