Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Kalanchoe
Plant Patent
2003-09-02
2004-11-23
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Kalanchoe
Plant Patent
active
PP015372
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
cultivar KJ 2002-0500.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Kalanchoe
plant, botanically known as
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘KJ 2002-0500’.
The new
Kalanchoe
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Hinnerup, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program was to create new freely-flowering
Kalanchoe
cultivars with large flowers, numerous petals per flower, attractive flower coloration and excellent postproduction longevity.
The new
Kalanchoe
originated from a cross-pollination made in Hinnerup, Denmark, of the
Kalanchoe
cultivar Molly, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,307, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Kalanchoe
cultivar 2001-1855, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Kalanchoe
was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant with the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a controlled environment in Hinnerup, Denmark.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Kalanchoe
by terminal cuttings taken at Hinnerup, Denmark, by the Inventor, has shown that the unique features of this new
Kalanchoe
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar KJ 2002-0500 has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘KJ 2002-0500’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘KJ 2002-0500’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright plant habit.
2. Dark green-colored leaves.
3. Large red-colored flowers with more than 15 petals per flower.
4. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new
Kalanchoe
differ from plants of the parent cultivars in petal number and coloration.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Knud Jepsen A/S
Whealy C. A.
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