Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Begonia
Plant Patent
2003-08-07
2004-06-29
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Begonia
Plant Patent
active
PP014953
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Begonia×hybrida
cultivar Caroline.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant, botanically known as
Begonia×hiemalis
, commercially known as Elatior Begonia, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Caroline’.
The new Begonia was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Gönnebek, Germany, in 2001, as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of
Begonia×hiemalis
, ‘Kaya’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/637,059 filed concurrently. The new Begonia was observed as a single flowering plant within a population of flowering plants of the cultivar Kaya. The selection of this plant was based on its unique flower coloration.
Asexual reproduction of the new Begonia by cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Gönnebek, Germany, since 2001 has shown that the unique features of this new Begonia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘Caroline’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength 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 ‘Caroline’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Caroline’ as a new and distinct Begonia cultivar:
1. Compact, upright and rounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching growth habit.
3. Double flowers that are light red purple in color and held above and beyond the foliage.
4. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new Begonia are most similar to plants of the present cultivar Kaya; however plants of the new Begonia differ from plants of the cultivar Kaya primarily in flower color as plants of the cultivar Kaya have light pink-colored flowers.
Grunberg Anne Marie
McCormick-Ewoldt Susan B.
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