Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-08-16
2001-09-04
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012078
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea plant, botanically known as
Aechmea chantinii
and referred to by the cultivar name Loie's Pride.
The new Aechmea is a naturally-occurring branch mutation of the
Aechmea chantinii
cultivar Little Harv, not patented. The new Aechmea was discovered and selected by the Inventor within a population of plants of the cultivar Little Harv grown in a controlled environment in Princeton, Fla. in 1987. The new Aechmea was selected based on its unique yellow and green variegated leaves; plants of the cultivar Little Harv have solid green-colored leaves.
Asexual reproduction of the new Aechmea by offsets taken in a controlled environment in Princeton, Fla., has shown that the unique features of this new Aechmea are stable and are reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Aechmea has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, light intensity, fertilizer rate and type, and/or irrigation amount and frequency without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Loie's Pride’ and distinguish ‘Loie's Pride’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly arching growth habit.
2. Unique green and yellow variegated foliage with green margins and yellow central longitudinal stripes.
3. Inflorescences held upright and above foliage on strong red scapes.
4. Tightly branched inflorescences with bright yellow and red flower bracts.
5. Long-lasting inflorescences.
Plants of the new Aechmea differ from plants of the cultivar Harvey's Pride, disclosed in the U.S. Plant Patent application Ser. No. 09/639,895, primarily in variegation pattern as leaves of plants of the cultivar Loie's Pride have green margins and yellow centers.
Bullis Bromeliads, Inc.
Campell Bruce R.
McCormick Susan B.
Whealy C. A.
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