Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Anthurium
Plant Patent
2004-02-02
2004-12-21
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Anthurium
Plant Patent
active
PP015444
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Anthurium×hybrid
cultivar Patriot.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Anthurium
plant, botanically known as
Anthurium×hybrid,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Patriot’.
The new
Anthurium
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventors in Apopka, Fla. The objective of the breeding program is to create new
Anthurium
cultivars with dark red-colored spathes, dark green-colored foliage and a uniform and freely flowering habit.
The new
Anthurium
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventors in Apopka, Fla. in September, 2000, of the
Anthurium×hybrid
cultivar Cherry Red, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,315, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of
Anthurium×hybrid
identified as code number 167-1, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Patriot was discovered and selected by the Inventors as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Apopka, Fla., in August, 2002.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by meristem culture in a controlled environment in Sebring, Fla., since 2002, 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 have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of the cultivar Patriot. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Patriot’ as a new and distinct cultivar of
Anthurium
:
1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; relatively intermediate in size.
2. Glossy dark green-colored leaves with reddish brown-colored venation and petioles.
3. Ovate-shaped, dark red-colored spathes with whitish-colored spadices.
4. Inflorescences that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect reddish brown-colored scapes.
5. Excellent inflorescence longevity with spathes maintaining dark red coloration for at least eight weeks.
Plants of the new
Anthurium
are most similar to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Cherry Red. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Apopka, Fla., plants of the new
Anthurium
differed from plants of the cultivar Cherry Red in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Anthurium
were more compact and better suited to smaller container sizes than plants of the cultivar Cherry Red.
2. Leaves of plants of the new
Anthurium
were smaller and narrower than leaves of plants of the cultivar Cherry Red.
3. Spathes of plants of the new
Anthurium
were smaller and more rounded in shape than spathes of plants of the cultivar Cherry Red.
Plants of the new
Anthurium
can be compared to plants of the male parent, the proprietary selection identified as code number 167-1. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Apopka, Fla., plants of the new
Anthurium
differed from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Leaves of plants of the new
Anthurium
were narrower and darker green in color than leaves of plants of the male parent selection.
2. Leaf venation, petioles and scapes of plants of the new
Anthurium
were reddish brown in color whereas leaf venation, petioles and scapes of plants of the male parent selection were green in color.
3. Spathes of plants of the new
Anthurium
were dark red in color whereas spathes of plants of the male parent selection were lavender in color.
Knauss Marianne E.
Lamb Ann E.
Campell Bruce R.
Haas W C
Twyford International Inc.
Whealy C. A.
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