A distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named `Cora`, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching growth habit; durable, thick, dark green leaves that are ovate to cordate in shape; numerous inflorescences that are positioned upright and above the foliage on strong and erect scapes; durable thick red spathes; strong rooting system; year-round continuous flowering; and good post-production longevity.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium 
plant, botanically known as Anthurium andreanum, and hereinafter referred 
to by the cultivar name `Cora`. 
The new Anthurium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by 
the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands. The objective of the program 
is to create new Anthurium cultivars that have a freely clumping growth 
habit, strong roots and plant growth, attractive spathe color, numerous 
inflorescences and leaves, and good post-production longevity. 
The new Anthurium originated from a cross by the Inventor on Aug. 10, 1991 
of the Inventor's proprietary Anthurium andreanum selection code number 
90-3 as the female, or seed, parent with the Inventor's proprietary 
Anthurium andreanum selection code number 90-6 as the male, or pollen, 
parent. The cultivar `Cora` was discovered and selected by the Inventor as 
a plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment 
in Schipluiden, The Netherlands in September, 1993. 
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by tissue culture in a laboratory 
in Belgium has shown that the unique features of this new Anthurium plant 
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of 
asexual propagation. 
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The new Anthurium has not been observed under all possible environmental 
conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment 
such as temperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance in 
genotype. 
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be 
the unique characteristics of the cultivar `Cora`. These characteristics 
in combination distinguish `Cora` as a new and distinct cultivar: 
1. Upright and outwardly arching growth habit. 
2. Durable, thick, dark green leaves that are ovate to cordate in shape. 
3. Nurmerous inflorescences that ar positioned upright and above the 
foliage on strong and erect scapes. 
4. Durable thick red spathes. 
5. Strong rooting system. 
6. Year-round continuous flowering. 
7. Good post-production longevity. 
The new Anthurium can be compared to the female parent, the Inventor's 
proprietary selection code number 90-3. In side-by-side comparisons 
conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the 
new Anthurium differ from plants of selection code number 90-3 in the 
following characteristics: 
1. Spathe color of plants of the new Anthurium is red whereas spathe color 
of plants of the selection code number 90-3 is orange. 
2. Plants of the new Anthurium are more compact and less freely clumping 
than plants of the selection code number 90-3. 
3. Plants of the new Anthurium have thicker leaves than plants of the 
selection code number 90-3. 
4. Plants of the new Anthurium have thicker spathes than plants of the 
selection code number 90-3. 
The new Anthurium can be compared to the male parent, the Inventor's 
proprietary selection code number 90-6. In side-by-side comparisons 
conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the 
new Anthurium differ from plants of selection code number 90-6 in the 
following characteristics: 
1. Spathe color of plants of the new Anthurium is red whereas spathe color 
of plants of the selection code number 90-6 is pink. 
2. Plants of the new Anthurium are less compact and less freely clumping 
than plants of the selection code number 90-6. 
3. Plants of the new Anthurium have thicker leaves than plants of the 
selection code number 90-6. 
4. Plants of the new Anthurium have thicker spathes than plants of the 
selection code number 90-6. 
Compared to plants of the sibling cultivar `Claudia`, disclosed in the U.S. 
Plant Pat. application Ser. No. 09/177,594, plants of the new Anthurium 
are shorter, have smaller leaves and spathes, and have darker red-colored 
spathes. Compared to plants of the sibling cultivar `Saskia`, disclosed in 
U.S. Plant Pat. application Ser. No. 09/177,591, plants of the new 
Anthurium have darker red-colored spathes. 
The new Anthurium can be compared to the Anthurium cultivar `Leny` 
disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,272. However, in side-by-side 
comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, 
plants of the new Anthurium differ from plants of the cultivar Leny in the 
following characteristics: 
1. Plants of the new Anthurium have darker green, thicker and rougher 
leaves than plants of the cultivar `Leny`. 
2. Plants of the new Anthurium have thicker and rougher spathes than plants 
of the cultivar `Leny`.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION 
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal 
Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary 
dictionary significance are used. The following observations and 
measurements describe one-year old plants grown in Schipluiden, The 
Netherlands, in a glass greenhouse with an average day temperature of 
25.degree. C. and an average night temperature of 19.degree. C. 
Botanical classification: Anthurium andreanum cultivar `Cora`. 
Parentage: 
Female parent.--Inventor's proprietary Anthurium andreanum selection code 
number 90-3. 
Male parent.--Inventor's proprietary Anthurium andreanum selection code 
number 90-6. 
Propagation: 
Method.--Typically by tissue culture. 
Time to initiate roots.--About 70 or 84 days at 24.degree. C. or 21.degree. 
C., respectively. 
Rooting habit.--Numerous and very strong fleshy roots. 
Plant description: 
Plant shape.--Upright, inverted triangle, symmetrical. 
Growth habit.--Erect when young, becoming outwardly arching as leaves 
develop. Appropriate for 17-cm and larger containers. 
Plant height.--About 50 cm from soil level to apex of spathes. 
Plant vigor.--High. 
Growth rate.--Moderate to rapid. 
Crop time.--About 10 months are usually required from planting of young 
plants to finished plants in 17-cm containers. 
Foliage description.--Quantity: Usually about 60 leaves per finished 
container. Length: About 23.5 cm. Width: About 15 cm. Shape: Ovate to 
Cordate. Apex: Apiculate to aristate. Base: Auriculate; to cordate; lobes 
not overlapping. Margin: Entire. Texture: Smooth, glabrous, leathery. 
Color: Young leaves, upper surface: Brownish red to green. Young leaves, 
lower surface: Brownish red to green. Mature leaves, upper surface: 137A 
to 147A. Mature leaves, lower surface: 144A to 146C. Petiole: Length: 
About 36 cm. Color: 144A to 146B. Geniculum length: About 2.5 cm. 
Inflorescence description: 
Inflorescence arrangement.--Spathe with spadix held above the foliage. 
Flowering structures arise from leaf axils. Freely flowering; continuous 
flowering year-round; typically four to seven inflorescences per plant. 
Not fragrant. 
Inflorescences longevity.--Infloresces last about six weeks under winter 
conditions and up to three months under summer conditions; persistent. 
Flowers.--Quantity per spadix: Numerous, about 150. Shape: Rounded. 
Diameter: About 1 mm, maximum. 
Spathe.--Length: About 8 cm. Width: About 8.75 cm. Height above foliage: 
About 9 cm. Shape: Deltoid. Apex: Apiculate to mucronate. Base: Auriculate 
to cordate; lobes not overlapping. Margin: Entire. Texture: Leathery, 
glabrous, slight to medium blistering, shiny. Color: When opening: 45A. 
Front surface: 46A. Back surface: 45C to 45D. After senescence: 45A to 
46A. 
Spadix.--Length: About 5 cm. Diameter: About 9 mm. Shape: Columnar. Cross 
section: Rounded. Longitudinal axis: Very weakly recurved to erect. Color: 
Base: Very pale yellow, 19D. Mid-section: 19D. Apex: 15B. Color, after 
senescence: Close to 22A. 
Scape.--Length: About 45 cm. Aspect: Strong and erect. Color: 144A with 
anthocyanin towards apex. 
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Pollen color: Creamy white. Gynoecium: 
Stigma shape: Ovoid. 
Disease resistance: Plants of the new Anthurium have not been shown to be 
resistant to disease common to Anthurium. 
Seed development: Seed developoment of the new Anthurium has not been 
observed.