How to prune forget's anthurium

Any time — remove only fully dead leaves or faded flower spathes. Cut the petiole of a dead leaf or spent spathe cleanly at the base using sterilized scissors. Never remove healthy or partially green growth.

As needed — minimal, just tidying dead material a few times a year. Anthurium forgetii needs very little pruning. It is a compact, velvety-leafed collector's plant — growth is the priority, not shaping. Remove spent flower spathes once they fade and any leaves that have died back completely. Otherwise, leave it alone. Unnecessary pruning stresses the plant and slows the production of its distinctive silver-veined leaves.

Cut the petiole of a dead leaf or spent spathe cleanly at the base using sterilized scissors. Never remove healthy or partially green growth.