Calibrachoa plant named ‘Cal Litelaver’

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2004-04-05

2004-12-21

Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)

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Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

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PP015448

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Calibrachoa sp.
cultivar Cal Litelaver.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Calibrachoa
plant, botanically known as
Calibrachoa sp.,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Cal Litlaver’.
The new
Calibrachoa
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Gilroy, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to create new
Calibrachoas
with uniform plant growth habit and flowering and flowers that remain open.
The new
Calibrachoa
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in September, 2000 of a proprietary
Calibrachoa
selection identified as 38-1, not patented, as the female, or seed parent, with a proprietary
Calibrachoa
selection identified as 77-4, not patented, as the male, or pollen parent. The new
Calibrachoa
was selected as a single flowering plant from the resulting progeny by the Inventor in a controlled environment in April, 2001 in Gilroy, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in Gilroy, Calif. since April, 2001 has shown that the unique features of this new
Calibrachoa
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Cal Litlaver 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 ‘Cal Litlaver’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Cal Litlaver’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Uniform, outwardly spreading, mounding and trailing plant habit.
2. Freely and continuous branching habit; dense and bushy plant growth habit.
3. Very freely flowering habit, numerous light lavender-colored flowers with yellow-colored throats.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Gilroy, Calif., plants of the new
Calibrachoa
differed from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
were more freely basally branching than plants of the female parent selection.
2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had smaller leaves than plants of the female parent selection.
3. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the female parent selection differed in flower coloration as plants of the female parent selection had pink-colored flowers.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Gilroy, Calif., plants of the new
Calibrachoa
differed from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
were more freely basally branching than plants of the male parent selection.
2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had darker green-colored leaves than plants of the male parent selection.
3. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
flowered earlier than plants of the male parent selection.
4. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the male parent selection differed in flower coloration as plants of the male parent selection had magenta pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
can be compared to plants of the
Calibrachoa
cultivar Million Bells Sweet Pink, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Gilroy, Calif., plants of the new
Calibrachoa
differed from plants of the cultivar Million Bells Sweet Pink in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
were more upright than plants of the cultivar Million Bells Sweet Pink.
2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had longer internodes than plants of the cultivar Million Bells Sweet Pink.
3. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had lighter lavender-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar Million Bells Sweet Pink had red purple-colored flowers.

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