Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-02-08
2001-12-25
Campbell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012307
ABSTRACT:
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 ‘Molly’.
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 compact plant habit and excellent postproduction longevity.
The new Kalanchoe originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
cultivar Lina, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
cultivar Juliana, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,228, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Molly was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross 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 Molly 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 ‘Molly’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Molly’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Large dark red flowers.
2. Upright and compact plant habit.
3. Dark green leaves.
4. Early flowering.
5. Excellent postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new Kalanchoe differ primarily from plants of the parent cultivars in flower color, leaf shape and plant growth habit.
Campbell Bruce R.
Jepsen AS Knud
Kizilkaya Michelle
Whealy C. A.
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