Plants – Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
2003-04-06
2004-03-30
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
active
PP014650
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Beaucarnea recurvata
cultivar Gold Star.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Beaucarnea plant, botanically known as
Beaucarnea recurvata
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Gold Star’.
The new cultivar was discovered by the Inventor in a greenhouse in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unidentified selection of
Beaucarnea recurvata
. The new Beaucarnea was observed as a single plant in a group of plants of the parent selection in 1996. This plant was selected on its unique leaf variegation pattern as plants of the parent selection do not have variegated leaves.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar at Enkhuizen, The Netherlands, by tissue culture since 1996 has shown that the unique features of this new Beaucarnea plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Beaucarnea 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 ‘Gold Star’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Gold Star’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly arching growth habit.
2. Dark green and yellow green variegated leaves.
3. Excellent post-production longevity.
Plants of the new Beaucarnea can be compared to plants of the cultivar FACH9901BEAU, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,735. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Honselerdijk, The Netherlands, plants of the new Beaucarnea differed from plants of the cultivar FACH
990l
BEAU in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Beaucarnea were more compact than plants of the cultivar FACH9901BEAU.
2. Plants of the new Beaucarnea had smaller and shorter leaves than plants of the cultivar FACH9901BEAU.
3. Plants of the new Beaucarnea had narrower yellow green margins than plants of the cultivar FACH9901BEAU.
4. Plants of the new Beaucarnea and the cultivar FACH9901BEAU differed in leaf coloration.
Bell Kent
Fachjan BV
Whealy C. A.
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