Plants – Rose – Climber
Patent
1994-07-21
1996-01-09
Locker, Howard J.
Plants
Rose
Climber
A01H 500
Patent
active
PP0094234
ABSTRACT:
A Chrysanthemum plant named Soft Volare particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; very light pink ray floret color, with the base of the upper side of the ray floret slightly overlaid with light red-purple; diameter across face of capitulum of 76 to 83 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; photoperiodic flowering response to short days when grown in Salinas, Calif., of 50 to 60 days after start of short days; flowering response in Bogota, Colombia of 69 to 71 days; plant height of 71 to 86 cm when grown in Salinas with 11 long days prior to start of short days; height of 99 to 102 cm when grown in Bogota with 14 long days prior to start of short days; peduncle length of the first lateral at flowering after removing the apical bud without growth regulator applications of 8 to 10 cm when grown in Salinas, and 13 to 15 cm when grown in Bogota; peduncle length of the fourth lateral at flowering of 10 to 15 cm when grown in Salinas, and 18 to 20 cm when grown in Bogota; and excellent tolerance to low night temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.
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Locker Howard J.
Yoder Brother's Inc.
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