Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-05-10
2002-02-05
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012395
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 Frosty Red’. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ was discovered as a mutation of Keepsake U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,798) in 1995 in Ashtabula, Ohio. 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.
1. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ has flowers colored Red Group 44A while ‘Keepsake’ has flowers colored Red Group 45B.
2. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ has silver-green leaves of Greyed-Green Group 189A with cream variegation at edge of leaf while ‘Keepsake’ has a solid green leaf of Yellow-Green Group 147A.
3. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ has a smaller leaf (6 to 7 cm long) than ‘Keepsake’ (8 to 9 cm long).
4. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ has an undulate leaf margin while ‘Keepsake’ has a crenate leaf margin with moderate lobing.
5. ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ has fewer flowers in the flower cluster than ‘Keepsake’ and is more open.
6. ‘Keepsake’ is totally male fertile while ‘Forever Midi Frosty Red’ is mostly male sterile.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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