Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-14
2001-01-02
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011734
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, botanically known as
Anthurium andreanum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Candy Love.
The new Anthurium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands. The objective of the program is to create and develop new Anthurium cultivars that have a freely clumping growth habit, strong and vigorous plant growth, attractive spathe color, numerous inflorescences and leaves, and good post-production longevity.
The new Anthurium originated from a cross by the Inventor on Mar. 2, 1994, in a laboratory in Belgium, of the Inventor's proprietary
Anthurium andreanum
selection code number 92-8 as the female, or seed, parent with the Inventor's proprietary
Anthurium andreanum selection code number
92-3 as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Candy Love was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Schipluiden, The Netherlands in June, 1996.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by tissue culture has shown that the unique features of this new Anthurium plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Anthurium has 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 has been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of the cultivar Candy Love. There characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Candy Love’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Freely clumping, dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Durable dark green leaves that are ovate to lanceolate in shape.
4. Numerous inflorescences that are positioned upright and beyond the foliage on strong and erect scapes.
5. Durable, glossy light red spathes.
6. Year-round continuous flowering.
7. Good post-production longevity.
The new Anthurium can be compared to the female parent, the Inventor's proprietary selection code number 92-8. In side-by side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differ from plants of selection code number 92-8 in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Anthurium are more compact than plants of the selection code number 92-8.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium are more freely clumping than plants of the selection code number 92-8.
3. Plants of the new Anthurium have lighter red-colored spathes than plants of the selection code number 92-8.
The new Anthurium can be compared to the male parent, the Inventor's proprietary selection code number 92-3. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differ from plants of selection code number 92-3 in the following characteristics.
1. Plants of the new Anthurium are more compact than plants of the selection code number 92-3.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium are more freely clumping than plants of the selection code number 92-3.
3. Plants of the new Anthurium have smaller leaves than plants of the selection code number 92-3.
4. Plants of the new Anthurium have smaller spathes than plants of the selection code number 92-3.
The new Anthurium can be compared to the Anthurium cultivar Champion, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,088. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differ from plants of the cultivar Champion in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Anthurium grow faster than plants of the cultivar Champion.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium are more freely clumping than plants of the cultivar Champion.
3. Plants of the new Anthurium have rougher leaves than plants of the cultivar Champion.
4. Plants of the new Anthurium and of the cultivar Champion differ in spathe shape.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Rijnplant
Whealy C. A.
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