Anthurium Plant Named ‘Purple Plum’

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2000-04-14

2002-02-26

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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PP012424

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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 ‘Purple Plum’.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program, and was obtained from a cross made during such a program in Florida, in March of 1993. The female or seed parent was the patented cultivar
Anthurium andraeanum
‘Pink Aristocrat’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,441). The male or pollen parent was an unnamed proprietary
Anthurium×hybrid
seedling identified by number code ‘No. 167’, maintained by the inventor, and used only for breeding purposes.
‘Purple Plum’ 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 ‘Purple Plum’ which in combination distinguish this Anthurium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Plants produce many small, purple, cordate spathes each with a dark-purple spadix;
2. Spathes are held high above the foliage in the center of the plant;
3. Plants bloom abundantly, often having five or more inflorescences open at one time;
4. Foliage is medium-green and moderately glossy;
5. Plants have many basal branches; and
6. Plants are short in stature and are best suited for production in 15-cm pots.
‘Purple Plum’ 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.
In comparison to the female parent plant, ‘Pink Aristocrat’, the spathes of ‘Purple Plum’ are smaller, more numerous and purple in color. ‘Purple Plum’ is shorter and more highly branched than ‘Pink Aristocrat’. The leaves of‘Purple Plum’ are smaller and more numerous than those of ‘Pink Aristocrat’. In addition, ‘Purple Plum’ is more tolerant of adverse growing conditions than is ‘Pink Aristocrat’.
In comparison to the male parent plant, ‘No. 167’, the spathes of ‘Purple Plum’ are more numerous, purple in color, and held upright above the foliage on tall, straight peduncles. The spathes of ‘No. 167’ are pink to pale lavender in color, and are carried among or just above the foliage, on curved, flexible peduncles. The leaves of ‘Purple Plum’ are smaller, more numerous, and not as shiny as those of ‘No. 167’. ‘Purple Plum’ grows considerably faster than ‘No. 167’.
Of the commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Purple Plum’ is the cultivar
Anthurium×hybrid
‘Lavender Aristocrat’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,449). In comparison to ‘Lavender Aristocrat’, the spathes of ‘Purple Plum’ are smaller and are more numerous. Plants of ‘Purple Plum’ are shorter and produce more basal branches than plants ‘Lavender Aristocrat’. The leaves of ‘Purple Plum’ are smaller and more numerous than those of ‘Lavender Aristocrat’. Plants of ‘Purple Plum’ are more tolerant of adverse growing conditions than plants of ‘Lavender Aristocrat’.


REFERENCES:
patent: PP7441 (1991-02-01), Tagami
patent: PP11159 (1999-12-01), Hodell

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