Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-03-03
2001-06-19
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011944
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant, botanically known as
Alstroemeria pulchella×A. pelegrina
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Las Olas’.
The new Alstroemeria is a selection by the Inventor in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from open-pollinated seed informally known as “Meyer's Hybrid” strain. The original hybrids between
Alstroemeria pelegrina
L. (Chilean origin) and
Alstroemeria pulchella
L. f. (Brazilian origin) were made by Mr. Fred Meyer, of Bonsall, Calif., in the early
1980's
by embryo rescue and subsequent tetraploidization with colchicine.
The Inventor received seed from Mr. Meyer in 1991 and ‘Las Olas’ was selected from several hundred plants grown outdoors in a controlled environment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on the basis of its cut flower potential and exceptional high temperature, high humidity and rain tolerance.
Since 1992, asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by divisions in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has shown that the unique features of this new Alstroemeria are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Las Olas’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Las Olas’ as a new and distinct Alstroemeria:
1. Vigorous, semi-dwarf perennial plants with erect peduncles which support umbels of pink and white-colored flowers.
2. Freely flowering habit; typically about 140 flowers per plant.
3. Excellent cut flower yield, usually about 43 flowering stems per meter per year.
4. Consistent flowering from April to July in south Florida.
5. Exceptional warm weather, high humidity and rain tolerance.
Compared to plants of
Alstroemeria pulchella
, plants of the new Alstroemeria differ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Alstroemeria have smaller leaves than plants of
Alstroemeria pulchella
. In addition leaves of the new Alstroemeria are evenly distributed along the stems whereas leaves of
Alstroemeria pulchella
are mostly clustered towards the apices.
2. Flowers of the new Alstroemeria are more open and wider than flowers of
Alstroemeria pulchella
which are more tubular and narrower.
3. Plants of the new Alstroemeria flower in south Florida from April to July whereas plants of
Alstroe
5
meria pulchella
flower from January to April.
4. Flowers of the new Alstroemeria are purple and white in color whereas flowers of
Alstroemeria pulchella
are red and green in color.
Compared to plants of
Alstroemeria pelegrina
, plants of the new Alstroemeria differ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Alstroemeria are taller than plants of
Alstroemeria pelegrina.
2. Flower parts of the new Alstroemeria are slightly narrower than flower parts of
Alstroemeria pelegrina.
3. Plants of the new Alstroemeria have more flowers per stem than plants of
Alstroemeria pelegrina.
4. Flowers of the new Alstroemeria do not have a yellow spot on the inner tepals that is evident on flowers of
Alstroemeria pelegrina.
The new Alstroemeria can be compared to the commercial Alstroemeria cultivar ‘Toluca’ (not patented), however, in side-by side comparisons conducted in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., plants of the new Alstroemeria were much shorter and much more high temperature-tolerant than plants of the cultivar ‘Toluca’.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 1999/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Las Olas’, May 1999.
Campell Bruce R.
Florida Foundation Seed Producers
Grunberg Anne Marie
Whealy C. A.
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