Things You'll Need:
- Alcohol
- Pruning shears or sharp knife
- Protective gloves
- Rooting hormone
- Heat mat
- Growing tray
- Sterile growing medium (50/50 mixture of sand and peat moss)
- Water rooting globe or glass jar
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Step 1
Choose healthy plants to take cuttings from any time of the year. Outdoor varieties propagate better when the cuttings are taken in the summer months. Propagate anthurium houseplants whenever more plants are desired or the plants start outgrowing their containers.
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Step 2
Sterilize a sharp knife, scissors or pruning shears with alcohol to keep bacteria from spreading to the host plant. Put on the gloves. Clear away any dead or damaged foliage before taking anthurium cuttings.
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Step 3
Clip sections of the anthurium stems as close to the main stem of the host plant as possible. Several 4- to 6-inch cuttings taken at the same time will give better results when trying to propagate anthuriums.
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Step 4
Place the anthurium cuttings into a water-rooting globe or simply in a jar half filled with water. Submerge the stem cuttings several inches into the water so the roots develop. Hang the globe or place the jar in a warm window receiving filtered sunlight. Anthuriums suffer at temperatures below 60 degrees F.
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Step 5
Propagate anthurium cuttings in growing trays by dipping the cuttings into a small portion of the rooting hormone. Pour 2 tbsp. of rooting hormone into a separate container prior to dipping so any unknown disease does not spread throughout the entire bottle of rooting compound.
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Step 6
Place the growing tray on the heat mat and set in an area receiving filtered sunlight. Mist daily but only until the soil is slightly damp. Add humidity by setting the growing tray in another container filled with water. The heat from the mat will cause the water to evaporate, raising the humidity of the growing area. Once the anthurium cuttings develop a strong root system, transplant into individual containers.
