Genus and species:Anthurium andraeanumL.

Variety denomination: ‘AN2265294’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety ofAnthurium, botanically known asAnthurium andraeanumL., and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘AN2265294’. The newAnthuriumplant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create a new plant with a height of 26.0 cm to 31.0 cm having small, weakly blistered and strongly glossy, red, long ovate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in July 2013 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a pinkAnthuriumpot plant designated ‘225704-02’ (unpatented), and the male parent was a redAnthuriumpot plant designated ‘26774-05’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross in August 2015. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culture in 2017 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for in the European Union on Nov. 25, 2020 (Application no. 2020/2974), by Applicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from the inventor. ‘AN2265294’ has not been made publicly available or sold anywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of this application with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year or less before the effective filing date of this claimed invention by Applicant who obtained ‘AN2265294’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:1) Small, weakly blistered and strongly glossy, red, long ovate, and durable spathes;2) Dark red spadices with dark red tips;3) Green, deltoid leaves;4) Inflorescence sometimes makes an extra spathe and/or extra spadix; and5) Spathes are positioned far above the leaves.

