Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-05-10
2002-04-30
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012593
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 Pink. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ was developed in a controlled breeding program in Ashtabula, Ohio by crossing Mikkelsen Seedling No. 90-301-2 (seed parent) (unpatented) with Mikkelsen Seedling No. 92-130-1 (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 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 Heirloom (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,810) and Keruna (unpatented).
1. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has pink flowers colored Red Group 55B while ‘Heirloom’ has flowers of Red-Purple Group 66D and ‘Keruna’ has flowers of Red-Purple Group 67D.
2. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has larger leaves (9 to 10 cm long) than ‘Keruna’ (8 to 9 cm long) and ‘Heirloom’ (7 to 8 cm long).
3. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has superior basal branching with breaks from nodes at soil line in pot while ‘Heirloom’ and ‘Keruna’ do not break well from the bottom 2 or 3 nodes.
4. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has a tighter floral display with ‘Heirloom’ and ‘Keruna’ being more open growing.
5. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has a more mounded growth habit while ‘Heirloom’ and ‘Keruna’ are more upright in growth habit.
6. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has a much shorter internode between terminal flower on main stem and first branches at 12 cm than ‘Heirloom’ (25 cm) and ‘Keruna’ (22 cm).
7. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ is similar to ‘Keruna’ in bloom response to short days at 8.5 to 9 weeks while ‘Heirloom’ blooms later at 10 weeks.
8. ‘Forever Midi Pink’ has a round petal being 7 mm wide and 7 mm long while ‘Heirloom’ and ‘Keruna’ have more oblong petals at 5 mm wide and 7 mm long.
Kizikaya Michelle
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenheim Logdson Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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