Advances in Research

Twelve anthurium varieties were evaluated under Bihar conditions during the year 2024-25 to identify its suitability for commercial flower production. This experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Significant differences were recorded among the evaluated anthurium varieties for various growth and flowering attributes with the exception of parameters like days taken to first flower bud initiation and flower longevity. The variety Missouri recorded maximum plant spread (38.36 cm), whereas Rainbow Champion yielded maximum number leaves per plant (10.66). Maximum leaf length were recorded in Utah (20.33 cm), whereas  Sempre attained maximum plant height at harvesting stage (39.33 cm), leaf width (15.11 cm), number of suckers per plant (4.00), petiole length (35.09 cm), spathe length (8.55 cm), spathe width (8.82 cm), spadix length (6.93 cm) and flower longevity (32.33 days) with minimum days taken to first flower bud initiation (114.00 days) and days taken to first flowering (132.50 days). Variety Orange Champion reported maximum flowering duration (85.33 days), whereas Sierra obtained maximum inflorescence stalk length (32.95 cm). Variety Serino produced maximum number of inflorescence per plant (5.33), while varieties Livium, Elido and Rainbow Champion recorded maximum vase life (21.33 days). The findings of the study would provide valuable insights for anthurium breeders, farmers and stakeholders for cultivation of anthurium and further development of superior anthurium varieties for commercial cultivation.