Hypericum plant named ‘Curacao’

Details Hypericum plant named ‘Curacao’ Hypericum plant named ‘Curacao’

2004-02-21

2004-11-16

Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)

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PP015322

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Hypericum androsaemum
cultivar Curacao.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Hypericum
plant, botanically known as
Hypericum androsaemum
, commercially used as cut stems with fruits, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Curacao’.
The new
Hypericum
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador. The objective of the breeding program was to develop cut
Hypericum
varieties with durable foliage and attractive fruit coloration.
The new cultivar originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in August, 2000 of a proprietary selection of
Hypericum androsaemum
identified as Code 213, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of
Hypericum androsaemum
identified as Code 63, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Curacao was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Hypericum
by terminal cuttings taken at El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador since February, 2001, has shown that the unique features of this new
Hypericum
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Curacao’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Curacao’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright plant habit.
2. Durable dark green-colored leaves.
3. Large light pink-colored rounded fruits.
4. Good postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new
Hypericum
differ from plants of the female and male parent selections in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Hypericum
are taller than plants of the female and male parent selections.
2. Plants of the new
Hypericum
and the female and male parent selections differ in fruit coloration as plants of the female parent selection have greenish brown-colored fruits and plants of the male parent selection have green-colored fruits.
Plants of the new
Hypericum
can be compared to plants of the
Hypericum
cultivar Bosapin, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,993. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador, plants of the new
Hypericum
differed from plants of the cultivar Bosapin in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Hypericum
were taller than plants of the cultivar Bosapin.
2. Plants of the new
Hypericum
had longer internodes than plants of the cultivar Bosapin.
3. Plants of the new
Hypericum
and the cultivar Bosapin differed in stem coloration.
4. Plants of the new
Hypericum
had smaller fruits than plants of the cultivar Bosapin.
5. Plants of the new
Hypericum
and the cultivar Bosapin differed in fruit coloration as plants of the cultivar Bosapin had red-colored fruits.

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