Anthurium scherzerianum

Anthurium scherzerianum, the flamingo flower or pigtail plant, is a species of Anthurium native to Costa Rica. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental houseplant, kept at or higher. It is naturally an epiphyte, growing on trees in the rainforest.
Anthurium scherzerianum typically reaches tall. Its most striking feature is its orange-red curly spadix. It produces shiny, lance-shaped leaves about long. Common pests include mealybugs, aphids, and soft scale. When growing indoors, it needs bright indirect sunlight for 10 to 12 hours a day depending on the season. If the light is not bright enough, the number of flowers will be diminished greatly. While often grown as a houseplant, it may be grown outdoors in the US in USDA hardiness zones 11 and 12.