How to prune queen anthurium

Year-round as individual leaves or flowers decline. Use a sterilised sharp blade to sever the petiole cleanly at the stem. For spent spathes, cut the scape at its base. Handle with gloves — calcium oxalate sap irritates skin.

As needed; very infrequent. Queen Anthurium requires only minimal maintenance pruning. As this slow-growing, long-leafed species matures, older leaves naturally yellow and decline — remove them cleanly at the petiole base. Spent flower spathes can be cut at the scape base once faded. No shaping or cutback is needed; every healthy leaf is ornamental.

Use a sterilised sharp blade to sever the petiole cleanly at the stem. For spent spathes, cut the scape at its base. Handle with gloves — calcium oxalate sap irritates skin.