Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-14
2001-03-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011794
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant, botanically known as Aglaonema hybrid, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Jubilee Petite’.
The new Aglaonema is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Valkaria, Fla. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact Aglaonemas with unique and interesting leaf patterns that readily produced divisions.
The new Aglaonema originated from a cross made by the Inventor in December, 1982, of an unnamed selection of
Aglaonema nitidum f. curtisii
as the female, or seed, parent with an Aglaonema hybrid var. Tricolor, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar ‘Jubilee Petite’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 1983 as a seedling within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Valkaria, Fla.
Plants of the new Aglaonema differ from plants of the femal parent primarily in leaf pattern. In addition, plants of the new Aglaonema are much more freely clumping than plants of the female parent.
Plants of the new Aglaonema differ from plants of the male parent in leaf pattern and petiole coloration. In addition, plants of the new Aglaonema are more compact, smaller and can tolerate much lower temperatures than plants of the male parent.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by cuttings and by divisions at Valkaria, Fla. has shown that the unique features of this new Aglaonema plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Aglaonema has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, fertilizer rate, and/or irrigation amount and frequency without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Jubilee Petite’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Jubilee Petite’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Plants of the Aglaonema are upright and outwardly arching in plant habit.
2. Plants of the new Aglaonema maintain a compact and uniform plant habit and grow to about 45 cm in height and about 55 cm in width.
3. Plants of the new Aglaonema are freely clumping and readily produce divisions. Removal of center stem enhances production of divisions.
4. Plants of the new Aglaonema have short internodes giving plants a very full and dense appearance.
5. The upper surfaces of mature leaves of plants of the new Aglaonema are dark green at the margins with distinct silver green centers and random spots.
6. Leaves of the new Aglaonema are relatively small and lanceolate with green petioles.
7. Plants of the new Aglaonema are very tolerant of low temperatures, that is, ambient temperatures of about 3° C. do not typically cause foliar damage.
The new Aglaonema can be compared to the commercial
Aglaonema
hybrid cultivar ‘Jubilee’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,270. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Valkaria, Fla., plants of the new Aglaonema are much smaller, more compact and bushier than plants of the cultivar ‘Jubilee’.
The new Aglaonema can be compared to the commercial
Aglaonema
hybrid cultivar ‘Maria’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Valkaria, Fla., plants of the new Aglaonema are faster growing and leaf coloration is brighter than plants of the cultivar ‘Maria’.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 10280 (1998-03-01), Brown
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Sunshine Foliage World
Whealy C. A.
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