Question
I have an anthurium red hot in the bathroom window sill.  It bloomed and blossomed wondefully for about 8 to 10 months.  Now a year later, it looks like it has outgrown the pot, the leaves are turning brown and there are fewer red blooms.  What do I do?  Do transplant it? Do I separate it into 2 plants?  If so, how do I do that?  I watered the plant 2 times a week since I received it and it did great.  It had multiple blooms; now it barely has 2 blooms a year later.

Answer
Neal,

Is it in a pot with a drain hole in the bottom and a drain tray under it? Yes, you can repot it, but move it to a pot that is no more than 2 inches larger diameter than the pot it is in now and make sure it has a drain hole with a tray under it. Do not try to separate it. Have you fertilized it at all? If not that is part of why it has slowed down on blooming. You need to get some water soluable fertilizer for blooming plants and fertilize it weekly following the instructions on the package. Never allow the plant to sit with water in the drain tray since you are watering it twice a week or you will have problems with root rot. The blooming plant fertilizer should help to bring it back into bloom. You can also dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of epsom salts in a pint of water and use that to water the plant with and that will help to trigger blooming also. Epsom salts is magnesium sulfate and that triggers blooming in blooming plants. Good luck with your anthurium.

Darlene