Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-14
2001-03-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011796
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus, botanically known as
Hibiscus rose
-
sinensis
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Whirl 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 origninated from a cross made by the Inventor in Alva, Fla., of the
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
cultivar Waikiki, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,834, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
cultivar Florida Sunset, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Whirl 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 Oct. 13, 1995.
Compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Waikiki, plants of the new Hibiscus have smaller flowers and flower several days earlier. In addition, plants of the new Hibiscus have bi-colored flowers, that is, dark pink petals with a pale pink picotee margin, whereas plants of the cultivar Waikiki are solid pink. Plants of new Hibiscus are much more uniform in plant habit; have darker green, thicker and more attractive leaves; produces more flowers per plant per day; and differ in flower color compared to plants of the male parent, the cultivar Florida Sunset.
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 Whirl 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 ‘Whirl Wind’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Whirl Wind’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Very glossy, undulate, very dark green leaves.
2. Upright, outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production.
3. Very freely flowering, numerous dark pink and pale pink bi-colored-colored flowers with 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 leaves than plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
2. Plants of the new Hibiscus flower more uniformly than plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
3. Flowers of plants of the new Hibiscus are slightly smaller than flowers of plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze.
4. Plants of the new Hibiscus and the cultivar Bimini Breeze differ in flower color as plants of the new Hibiscus are bi-colored, whereas plants of the cultivar Bimini Breeze are solid pink in color.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Whealy C. A.
Yoder Brother's Inc.
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