Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2002-09-29
2003-12-02
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP014336
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation: Diascia×hybrida cultivar ‘Codipeim’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Diascia plant, botanically known as Diascia×hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Codipeim.
The new Diascia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia. The objective of the breeding program is to create new compact Diascias with numerous uniquely-colored flowers.
The new Diascia originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 1999 of the Diascia×hybrida cultivar ‘Codiapea’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No.
09/996,383 (now abandoned), as the female, or seed parent, with a proprietary Diascia×hybrida selection identified as X
98.3.1, not patented, as the male, or pollen parent. The new Diascia was selected as a single plant from the resulting progeny of the cross-pollination by the Inventor in October, 1999, in a controlled environment in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia since October, 1999 has shown that the unique features of this new Diascia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Codipeim have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature 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 ‘Codipeim’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Codipeim’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Diascia:
1. Compact and upright plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Light red-colored flowers with darker red-colored centers.
5. Good temperature tolerance.
Plants of the new Diascia are most similar to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Codiapea. Compared to plants of the cultivar Codiapea, plants of the new Diascia have stronger stems and tolerate higher temperatures. Compared to plants of the male parent, the selection X98.3.1, plants of the new Diascia are more upright and differ in flower color as plants of the selection X98.3.1 have coral pink-colored flowers.
Bell Kent
NuFlora International Pty. Ltd.
Whealy C. A.
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