Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Begonia
Plant Patent
2001-02-08
2002-08-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Begonia
Plant Patent
active
PP012886
ABSTRACT:
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 ‘Genie’.
The new Begonia was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Glandorf, Germany, April, 1999, as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of
Begonia×hiemalis
‘Carneval’, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/641,719. The new Begonia was observed as a single plant in a group of flowering plants of the parent cultivar. The selection of this plant was based on its unique flower coloration and fringed inner tepals.
Asexual reproduction of the new Begonia by leaf and terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Glandorf, Germany, 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 ‘Genie’ 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 ‘Genie’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Genie’ as a new and distinct Begonia:
1. Compact and freely branching plant habit.
2. Double soft salmon red and yellow bi-colored flowers that are held above the foliage.
3. Fringed inner tepals.
4. Excellent postproduction longevity.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Glandorf, Germany, plants of the new Begonia differ from plants of the parent cultivar Carneval primarily in flower color as plants of the new Begonia have soft salmon red and yellow bi-colored tepals whereas plants of the cultivar Carneval have bright red and yellow bi-colored tepals. Flowers of the new Begonia have larger tepals and open more fully than flowers of the cultivar Carneval. In addition, inner tepals of the new Begonia have fringed margins whereas inner tepals of cultivar Carneval have entire margins.
Campell Bruce R.
Grünberg Anne Marie
Whealy C. A.
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