The study was conducted on the experimental block of the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture, Mudigere, during 2012-13 to evaluate the performance of seven anthurium varieties viz., Fantasia, Acropolis, Arabhavi Local, Tropical, Fire, Cheers and Midori. Results revealed that varieties significantly influenced all the vegetative and flower parameters. Variety Tropical recorded the maximum plant height (63.11 cm), petiole length (46.91 cm), leaf length (31.50 cm), leaf width (22.91 cm) and leaf area per plant (4320.00 cm2), while the variety Arabhavi Local recorded maximum number of leaves per plant (8.67) and maximum number of suckers per plant (1.27) at 360 days after planting. Floral characters like; peduncle length (64.42 cm), spathe length (12.00 cm), spadix length (6.89 cm) and spadix girth (10.11 mm) was highest in variety Tropical compared to other varieties. The spathe width (14.83 cm) and vase life (35 days) was highest in variety Midori. Maximum mean number of flowers per plant (1.07), per plot (32.80) per month was recorded in variety Arabhavi Local. Among the anthurium cultivars studied, with respect to performance in terms of vegetative growth and flower quality of anthurium, variety Tropical was found superior, and with respect to flower yield, varieties Arabhavi Local and Midori were identified as promising suitable cultivars for cultivation under protected condition. Further rooting to the suckering habit, Arabhavi Local is found to be good as a potted plant.