Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-04-12
2001-10-02
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012115
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, botanically known as
Anthurium andraeanum L.
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Pink Champion’.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program, and was obtained from a cross made during such a program in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, in 1993. The female or seed parent was a pink-red-colored, proprietary
Anthurium andraeanum
hybrid having selection number 93-372-02. The male or pollen parent was
Anthurium andraeanum
cultivar ‘Sweet Heart Pink’ (PBR No. 15142).
‘Pink Champion’ was discovered and selected as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventors, Jan van Dijk and N. A. M. van Rosmalen in December 1995 in a controlled environment in a glasshouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by tissue culture was performed by the inventors in a controlled environment in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics are herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Pink Champion’ which in combination distinguish this Anthurium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. The plant flowers early and fully and can be sold at different stages from a mini-type of 35 cm in height to a larger plant that is 70 cm in height;
2. The peduncle is long and erect and therefore the flowers are held well-above the foliage;
3. The plant habit is full due to shoot formation;
4. The leaves are dark-green, compact and durable with light-green primary veins;
5. The flowers are durable and, at first, are pink in color becoming green when maturing. The part of the spathe near the spadix turns first into green. After approximately 20 weeks, the flower becomes completely green. The green color of the spathe is lighter than the green color of the leaves; and
6. The amount of flowers is large in relation to the amount of leaf blades and therefore the ratio of leaf to flower size is excellent.
‘Pink Champion’ 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.
van Dijk Jan
van Rosmalen N. A. M.
Anthura B.V.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
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