Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Bromeliad
Plant Patent
2001-06-26
2002-10-22
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Bromeliad
Plant Patent
active
PP013112
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Guzmania lingulata×wittmackii.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Purple and Stripes’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant known by the cultivar name ‘Purple and Stripes’, and botanically known as Guzmania.
This new Guzmania ‘Purple and Stripes’ is a branch mutation of hybrid Guzmania ‘Luna’ of the family Bromeliaceae. The male parent plant of the ‘Luna’ is a
Guzmania wittmackii
and the female parent plant of the ‘Luna’ is a
Guzmania lingulata
. Guzmania ‘Purple and Stripes’ flowered for the first time in 1987 and was discovered in 1987 by the inventor, André B. Alderden, in Rijsenhout, the Netherlands.
Horticultural examination initiated in 1987 and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Purple and Stripes’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Purple and Stripes’ which in combination distinguish this Guzmania as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Has a compound inflorescence;
2. Long lasting blooming habit;
3. Superior purple primary bract production with RHS color 187D and RHS color 59B
4. Variegated leaves, green in the middle and white on the sides.
The closest comparison cultivar is Guzmania ‘Luna’ (unpatented). The most important difference is the color of the leaves. Guzmania ‘Purple and Stripes’ has variegated leaves (white on the side and green in the middle) and Guzmania ‘Luna’ does not have variegated leaves.
The new cultivar flowers approximately 17 weeks after treatment with Acetylene.
Guzmania ‘Purple and Stripes’ is not tested under all available environmental conditions like temperature, light intensity, day length, fertilizers and humidity.
Guzmania ‘Purple and Stripes’ is a solid, good tenable, long lasting hybrid with a superior margined bract production and a compound purple inflorescence.
Bell Kent L.
Foley & Lardner
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