Anthurium gets brown spots

The reasons for this can be:

• Too much or too little poured
• Pests like spider mites
• Fungal diseases like leaf spot disease

How should it be poured?

The natural home of the flamingo flower are tropical rainforests, where it thrives as epiphytes or in the light shade of the giant jungle. Therefore, you need an evenly moist, but by no means soaked, substrate and sufficient humidity. If these conditions are not correct, the plant often reacts with brown spots on the leaves.

You can remedy this as follows:

• Water regularly, and always when the top centimeters of the substrate feel dry.
• Increase humidity. This can be done through an indoor fountain or evaporation trays.

Fight pests

The tiny little ones Spider mites suck the sap from the leaves, so that they initially get brown spots and then wither. Often the animals living on the underside of the leaf are with bare eye barely visible. If you smoke the flamingo flower, the webs become visible.

Spider mites are quite stubborn and often defy home remedies. So that they don't spread any further, the Anthurium are initially set individually. Then treat the plant with a suitable agent.

The leaf spot disease

In this case, the leaf spots are quite characteristic: the brown spots usually have a yellow halo, which is clearly distinguished from the green by a black border. Cut back the infected leaves and also apply a spray that kills the fungus.