Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-05-08
2002-02-19
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012413
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant, botanically known as
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
, and known by the cultivar name ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ was developed in a controlled breeding program in Ashtabula, Ohio by crossing Mikkelsen Seedling No. 92-178-5 (seed parent) (unpatented) with Mikkelsen Seedling No. 91-240-5 (pollen parent) (unpatented). The seed and pollen parents are proprietary breeding lines which have not been sold or made publicly available in this country. The plant is perennial but typically used as an annual in the floriculture industry.
Asexual reproduction by stem cuttings taken by the inventor in Lompoc, Calif. has shown that the unique features of this new Kalanchoe are stabilized and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.
The following characteristics distinguish the new Kalanchoe from other cultivated Kalanchoes of this type known to the inventor. The characteristics are described with comparative reference to the cultivars Kiebessy (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,767) and Tacora (unpatented).
1. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has colored flowers of Red-Purple Group 67C while ‘Kiebessy’ has colored flowers of Red-Purple Group 57C and ‘Tacora’ has colored flowers of Red-Purple Group 67A.
2. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has larger flowers (19 mm in diameter) than ‘Tacora’ (16 mm in diameter) and ‘Kiebessy’ (15 mm in diameter).
3. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has stigmatic surfaces that are white in color when mature which is similar to ‘Tacora’ while ‘Kiebessy’ has a red-purple cast to the stigmatic surface.
4. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ flowers keep up to 7 days longer under home conditions than ‘Kiebessy’ and ‘Tacora’.
5. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has a leaf size of 8 to 9 cm long which is similar to ‘Kiebessy’ while ‘Tacora’ has smaller leaves at 7 to 8 cm long.
6. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has a distinctive leaf margin that is finely lobed with moderate cuts in leaves. ‘Kiebessy’ and ‘Tacora’ have larger, shallower lobing.
7. ‘Forever Maxi Orchid’ has a rounded flower with good petal overlap while ‘Tacora’ has a more star shaped flower with little petal overlap.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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