Anthurium plant named ‘Lola’

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2000-05-11

2001-11-13

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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PP012197

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, botanically known as Anthurium hybrid, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Lola.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Altha, Fla. The objective of the program was to develop a well branching pot Anthurium cultivar with dark red, shiny spathes well visible above foliage and with spadices contrasting with spathes.
The new Anthurium was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 1993 as a seedling within the progeny of a cross made in 1992 in a controlled environment in Altha, Fla. The female parent was a seedling of
Anthurium andreanum
, discovered at Anthuriums of Hawaii in Hawaii, and referred to by the name Yogi Mini Red (not patented). The male parent was a selected clone of Anthurium hybrid cultivar Ruth Morat, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,540, a/k/a Lady Ruth™.
Asexual propagation of ‘Lola’ by means of tissue culture in Altha, Fla. has established than the unique characteristics of this new cultivar are in fact stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Anthurium cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and/or horticultural practices such as temperature, light intensity, day length, fertilization, irrigation, propagation procedures etc., without any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and in combination distinguish ‘Lola’ as a new and distinct cultivar of pot Anthurium:
1. Medium size plant, appropriate for 15-cm to 20-cm containers;
2. Symmetrical, rounded and full growth habit;
3. Vigorous growth;
4. Early and abundant branching;
5. Abundant and year-round flowering;
6. Exceptionally dark red, very glossy spathes, becoming darker with age and maintaining glossiness long past inflorescence maturity;
7. Spathes held high above foliage, mostly in the center of the plant on almost vertical, usually straight peduncles;
8. Spadices sharply contrasting with spathes, yellow when young, white when mature.
Plants of ‘Lola’ are distinguished from plants of the female parent, seedling Yogi Mini Red, by its larger size; more vigorous growth; more abundant branching and flowering; smaller spathes, that are of much darker red color.
Plants of ‘Lola’ are distinguished from plants of the male parent, cultivar Ruth Morat, by its smaller size; slightly later flowering; slightly longer crop time; smaller and slightly lighter green leaves; smaller, less elongated, much darker red and glossier spathes; spadices that are yellow when young and white when mature, as opposed to pink-purple spadices of ‘Ruth Morat’.
The new cultivar can be compared to the known Anthurium cultivars: ‘75-10’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,355, a/k/a Red Hot™ and ‘A8’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,551, a/k/a Nicoya™. The comparisons were made on plants of the same age, grown side-by-side under the same greenhouse conditions in Altha, Fla.
Plants of the new Anthurium cultivar differ from plants of the cultivar 75-10 in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of ‘Lola’ start flowering slightly later and have slightly longer crop time than plants of ‘75-10’.
2. Inflorescences of plants of ‘Lola’ are of a good quality from the onset of flowering, whereas several first spathes produced by plants of ‘75-
10’. are very small and deformed.
3. Spathes of young plants of ‘Lola’ are larger than spathes of young plants ‘75-10’.
4. Spathes of ‘Lola’ are much darker red and glossier than spathes of ‘75-10’.
5. Spathes of ‘Lola’ are non-puckered and convex or cupped, whereas spathes of ‘75-10’ are puckered and wavy.
6. Spadices of ‘Lola’ are yellow when young and white when mature, whereas spadices of ‘75-10’ are purple from the time of spathe unrolling.
7. Spadices of ‘Lola’ are straight, whereas spadices of ‘75-10’ are curved.
8. Petioles and peduncles of ‘Lola’ are predominantly green, whereas petioles and peduncles of ‘75-10’ are predominantly red-brown.
9. Mature leaves of ‘Lola’ are slightly lighter green than mature leaves of ‘75-10’.
10. Young leaves of ‘Lola’ are light green, whereas young leaves of ‘75-10’ are brownish green.
11. Veins of mature leaves of ‘Lola’ have very little to no brownish anthocyanin coloration, whereas veins of mautre leaves of ‘75-10’ usually have pronounced anthocyanin coloration.
12. Roots of ‘Lola’ are cream to light brown, whereas many roots of ‘75-10’ are dark pink.
Plants of the new Anthurium cultivar differ from plants of the cultivar A8 in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of ‘Lola’ start flowering later and have longer crop time than plants of ‘A8’.
2. Plants of ‘Lola’ branch slightly more freely than plants of ‘A8’.
3. Spathes of ‘Lola’ are smaller, more ovate (less deltoid) and situated higher above foliage than spathes of ‘A8’.
4. Spathes of ‘Lola’ are very dark red, whereas spathes of ‘A8’ are bright red.
5. Spathes of ‘Lola’ are non-puckered, convex or cupped, whereas spathes of ‘A8’ are approximately flat and usually slightly puckered.
6. Spadices of ‘Lola’ are smaller than spadices of ‘A8’.
7. Spadices of ‘Lola’ are yellow when young and white when mature, whereas spadices of ‘A8’ are pale pink-purple in color.

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