This indoor plant is perfect for beginners because it requires little maintenance.Anthurium prefers strong but diffuse light—not direct sunlight.When the top few inches of soil are dry to the touch, this plant prefers to be watered.In the spring and summer, when it is growing, you can feed this plant once a month. View our vegan, organic plant food selection. Both cats and dogs should avoid this plant. Anthurium jenmanii has broad, oblanceolate to elliptic, coriaceous (leathery to the touch), and occasionally ovate-elliptic leaf blades. Since anthurium grow slowly, they don’t require or like frequent repotting. Only if they are clearly pot-bound and only every two to three years are we advised to do this.