Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-05-18
2002-04-30
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012592
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 Midi Bright Pink’. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ was developed in a controlled breeding program in Ashtabula, Ohio by crossing Mikkelsen Seedling No. 92-178-7 (seed parent) (unpatented) with Mikkelsen Seedling No. 93-362-1 (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 Lompac, 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 Baluran (unpatented) and Sensation (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,727).
1. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ has flowers colored Red-Purple Group
67C while ‘Baluran’ has flowers colored of Red-Purple Group 57D and ‘Sensation’ has flowers colored Red-Purple Group 57C.
2. The flowers in the florescence of ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ are
17 mm in diameter which is larger than the flower diameter of ‘Baluran’ (14 mm) and ‘Sensation’ (15 mm).
3. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ has a more rounded dense growth habit than ‘Baluran’ or ‘Sensation’ which each have a somewhat open and more upright growth habit.
4. The leaf lobes of ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ almost undulate while the leaf lobes of ‘Sensation’ and ‘Baluran’ are much more crenate.
5. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ has a much shorter internode between terminal flower on main stem and first branches of
2.5 cm than that of ‘Baluran’ (5 cm) and ‘Sensation’ (4 cm.
6. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ has an
8.5 to 9 week flowering response time which is similar to ‘Baluran’ but earlier than ‘Sensation’ at 10.5 weeks.
7. ‘Forever Midi Bright Pink’ has leaves that are
9 to 10 cm long which is similar to ‘Sensation’ with ‘Baluran’ having smaller leaves at 8to 9 cm long.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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