Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-08-23
2001-03-13
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011808
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Carnation plant, botanically known as
Dianthus caryophyllus,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Kowipa’.
The new Carnation is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact Carnation cultivars suitable for container production with attractive flower color and early flowering.
The new Carnation originated from a cross made by the Inventor of a proprietary
Dianthus caryophyllus
selection identified as 94602-01 as the female, or seed parent, with a proprietary
Dianthus caryophyllus
selection identified as 87092-02 as the male, or pollen parent. The cultivar ‘Kowipa’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, in 1996.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Carnation are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generation of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Kowipa’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Kowipa’, as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Large purple and pink bi-colored flowers.
2. Compact, upright and mounded plant habit.
3. Good basal branching with about 10 lateral branches developing after pinching.
4. Dark green leaves.
5. Rapid growth rate.
6. Fragrant flowers.
7. Good postproduction longevity.
The new Carnation can be compared to the cultivar, ‘Sunflor Surprise’ (U.S. Plant Pat. application Ser. No. 09/379,263). However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, plants of the new Carnation differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Sunflor Surprise’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Carnation grow faster and flower earlier than plants of the cultivar ‘Sunflor Surprise’.
2. Plants of the new Carnation have larger flowers than plants of the cultivar ‘Sunflor Surprise’.
3. Plants of the new Carnation and the cultivar ‘Sunflor Surprise’ differ in flower color.
A detailed comparison of plants of the cultivar ‘Kowipa’ and the cultivar ‘Sunflor Surprise’ appears in Chart A at the end of the specification.
REFERENCES:
GIITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Kowipa’ as per QZ PBR981002; Jul. 20, 1998.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
P. Kooij + Zonen B.V.
Whealy C. A.
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