Plants – Shrub or vine – Bougainvillea
Plant Patent
2004-03-20
2004-12-14
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Bougainvillea
Plant Patent
active
PP015429
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Bougainvillea spectabilis
cultivar Vera Pink.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Bougainvillea
plant, botanically known as
Bougainvillea spectabilis,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Vera Pink’.
The new
Bougainvillea
is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the
Bougainvillea spectabilis
cultivar Vera Deep Purple, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,950. The new
Bougainvillea
was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within a population of plants of the cultivar Vera Deep Purple in a controlled environment in Schipluiden, The Netherlands in July, 2000. The selection of this plant was based on its attractive flower color.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings at Schipluiden, The Netherlands since Fall, 2000, has shown that the unique features of this new
Bougainvillea
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Vera Pink have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and/or light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Vera Pink’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Vera Pink’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright, outwardly spreading and compact growth habit.
2. Moderate to rapid growth rate.
3. Thornless stems.
4. Roughly spherical inflorescences with numerous flowers.
5. Light pink-colored flower bracts.
Plants of the new
Bougainvillea
differ from plants of the parent cultivar, Vera Deep Purple, primarily in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar Vera Deep Purple have purple-colored flower bracts.
Plants of the new
Bougainvillea
differ from plants of the cultivar Vera Lynn, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10,805,603 filed concurrently, primarily in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar Vera Lynn have darker pink-colored flower bracts than plants of the new
Bougainvillea.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Para Annette H
Rijnplant B.V.
Whealy C. A.
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