• Ajish Muraleedharan
• P. Karuppaiah
• S. Ramesh Kumar
• J. L. Joshi
• C. Praveen Sampath Kumar

Anthuriums are tropical plants gaining popularity due to higher returns per unit area and for their long lasting flowers and attractive foliage. They are very popular with flower arrangers because of bold effect and long lasting qualities of flower. Anthurium plants require growing medium with good physical and chemical conditions for their proper growth and development. Proper selection of growing medium influences plant growth, flower production, quality and postharvest behaviour of flowers. The present study was carried out in Flora-tech floriculture unit at Kottarakara, kollam Dist, kerala state, India during 2014 - 2016 to find out the best suited growing media for the production of Anthurium plants. The experiment was conducted with eleven different growing media with three replications. All the treatments were grown under uniform shade level of 75% by using shade nets. Among the different treatment combinations, rice husk + coco peat + FYM (T6) was found to be the best growing medium for anthurium cultivation and recorded maximum plant height, plant spread, number of flowers per plant, flower stalk length, spathe length and spathe breadth followed by rice husk + coco peat.

growing medium, coco peat, Anthurium, FYM.

" RESPONSE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTHURIUM PLANTS (Anthurium andreanum) TO DIFFERENT HOLDING MEDIA ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1577-1583, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802299.pdf

" RESPONSE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTHURIUM PLANTS (Anthurium andreanum) TO DIFFERENT HOLDING MEDIA ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1577-1583, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802299.pdf