Anthurium cultivar named `Tropic Fire`

Abstract

Tropic Fire is primarily characerized by an attractive dark green foliage which highlights its vivacious, glossy, bright red spathe carried about 90° from the flower stem axis. The spathe has open lobes, which are flat or slightly recurved, and a contrasting yellow upright spadix. Tropic Fire is resistant to anthracnose (spadix rot) and is tolerant to the bacterial blight. It propagates easily and forms multiple high-yielding flowering shoots rapidly, making it potentially well-suited for cut flower and flowering potted plant production.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium andraeanum plant substantially as described and illustrated, by the cultivar name `Tropic Fire` and characterized by the combined features of glossy, bright red spathe with tapered and occasionally twisted margins towards the apex, yellow spadix, straight peduncle carrying the spathe at 90 degrees from the peduncle and above the foliage, glossy green leaf blade with upright stature, high flower yield, excellent flower longevity, resistance to anthracnose (spadix rot), and tolerance to the systemic bacterial blight.