Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’

Details Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’ Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’

2003-12-29

2004-10-26

Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)

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Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

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PP015271

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Pentas lanceolata
cultivar Lava Cerise.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Pentas
plant, botanically known as
Pentas lanceolata,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Lava Cerise’.
The new
Pentas
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinfelden, Germany. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new moderately tall
Pentas
cultivars with numerous flowers and attractive flower and foliage coloration.
The new
Pentas
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor during the summer of 1999 of two unnamed proprietary selections of
Pentas lanceolata,
not patented. The cultivar Lava Cerise was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Rheinfelden, Germany.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in Rheinfelden, Germany, has shown that the unique features of this new
Pentas
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Lava Cerise’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Lava Cerise’ as a new and distinct
Pentas
cultivar:
1. Upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit.
3. Dark green-colored leaves.
4. Freely flowering habit.
5. Red purple-colored flowers arranged in large terminal corymbs that are positioned above the foliage.
Plants of the new
Pentas
differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Pentas
are more compact than plants of the parent selections.
2. Plants of the new
Pentas
have larger flowers and larger inflorescences than plants of the parent selections.
3. Flowers of plants of the new
Pentas
are not fragrant whereas flowers of plants of the parent selections are fragrant.
The new
Pentas
can be compared to the
Pentas lanceolata
cultivar New Look Rose, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Rheinfelden, Germany, plants of the new
Pentas
differed from plants of the cultivar New Look Rose in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Pentas
were taller and more vigorous than plants of the cultivar New Look Rose.
2. Plants of the new
Pentas
were more uniform than plants of the cultivar New Look Rose.
3. Flowers of plants of the new
Pentas
were lighter in color than flowers of plants of the cultivar New Look Rose.
The new
Pentas
can also be compared to the
Pentas lanceolata
cultivar New Look Pink, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Rheinfelden, Germany, plants of the new
Pentas
differed from plants of the cultivar New Look Pink in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Pentas
were more vigorous than plants of the cultivar New Look Pink.
2. Plants of the new
Pentas
had larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar New Look Pink.
3. Plants of the new
Pentas
were more uniform than plants of the cultivar New Look Pink.

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