Performance of Anthurium (Anthurium Andreanum Lind.) Cultivars With Respect to Planting Time in Humid Tropical Plains

A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of four anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Lind.) cultivars viz., Tropical, Pistache, Mauritius Orange and Passion in three different planting times i.e., May October and February. Among the four cultivars tried, plant spread (22.41cm), leaf number (5.68) and leaf area (80.22cm²) were the highest in cv. Pistache compared to other cultivars. The time taken for first flowering was the shortest in Pistache (65.57 day). The most popular cv. Tropical flowered in 82.75 day after planting. Results revealed that influence of planting time differed significantly irrespective of cultivars. May planting was significantly superior in respect to plant height (16.89cm) and spread (21.60cm) while October planting was significantly superior in respect of leaf characters viz., leaf length (13.55cm), leaf breadth (7.03cm) and leaf area (67.74cm). In October planting, plants came to flowering in 52.56 day while in May planting the first flowering was occurred in 74.56 day after planting.