Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-03-31
2002-01-01
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012330
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant, botanically known as
Kalanchoe laciniata×Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Rose African’.
The new Kalanchoe is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Hinnerup, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program was to create new interspecific Kalanochoe cultivars with interesting flower colors and good postproduction longevity.
The new Kalanchoe originated from a cross made by the Inventor of an unidentified
Kalanchoe laciniata
seedling selection as the female, or seed, parent with the
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
cultivar Mie, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Rose African was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Hinnerup, Denmark.
Asexual reproduction of the new Kalanchoe by terminal cuttings taken at Hinnerup, Denmark, by the Inventor, has shown that the unique features of this new Kalachoe are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Rose African 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 ‘Rose African’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Rose African’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Numerous white and pink bi-colored flowers.
2. Upright and vigorous plant habit.
3. Dark green dissected leaves.
4. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new Kalanchoe differ primarily from plants of the parents in flower color, leaf size, and leaf shape.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Knud Jepsen A/S
Whealy C. A.
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