Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescaice’

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2004-02-21

2004-11-23

Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)

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Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

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PP015345

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Calibrachoa
sp. cultivar Wescaice.
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 ‘Wescaice’.
The new
Calibrachoa
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Südlohn, Germany. The objective of the program is to create new
Calibrachoa
cultivars with compact and cascading growth habit, freely branching habit and attractive flower colors.
The new
Calibrachoa
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor during 2000 of a proprietary selection of
Calibrachoa
identified as code number 00P108, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of
Calibrachoa
identified as code number 00P150, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Calibrachoa
was selected by the Inventor in 2000 in a controlled environment in Südlohn, Germany from within the progeny resulting from the cross-pollination.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Südlohn, Germany since 2000, 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 Wescaice have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and daylength without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Wescaice’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wescaice’ as a new and distinct cultivar of
Calibrachoa
:
1. Cascading, roughly spherical plant habit.
2. Branches with tightly spaced internodes.
3. Large ovate-shaped leaves.
4. Freely flowering habit.
5. Uniform flower size.
6. Flowers that are light blue in color.
Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
produce flowers that are more open in shape and different in color than plants of the female parent. Also, plants of the new
Calibrachoa
have flowers that remain open under low light levels. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
have flowers that are a different color than plants of the male parent. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
also have thicker branches and larger leaves than plants of the male parent.
Plants of the cultivar Wescaice can be compared to plants of the
Calibrachoa
cultivar Wesviolet, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,584. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn, Germany, plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the cultivar Wesviolet, differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had larger and more rounded leaves than plants of the cultivar Wesviolet.
2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had wider sepals and longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Wesviolet.
3. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
produced larger flowers than plants of the cultivar Wesviolet.
4. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the cultivar Wesviolet differed in flower color.
Plants of the cultivar Wescaice can also be compared to plants of the
Calibrachoa
cultivar Carillon Blue, not patented. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn, Germany, plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the cultivar Carillon Blue, differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had more rounded leaves than plants of the cultivar Carillon Blue.
2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had shorter internodes than plants of the cultivar Carillon Blue.
3. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
produced larger flowers than plants of the cultivar Carillon Blue.
4. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
and the cultivar Carillon Blue differed in flower color.
5. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa
had broader sepals than plants of the cultivar Carillon Blue.

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