Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-22
2001-12-18
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012286
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant, botanically known as
Dahlia hybrida
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Gallery Cobra’.
The new Dahlia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Lisse, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create Dahlia cultivars with freely branching growth habit, decorative inflorescence form, attractive ray floret colors, and good inflorescence longevity. The Gallery Dahlias are the products of cross-pollinations between unidentified selections of Dahlia coccinea and compact Dahlia hybrids.
The new Dahlia originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,525, as the female, or seed, parent with the proprietary Dahlia selection identified as VLE 6 as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Dahlia was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross grown in a controlled environment in Lisse, The Netherlands, in 1996. The selection of this plant was based on its decorative inflorescence form and attractive ray floret coloration.
Asexual reproduction of the new Dahlia by cuttings was first conducted in Lisse, The Netherlands in 1996. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Dahlia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘Gallery Cobra’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, light intensity, water and nutritional status without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Gallery Cobra’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Gallery Cobra’ as a new and distinct Dahlia:
1. Upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching, full and dense plants.
3. Decorative inflorescence form.
4. Orange-colored ray florets.
5. Good garden performance.
Compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar ‘Gallery Art Deco’, plants of the new Dahlia are taller, are more freely branching, have shorter internodes, and differ in ray floret coloration.
Compared to plants of the male parent, the proprietary selection VLE 6, plants of the new Dahlia are taller and differ in inflorescence form and ray floret coloration.
Plants of the new Dahlia are easily distinguished from plants of its sibling, the cultivar ‘Gallery Monet’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/318,498, in ray floret coloration as plants of the new Dahlia have orange-colored ray florets whereas plants of the cultivar ‘Gallery Monet’ have pink and white bi-colored ray florets.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Gallery Cobra’ as per QZ PBR980186; Feb. 11, 1998.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Gebr. Verwer
Whealy C. A.
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