Nemesia plant named ‘Nemli’

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2001-09-30

2002-11-12

Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Plant Patent

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PP013229

ABSTRACT:

BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Nemesia caerula
cultivar ‘Nemli’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant, botanically known as
Nemesia caerula
and referred to by the name ‘Nemli’.
The new Nemesia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Auckland, New Zealand. The objecive of the program is to create new compact Nemesia cultivars with numerous flowers and unique flower colors.
The new Nemesia originated from a cross by the Inventor of the
Nemesia caerula
cultivar ‘Pearl’, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Nemesia caerula
cultivar ‘Delphi’, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent on or about Oct. 30, 1998. The cultivar ‘Nemli’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Auckland, New Zealand on or about Apr. 16, 1999.
Asexual reproduction of the new Nemesia by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Auckland, New Zealand since April, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Nemesia are stable and are reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Nemesia 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 characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Nemli’ and distinguish ‘Nemli’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright, outwardly spreading and compact plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit.
3. Small green leaves.
4. Numerous light purple-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Nemesia differ primarily from plants of the female parent, the cultivar ‘Pearl’, in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the the new Nemesia are more compact than plants of the cultivar ‘Pearl’.
2. Plants of the new Nemesia are more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar ‘Pearl’.
3. Plants of the new Nemesia have light purple-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar ‘Pearl’ have pale pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Nemesia differ primarily from plants of the male parent, the cultivar ‘Delphi’, in flower color.
Plants of the new Nemesia can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Blueberry Sachet’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Nemesia differed from plants of the cultivar ‘Blueberry Sachet’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Nemesia were larger and more outwardly spreading than plants of the cultivar ‘Blueberry Sachet’.
2. Plants of the new Nemesia had lighter green foliage than plants of the cultivar ‘Blueberry Sachet’.
3. Plants of the new Nemesia had light purple-colored flowers whereas plants of the cultivar ‘Blueberry Sachet’ had blue-colored flowers.


REFERENCES:
patent: PP12014 (2001-07-01), Hubbard

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