Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-06-02
2002-01-01
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012316
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is copending with U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/588,124 which is drawn to the sibling cultivar ‘Cherry Red’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, botanically known as
Anthurium hybrid
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Orange Crush’.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program, and was obtained from a cross made during such a program in Florida. The female or seed parent was the patented cultivar Anthurium ‘Red Hot’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,355). The male or pollen parent was the cultivar Anthurium ‘Kozohara’ (unpatented).
‘Orange Crush’ was discovered and selected as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Ann E. Lamb, in November 1995 in a controlled environment in Florida.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar performed by the inventor by division done in Apopka, Fla., and tissue culture done in Sebring, Fla., was used to increase the number of plants for evaluation and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction and reproduces true to type.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Orange Crush’ which in combination distinguish this Anthurium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Plants produce bright-orange, heart-shaped spathes with an orange spadix;
2. Spathes are durable and may retain their color for approximately 8 weeks or more;
3. Foliage is thick, durable, dark-green and shiny with reddish-brown petioles and primary veins; and
4. Plants are best suited for pot sizes 20 cm and larger.
‘Orange Crush’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and daylength, without any change in genotype.
Of the commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Orange Crush’ is the cultivar Anthurium ‘Red Hot’. In comparison to ‘Red Hot’, the spathes of ‘Orange Crush’ are bright-orange and are longer lasting, larger and more heart-shaped than the spathes of ‘Red Hot’. The foliage of ‘Orange Crush’ is considerably darker-green and more durable than the foliage of ‘Red Hot’. Plants of ‘Orange Crush’ are more tolerant of adverse growing conditions than plants of ‘Red Hot’.
The male parental cultivar, Anthurium ‘Kozohara’ produces large (15 cm) heart-shaped dark red spathes with a white spadix, which are held high above the foliage in the center of the plant. The leaves are light to medium green in color, and the petioles and stems are green. The plant grows best in cool tropical conditions (low 80s day temp, 65 F. night). In comparison, Anthurium ‘Orange Crush’ produces orange heart-shaped spathes with a purple-orange spadix which are held above the foliage. The leaves of ‘Orange Crush’ are darker green than those of ‘Kozohara’, and its stems and petioles are tinged with reddish-brown. Plants of ‘Orange Crush’ are more tolerant of temperature extremes (high of 104 F., low 55 F.) than are plants of ‘Kozohara’.
In comparison to the sibling cultivar ‘Cherry Red’, ‘Orange Crush’produces orange spathes, and ‘Cherry Red’ produces dark red spathes. Over time, plants of ‘Orange Crush’ will grow a bit taller and fuller than those of ‘Cherry Red’. Overall, the two varieties are similar in appearance, leaf shape and leaf color.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
Twyford Plant Laboratories, Inc.
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