Plants – Shrub or vine – Hibiscus
Plant Patent
2002-05-22
2003-03-25
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Hibiscus
Plant Patent
active
PP013674
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of
Hibiscus Rosa-
sinensis
L., which was developed in a controlled breeding program in Webster, Tex. by the originator Mr. Barry Schlueter. The varietal denomination of the new variety is ‘AMAZON QUEEN’.
The genus Hibiscus comprises about 250 species of herbs, shrubs and trees in warm temperate and tropical regions; with leaves usually simple, mostly palmately veined, lobed or parted; flowers mostly solitary in the leaf axils but sometimes in racemes, corymbs or panicles. Hibiscus is included in the family Malvaceae, which comprises about 95 genera of herbs, shrubs and trees originating in tropical and temperate regions.
Hibiscus Rosa
-
sinensis
is a glabrate shrub, seldom over 8 feet tall in cultivation, but treelike to 15 feet or more in tropical regions. Leaves to 6 inches long, ovate, usually serrate, mostly glossy green. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils.
The new Hibiscus is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Webster, Tex. The objective of the program was to create new Hibiscus selections with improved bloom quality, color and floriferousness, plants that can be commercially produced on their own root systems, and improved plant habit with regard to vigor and post-production longevity.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new variety was discovered in a controlled breeding program of
Hibiscus Rosa
-
sinensis
and differs from its parents and other known cultivars of
Hibiscus Rosa
-
sinensis
by the following characteristics in combination:
1. Upright, compact symmetrical plant habit that is suitable for container production;
2. Healthy green foliage;
3. Vigorous growth habit;
4. Large unique multi-colored flowers with predominantly orange petals and a red to pink fading center; and
5. Free-flowering.
Asexual reproduction of the new variety by stem cuttings, performed in Webster, Tex. and Fulshear, Tex. have confirmed that the distinctive characteristics of the new variety are stable and transmitted to succeeding generations, and the new variety reproduces true to type.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTS AND OTHER VARIETIES
‘AMAZON QUEEN’ is distinguished from its female parent ‘SCHIZOPHRENIC’ (unpatented) by having a more upright habit and its extremely fancy flower that is heavily ruffled and tufted; ‘SCHIZOPHRENIC’ has a low growing habit and its flower is a blend of yellow, orange and pink. ‘AMAZON QUEEN’ is distinguished from its male parent ‘LADY EMMA’ (unpatented) by its improved branching habit and flower form. ‘LADY EMMA’ is extremely upright, sending out very few lateral branches, and its bloom is so heavily textured that it often fails to open properly.
Plants of ‘AMAZON QUEEN’ can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘GREAT SATAN’ (unpatented). However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Webster, Tex., plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the cultivar ‘GREAT SATAN’ in the following characteristics:
1. Flower color of ‘AMAZON QUEEN’ are brighter in color than flowers of ‘GREAT SATAN’;
2. Plants of ‘AMAZON QUEEN’ are easier to clone via rooting than plants of the cultivar ‘GREAT SATAN’; and
3. Plants of ‘AMAZON QUEEN’ possess healthier foliage and a better growth habit than the cultivar ‘GREAT SATAN’.
Campell Bruce R.
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Haas W C
Hines Nurseries Inc.
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