Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Anigozanthos
Plant Patent
2003-12-29
2004-11-16
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Anigozanthos
Plant Patent
active
PP015332
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Anigozanthos flavidus
cultivar Bush Inferno.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Anigozanthos
plant, commonly referred to as Kangaroo-Paw, botanically known as
Anigozanthos flavidus
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Bush Inferno.
The new
Anigozanthos
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia. The objective of the program is to create new compact
Anigozanthos
cultivars that have a long flowering period, branched flowering stems, bright flower coloration and improved disease resistance.
The new
Anigozanthos
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor of the
Anigozanthos flavidus
cultivar Joey Calypso, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unidentified selection of
Anigozanthos flavidus
, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Anigozanthos
was discovered and selected by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, on Aug. 10, 1998 from the resultant progeny of the above-mentioned cross-pollination.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by in vitro propagation of micro-plants since February, 1999 in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, has shown that the unique features of this new
Anigozanthos
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Bush Inferno 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 ‘Bush Inferno’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bush Inferno’ as a new and distinct cultivar of
Anigozanthos:
1. Compact and upright plant habit.
2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.
3. Freely and continuous flowering habit.
4. Freely branched flowering stems.
5. Bright orange-colored flowers.
Plants of the cultivar Bush Inferno can be compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Joey Calypso. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new
Anigozanthos
and the cultivar Joey Calypso differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had dark green-colored foliage whereas plants of the cultivar Joey Calypso had greyed green-colored foliage.
2. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had branched flowering stems whereas plants of the cultivar Joey Calypso did not have branched flowering stems.
3. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had bright orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar Joey Calypso had yellow orange-colored flowers.
Plants of the cultivar Bush Inferno can be compared to plants of the male parent, the unidentified selection of
Anigozanthos flavidus.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new
Anigozanthos
and the male parent selection differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had curved leaves whereas plants of the male parent selection had straight leaves.
2. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had shorter leaves than plants of the male parent selection.
3. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had shorter flowering stems than plants of the male parent selection.
Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
can be compared to plants of the cultivar Bush Spark, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/747,787 filed concurrently. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new
Anigozanthos
differed from plants of the cultivar Bush Spark in the following characteristics:
1. Flowering stems of plants of the new
Anigozanthos
were not as freely branching as flowering stems of plants of the cultivar Bush Spark.
2. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had larger flowers and inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Bush Spark.
3. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had bright orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar Bush Spark had bright red to red purple-colored flowers.
Plants of the cultivar Bush Inferno can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Bush Ranger, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,478. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new
Anigozanthos
and the cultivar Bush Ranger differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had curved leaves whereas plants of the cultivar Bush Ranger had straight leaves.
2. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had bright orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar Bush Ranger had red-colored flowers.
Plants of the cultivar Bush Inferno can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Bush Garnet, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new
Anigozanthos
and the cultivar Bush Garnet differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had curved leaves whereas plants of the cultivar Bush Garnet had slightly curved leaves.
2. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
flowered earlier than plants of the cultivar Bush Garnet.
3. Plants of the new
Anigozanthos
had bright orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar Bush Garnet had dark red-colored flowers.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Hwu June
Ramm Botanicals Pty. Ltd.
Whealy C. A.
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