Our houseplant died (it was a bromeliad, and didn’t get enough sun) so I hied myself to the Home Depot to get another one for Ivylad.
The pot was labeled “assorted foliage.” I asked the cashier what it was called, and the lady behind me in line said, “Oh, I have those. It’s an arethium.”
Now, I know I don’t have that spelled right, and Google can’t come up with the right spelling. The flowers look sort of like calla lilies, except they’re smaller, red and waxy. We called Home Depot back, and they said basically that it’s a regular indoor plant and doesn’t need special care. Translation, “I don’t know how to spell it either.”
Any of our Green Thumb Dopers have a clue on what this plant is and how to care for it?
The family came up with the name when a learning-the-proper-name-of parts aged child blurted into the suddenly silent church lobby “Hey that looks like my . . .”
One of the aunts stifled him just in time, but from that moment on, they were renamed. Another, very elderly, aunt cleaned it up further & called them “Little boy plants.”
I shall refer to it as a Flamingo Flower.