Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Begonia
Plant Patent
2002-02-15
2003-03-11
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Begonia
Plant Patent
active
PP013655
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Begonia×hybrida
cultivar Bela.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant, botanically known as
Begonia×hiemalis
, commercially known as Elatior Begonia, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Bela’.
The new Begonia was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Ermelo, The Netherlands, in October, 1999, as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of
Begonia×hiemalis
‘Berseba’, not patented. The new Begonia was observed as a single plant in a group of flowering plants of the parent cultivar. The selection of this plant was based on its flower coloration.
Asexual reproduction of the new Begonia by cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Ermelo, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Begonia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘Bela’ 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 ‘Bela’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bela’ as a new and distinct Begonia:
1. Upright and mounded plant habit.
2. Double flowers that are dark pinkish red in color and held above the foliage.
3. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the parent, the cultivar Berseba, primarily in flower color as plants of the cultivar Berseba have dark red-colored flowers.
Plants of the new cultivar differ primarily from plants of the cultivar Bazan, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,343, in flower color as plants of the cultivar Bazan have pink-colored flowers.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2002/03, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, Citation for Begonia ‘Bela’.
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