Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-14
2001-01-30
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011759
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus, botanically known as
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Candy Wind.
The new Hibiscus is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Alva, Fla. The objective of the breeding program is to create new freely-branching Hibiscus cultivars with uniform and compact plant habit appropriate for container production, early and uniform flowering, numerous flowers per lateral branch, desirable flower color, resistance to flower bud abscission, and good postproduction longevity.
The new Hibiscus originated from a cross made by the Inventor in Alva, Fla., of a proprietary
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
selection, designated as code No. YB-1242, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
cultivar Pink Versicolor, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Candy Wind was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Alva, Fla., on Sep. 13, 1995.
Compared to plants of the white-flowered female parent, the proprietary Hibiscus selection code No. YB-1242, plants of the new Hibiscus have darker green foliage and flowers that are typically about 2.5 to 3.75 cm larger in diameter. Plants of new Hibiscus have slightly lighter green foliage; lighter pink flower color; and flower about two to four days earlier than plants of the male parent, the cultivar Pink Versicolor. In addition, leaf margins of plants of the new Hibiscus are crenate whereas leaf margins of plants of the cultivar Pink Versicolor are pinnatisect to incised.
Asexual reproduction of the new Hibiscus by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Alva, Fla., has shown that the unique features of this new Hibiscus are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Candy Wind has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, nutrition and water status without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Candy Wind’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Candy Wind’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Glossy, undulate, dark green leaves.
2. Upright, outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production.
3. Very freely flowERing, numerous large pink-colored flowers with large dark red “eyes”.
4. Good resistance to flower bud abscission.
5. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new Hibiscus can be compared to plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,582. However, in side-by side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the new Hibiscus differ from plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Hibiscus have lighter green foliage than plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
2. Plants of the new Hibiscus have larger flowers, about 2.5 to 3.75 cm larger in diameter, than plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
3. Flowers of plants of the new Hibiscus are flatter than flowers of plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
4. Flowers of plants of the new Hibiscus have larger and more pronounced dark red “eyes” than plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Whealy C. A.
Yoder Brother's Inc.
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