I fell in love with a picture and mention of Chlorospatha atropurpurea that I saw in an online article (on anthuriums?). I found a plant for sale on etsy. Seller stated that the plant wanted moisture and high humidity. OK, I can do that, so I bought it. The plant arrived express mail today, and I started looking for more detailed cultural information but found nothing other than that chlorospatha are often bog plants and like high humidity. I was reading in bed, late at night and site-hopping on my ipad, so now I can't even find the original article. Has anyone here grown chlorospatha? Can anyone offer cultural recommendations other than consistent moisture and high humidity? Please …

They are very hard to keep in cultivation, even in the true tropical climate. I have one, it's finicky, I don't know if it will go through winter or not. I live in Florida and grow in a greenhouse heated to a minimum of 60f at night. That may well be too cold for it. I guess I will find out. They are fairly new to the us plant trade because they are not suited for almost any one's conditions outside of extreme south Florida or Puerto Rico. I imagine a lot of people will try them and fail. Mine was relatively inexpensive, $30, and I bought it in person so it didn't have to go through being shipped. I don't buy mail order plants..I don't have to. I live less than 2 hours from Ecuagenera USA. Not buying mail order makes a huge difference in a plants health imo

@tofitropic might have something to add

That plant seems difficult to be made happy. I never knew they are bog plant. interesting.

Perhaps that's why it is difficult, because we did not gave them their proper environtment.
I'm not sure that my growing style will give you any idea. I found that some of those difficult plant seems grow better in companion of other plants.
I grow this, in a hanging pot, using forest humus as medium, together with Scindapsus geesinkii, and arisaema filliformis, all three are difficult for me, but seems they grow little better in group. it is not happy yet but at least it still survive.
The grouping seems making microclimate suitable for them, both in air humidity and growing medium zone.
May be you can grow them in terrarium with multiple plants. Too bad, not much information on the net of their culture.

I have to look in the greenhouse for mine. I seem to have misplaced it lol. I had to bring all the winter freeloaders in a month early due to hurricane Ian and the fact I am going to have surgery this Thursday on my foot and will be non-weight bearing for quite a while. It seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle

Thank you, Gina, for your comments. I agree that plants often suffer from shipping no matter how well packed, but when you live in the boonies of Southern Indiana you don't have too many options if you want something more unusual than what can be found at big box stores. Ecuagenera has pop-ups within driving distance (3 hrs to Cincinnati, 5 to Chicago, etc) but my experience has been that the plants at pop-ups are in no better shape than those arriving by mail. My chlorospatha was $65, but the price included express shipping. The plant was very well packed and arrived in excellent condition. It's currently in isolation in a makeshift Wardian case (under an inverted 2 gal glass jar) and so far shows no signs of stress … but it's early days yet. Hope you find your missing plant! And good luck with the foot surgery … been there, done that, and it's not fun.

Thank you, Tofi. You have given me much food for thought! The plant is in what appears to be chopped spaghnum. When it comes time to pot up, I plan to use the 1-1-1 moss mix I use for cuttings … equal parts chopped long-fiber spaghnum, chopped sheet moss and peat. To provide bog-like conditions, the pot is sitting in a saucer with a half-inch or so of water. My plant room runs 65-80% humidity but I put the plant in isolation in a 2-gal glass jar. So far, so good.

I'm thinking of putting it in a 20-gal aquarium set on end with a piece of acrylic covering the open side. Given your idea of providing companions, I'm thinking I'll put Anthurium cutucuense with it — the aquarium on end should be tall enough to give A. cutucuense some room to grow. Do you know how big the chlorospatha will get? Also, is it a climbing plant? ie, should I provide it a pole to climb on? Thanks so much for your help?!

I agree about the pop ups that they do. They have 'open house' here sometimes. They will have everything that they usually have at the nursery, plus a section that has freshly imported plants still in sleeves that are cheaper. I personally do not like fresh imports. I like established plants. So I stay away from the fresh stuff

Too bad Elin, I have no idea whether Clorospatha will creep, clump or climb. It is new to mee too. As the pandemic strike last year ecuagenera been visiting our country, and that made it possible for us to get these. But again they came with little or no information. Judging from their fleshy rhizome they are a creeper not a climber, but mine is still a very small plant. Plants can surprise you.., When I get a Rhodospatha few years ago I was sure it was a clump forming plants until it gets happy and start climbing.. If Chlorospatha becoming a climber I would'nt be too surprise.
Hearing you mention it is a bog plant made me thinking to try propagating mine when it get slightly bigger, and experimenting, perhaps growing one in more wet situation.

I have a red rhodospatha. So far it's a creeper that looks like it will climb if it runs into something to climb on. My best friend got it at Ecuagenera when they were there and shared a cutting with me. Ecuagenera will be here in my city later this month at our biggest outdoor garden event space and again in November. I am not sure I will make either one because I am having surgery on my foot this Thursday. I will be on crutches for a while. I'll go if Ivan but I am really not looking for anything. Except that Javanese amydrium lol