Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Dahlia
Plant Patent
2001-03-01
2002-07-02
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Dahlia
Plant Patent
active
PP012754
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant, botanically known as
Dahlia variabilis
, commercially referred to as a pot-type Dahlia, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Select Yellow’.
The new Dahlia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Mariahout-Laarbeek, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create new pot-type Dahlia cultivars with desirable inflorescence form, attractive colors, and good garden performance.
The new Dahlia originated from a cross made by the Inventor of two unidentified proprietary
Dahlia variabilis
selections, not patented. The new Dahlia was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross grown in a controlled environment in Mariahout-Laarbeek, The Netherlands. Plants of the new Dahlia differ from plants of the parent selections primarily in ray floret coloration.
Asexual reproduction of the new Dahlia by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in Mariahout-Laarbeek, The Netherlands in 1997. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Dahlia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘Select Yellow’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength 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 ‘Select Yellow’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Select Yellow’ as a new and distinct pot-type Dahlia:
1. Upright and compact plant habit.
2. Freely branching, full and dense plants.
3. Medium-sized semi-double type inflorescences.
4. Bright yellow-colored ray and disc florets.
5. Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Dahlia can be compared to plants of the Dahlia cultivar ‘Micronetta Yellow’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Venhuizen, The Netherlands, plants of the new Dahlia had larger inflorescences, were more freely-flowering, and had better garden performance than plants of the cultivar ‘Micronetta Yellow’.
REFERENCES:
patent: PP7779 (1992-02-01), Wilms
Bell Kent L.
Kieft Seed Holland
Whealy C. A.
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