Anthurium plant named Pura Vida Red

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium, botanically known as interspecific Anthurium hybrid, and referred to by the cultivar named Pura Vida Red.

#The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program carried out by the inventor in Cartago, Costa Rica. The female parent was a selection from the cross between an unnamed Anthurium amnicola cultivar and an unnamed Anthurium andreanum cultivar, and the male parent was an unnamed cultivar of Anthurium andreanum characterized by its small leaves. The parents are proprietary cultivars used only in the breeding program.

#The new cultivar was discovered from the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor in Cartago, Costa Rica, and given the number designation 179-14. Asexual propagation by divisions and micropropagated leaf cuttings first carried out by or under the supervision of the inventor in Cartago, Costa Rica, and later carried out in south central Florida and West Chicago, Ill., has demonstrated that the unique features of this new anthurium are stabilized and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.

#The color photographic drawing comprises a top perspective view showing the inflorescence and foliage of a typical specimen plant of the new cultivar.

#The photograph is of a plant of the new cultivar grown in a 25.5 cm pot for one year from a tissue culture plug and grown under appropriate growing conditions. Colors are as accurate as possible with color illustrations of this type.

#Origin: Seedling of unnamed parentage.

#Classification: Anthurium hybrid, cv Pura Vida Red.