@@shannoncarr7338 great question. I think it’s just an interesting plant that I’d like to learn more about through growing. It goes dormant after being pollinated, has a bulb, puts off weird flowers and is very different than anything I currently have growing downstairs. I’m fortunate enough to have a plant room that’s closed off to everyone but me so I can safely grow it. My kids are adults and pets can’t access it. I do bring people into the plant room sometime but by then, I’ll have a sign on the pot and it on a shelf that’s hard to reach. I guess it’s similar to people that enjoy growing cacti; if you touch a cactus, you’re gonna get bit/pricked/hurt, but it’s still cool looking and interesting to grow. I’d also like to mention that most houseplants have some level of toxicity in them. Philodendron, alocasia, pothos, anthurium and other members of the aroid/araceae family have the same chemical it’s just not as concentrated as in this one. Some people do have a reaction to it in those plants but I personally do not. Dieffenbachia has high enough levels that a large percentage of people have the same reaction to it as they would to the plant I bought. My plant obviously has a higher concentration in the sap than any of those so everyone will get the reaction. Please let me know if that doesn’t make sense…I just woke up and my brain isn’t going yet.
Anthurium Lynette is straight fire!!!!
@@blessedhummingbird4 isn’t it? As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it. The camera doesn’t pick up how truly unique it is. It’s so eye catching
why keep a plant that toxic tho
@@shannoncarr7338 great question. I think it’s just an interesting plant that I’d like to learn more about through growing. It goes dormant after being pollinated, has a bulb, puts off weird flowers and is very different than anything I currently have growing downstairs. I’m fortunate enough to have a plant room that’s closed off to everyone but me so I can safely grow it. My kids are adults and pets can’t access it. I do bring people into the plant room sometime but by then, I’ll have a sign on the pot and it on a shelf that’s hard to reach. I guess it’s similar to people that enjoy growing cacti; if you touch a cactus, you’re gonna get bit/pricked/hurt, but it’s still cool looking and interesting to grow.
I’d also like to mention that most houseplants have some level of toxicity in them. Philodendron, alocasia, pothos, anthurium and other members of the aroid/araceae family have the same chemical it’s just not as concentrated as in this one. Some people do have a reaction to it in those plants but I personally do not. Dieffenbachia has high enough levels that a large percentage of people have the same reaction to it as they would to the plant I bought. My plant obviously has a higher concentration in the sap than any of those so everyone will get the reaction. Please let me know if that doesn’t make sense…I just woke up and my brain isn’t going yet.