Anthurium

Anthurium is tropical ornamental plant and Anthurium cultivated for its colourful, long-lasting flowers or the attractive foliage. They have Gained importance as major cut flowers of the modern world.

Anthurium is a native of Central and South America and the genus Anthurium, with over 700 species.

The word anthurium is taken from the Greek ‘anthos’, flower and ‘aura’ tail, referring to the spadix.

The major countries importing anthurium cut flowers are in the USA. Canada. Germany. Europe and Japan.
The popularity of growing anthurium as cut flowers has risen tremendously in the past few years and it has now become an important export-oriented crop.

In India, Anthurium industry is still in its starting phage. There are very a few growers from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Kerala  Andhra Pradesh  North -Eastern states who send their flower to big cities like Mumbai and Delhi.

Anthurium requires Greenhouse with shading for protecting from direct sunlight and maintain humid condition. Bright, but a filtered light is essential for abundant flowering.

Climate

Anthurium is a tropical plant hence humid and Moderate temperature condition is suitable for anthurium plant.

The ideal temperature for growing anthurium is ranging from 27 – 30°C in the daytime and 10 – 20°C  at night time. avoid Anthurium cultivation where temperatures are lower than 15°C and above 35°C.

Anthuriums are not grown in open tropical region hence For Anthurium cultivation in a tropical climate, shade nets with 75% shading are used.

Growing medium

Anthurium plants require a growing medium in good physical and chemical conditions for its proper growth and development.

Highly organic, well-aerated growing media with good water retention capacity is suitable for anthurium cultivation.

Selection of good growing media is directly correlated with successful growing and production of export quality flowers in anthurium.

In India, coconut husk is the primary growing media use for anthurium cultivation this coconut coir pith must well-decomposed and washed thoroughly with good quality water to remove the soluble salts.

Then equal proportions of coir pith and coconut husk were used as growing media after washing in fungicide (Bavistin 0.2%) and insecticide (Chloropyriphos 0.3%).