Plants – Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
2003-04-06
2004-06-01
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
active
PP014845
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Caladium×hortulanum
cultivar Florida Whitewater.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant, botanically known as
Caladium×hortulanum,
commercially referred to as a lance-leaf Caladium, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Florida Whitewater.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned and controlled breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Bradenton, Fla. The objective of the breeding program is to create densely-foliated compact Caladium cultivars with uniquely variegated foliage.
The new cultivar originated from a cross-pollination made in 1985 of the
Caladium×hortulanum
cultivar White Wing, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent, with the
Caladium×hortulanum
cultivar White Queen, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Florida Whitewater was discovered and selected in 1986 as a plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Bradenton, Fla.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by tuber divisions in Bradenton, Fla., has shown that the unique features of this new Caladium plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Caladium 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 ‘Florida Whitewater’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Florida Whitewater’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact and densely-foliated plant habit suitable for container production.
2. Outwardly arching and symmetrical plant form.
3. White and dark green bi-colored leaves that are lanceolate in shape.
Plants of the new Caladium can be compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar White Wing. When grown in side-side comparisons in Bradenton, Fla., plants of the new Caladium differed from plants of the cultivar White Wing, in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Caladium were more compact than plants of the cultivar White Wing.
2. Plants of the new Caladium had more leaves per plant than plants of the cultivar White Wing.
3. Plants of the new Caladium had narrower leaves than plants of the cultivar White Wing.
Plants of the new Caladium can be compared to plants of the male parent, the cultivar White Queen. When grown in side-side comparisons in Bradenton, Fla., plants of the new Caladium differed from plants of the cultivar White Queen in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Caladium had lanceolate-shaped leaves whereas plants of the cultivar White Wing had cordate-shaped leaves.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Caladium had white-colored venation whereas leaves of plants of the cultivar White Wing had red-colored venation.
Plants of the new Caladium are similar in leaf coloration to the cultivar Jackie Suthers, not patented. However, when grown in side-side comparisons in Bradenton, Fla., plants of the new Caladium differed from plants of the cultivar Jackie Suthers, in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Caladium were more compact than plants of the cultivar Jackie Suthers.
2. Plants of the new Caladium had more leaves per plant than the cultivar Jackie Suthers.
3. Plants of the new Caladium had narrower leaves than plants of the cultivar Jackie Suthers.
Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc.
Para Annette H
Whealy C. A.
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