Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Dahlia
Plant Patent
2002-03-27
2003-10-28
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Dahlia
Plant Patent
active
PP014254
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed:
Dahlia pinnata.
Variety denomination: ‘Balnovches’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct Dahlia plant, botanically known as
Dahlia pinnata
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balnovches’.
The new cultivar is the product of a planned breeding program. The female (seed) parent of ‘Balnovches’ was the
Dahlia pinnata
variety ‘Figaro White’ (unpatented) which exhibits white inflorescences. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balnovches’ was a mix of pollen from the
Dahlia pinnata
series ‘Figaro Improved’ (unpatented), which may exhibit inflorescences of red, rose, mauve, salmon, yellow or white. The new Dahlia was discovered and selected as a single flowering plant from within the progency of the above stated cross during 1998-1999 in Elburn, Ill. and was initially designated ‘PAS11428-3’.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal tip cuttings taken during 2001 at West Chicago, Ill., has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) exhibits upright mounded form;
(b) forms semi-double yellow inflorescences with red accents; and
(c) exhibits a moderately vigorous growth habit.
‘Balnovches’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as temperature, light intensity, and day length.
The new cultivar of the present invention can be compared to ‘Linda’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,779). However, in side-by-side comparisons, ‘Balnovches’ exhibits ray florets of a different color and fewer ray florets per inflorescence than ‘Linda’.
Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
Bell Kent
Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer
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