Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2002-03-08
2003-07-29
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP014031
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Calibrachoa sp. cultivar Illumination Cherry Pink.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp., and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Illumination Cherry Pink’.
The new Calibrachoa is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventors in Tochigi, Japan. The objective of the breeding program is to create new early flowering Calibrachoa cultivars that have stronger growth and attractive flower coloration.
The new Calibrachoa originated from a self-pollination made by the Inventors in April, 1997, in Tochigi, Japan, of an unnamed proprietary Calibrachoa seedling selection, not patented. The new Calibrachoa was discovered and selected by the Inventors as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated self-pollination grown in a controlled environment in Tochigi, Japan, in July, 1998. The selection of this plant was based on its strong plant growth habit and attractive flower coloration.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Saitama-ken, Japan, since January, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Calibrachoa are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Illumination Cherry Pink have 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 ‘Illumination Cherry Pink’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Illumination Cherry Pink’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa:
1. Cascading and prostrate plant habit.
2. Freely branching growth habit.
3. Early flowering habit.
4. Red purple-colored flowers with yellow-colored throat.
5. Good weather tolerance; tolerant to wind, rain, and low and high temperatures.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa can be compared to plants of the parent, the unnamed proprietary Calibrachoa selection. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventors in Tochigi, Japan, plants of the new Calibrachoa differed from plants of the parent primarily in growth habit as plants of the new Calibrachoa were more prostrate and not as upright as plants of the parent. In addition, plants of the new Calibrachoa had smaller flowers than plants of the parent.
Plants of the new cultivar can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Sunbelkupi, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,287. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventors in Tochigi, Japan, plants of the new Calibrachoa differed from plants of the cultivar Sunbelkupi in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Calibrachoa had darker green-colored leaves than plants of the cultivar Sunbelkupi.
2. Plants of the new Calibrachoa had slightly smaller flowers than plants of the cultivar Sunbelkupi.
3. Plants of the new Calibrachoa and the cultivar Sunbelkupi differed in corolla coloration.
Hayashida Kunihiro
Onishi Noboru
Takeshita Daigaku
Tokita Tsutomu
Watanabe Saori
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