Totally agree, I've only had this plant for about a year but it hardly ever does NOT have a bloom on it. When I repotted it last month*, it was blooming, and hasn't slowed down at all, new leaves and blooms continue to emerge. I think I'm more rough with the roots than what Al described, rubbing/wiggling the roots until all of the old soil falls out. * Not necessarily a good idea to repot plants that early in the year if you're not in the deep south. "Recently it has become so large and potbound that I'm having to water all the time..." Watering often is great, and should be your goal, but not because the pot is crammed full of roots. When it is good it is because the soil does not hold onto excess moisture. It sounds like your plant may have been (is) in a soil that retains a lot of water and now the plant is big enough to use it fast enough that it does not damage the roots, hence the ability to bloom. Roots need air as well as water, and will be damaged if they are constantly soggy. This is where the fallacy of clichés like "likes to be rootbound" or "blooms better when potbound" originates. No plant likes to have zero room for roots to grow, and what seems like improvement won't last long. It's good to need to water often, even for a newly repotted plant, assuming your schedule allows for it, not someone who's often gone on vacations or business trips for a week at a time.

Hi Han. Han, I'll have to look in favorites and/or old emails for a second Thailand seller I have purchased plants. Besides Aleya, I've ordered from this nursery, 'great prices,' a woman from Malaysia, a seller in Thailand who happened to be related to 'don't want to say,' one of the other Thailand sellers I've ordered from half a dozen times and China..All have decent prices, and by using a different shipping method, I've never, ever paid 30.00-35.00 for shipping..I've only paid for the Phyto once: $5.00 USD. Han, I've been on Flickr from the beginning..Flickr was original owned by Yahoo, but supposedly, Yahoo sold to Flickr. Anyway, to this day, the only thing I know how to do on Flickr is post pictures..lol.. Other Flickr members have sent emails about my plants, or just to talk, and others asking permission to use one of my plant pictures. To this day, other than posting pictures, I don't know anything about Flickr..lol.. What's its purpose??? Thanks, I will check Nature's Asset's plants, but can't now because I'm going visiting in a couple hours and still have much to do before leaving. So, here I sit on the puter..lol. Han, several years ago, I made up a home-made insecticide..No chemcials. Here's a list of Ingredients. Mites.. I mix: 16 oz spray bottle Water 2-4 drops dish soap..'not Dawn.' 1 clove finely chopped garlic. The juice works best. Citrus rind or juice. Lemon or lime. Hot Pepper..the hotter the better. Cayenne works okay. Listerine, mouth wash. 1/4 teas. Add water in sprayer, then remaining ingredients the night before you plan on spraying. Shake spray bottle thoroughly before use. Spraying every other week keeps bugs at bay. Scale: Although Fish Emulsion is primarily used as an organic fertilizer, it also prevents and kills Scale. Believe me, I saved my Olive Tree by spraying with 1 cap of Fish Emulsion and water, in a 16oz sprayer. Before bringing plants indoors in autumn, I spray with all the ingredients above, including Fish Emulsion..It works as a preventative and, since I don't fertilizer during winter, a last feeding. Han, last winter, like most other winters, I feel down, and forget to spray with my mix, but before last winter, I've sprayed religiously, and never had plant bugs. This last winter, my plants contracted Mealy..the one bug I cannot rid. They attacked my African Violets and Scale. Since I can't find an organic solution to kill these creatures from hell, I ended up tossing most AV's and a few Clivias..I did spray with Rubbing Alcohol, but with some plants, too late. But when I sprayed every other week, my plants were w/o insects. BTW, if you decide to try this mix..if you add FE, discard leftovers..However, if you use the first recepie, it won't spoil, can be used days later. Please give it a try. There's nothing in my insecticide that will harm your plants, so what have you got to lose? I don't like using chemicals, mainly since I have birds..I dont want them breathing the fumes or, if by chance one flys out of the room and lands on a plant that was sprayed w/a chemical, it can kill the bird. Besides, I just don't like handling chemicals. Yuck,. Good luck, Hans. PS. Have you checked Anthuriums in HI? I don't know if they can or will ship to Germany, but it's worth researching..And HI has some true beautys.. Toni There are a few overseas sellers on Ebay who charge way too much for shipping. I know what you mean when you said, while visiting Thailand plants were 3.00..lol..Did you have problems bringing a plant on the plane? How does it work? Once I find the second seller's name, I'll send it to you. His site doesn't list most plants available, so you'll have to email him and ask about Anthuriums or plants you'd like to have.

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 hey Ken, thank you for your input, very encouraging! :) only root ball was wrapped in spagnum, but the leaves were wrapped with plain paper against cardboard (similar to a card in an envelope, I guess to prevent breakage?) the leaves were damp when unwrapped... there are 4 leaves total which look pretty much identical to the one in the pic, but this is the base of the plant. The plant came to me with some little red growth shoots at the base, and today i realised one is popping out a TINY leaf!!! you cant rly see here in the pic though but if this helps: I have a question though - the root ball was pretty big/thick/healthy (~10cm diameter)...so would you say I should water it more often? considering it's in hot conditions + terracotta & well draining mix...since watering 2 days ago, I checked with the moisture meter today and it's already down to 2/10 again! perhaps coz it's pushing out a new leaf?

spent flowers can be removed ... thru a modern window ... as north as CO ... its not getting too much winter light ... doubt that is an issue ... i dont see yellow stalks ... most of us dont repot in winter ,. unless in an emergency.. and i dont see much of anything wrong with yours ... or i havent had enough coffee yet ... lol since its new ... it has been moved from grower.. to seller.. to your house.. it has been stressed with all those changes.. and now it might be showing some very minor issues ... perhaps it also got cold if you moved it in winter outside ... frankly.. i dont see much of anything other than the spent flower .. water it properly.. find it a place and leave it there ... let it acclimate.. and try not to love it to death ... repotting is just another huge stress ... if you insist.. do it in late spring ... though you could start shopping out a new pot if you want ... and find a plastic pot to put inside a decorative pot without a drain hole ... ken