Plants – Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant – Fern
Plant Patent
2004-01-08
2004-11-16
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Fern
Plant Patent
active
PP015315
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Nephrolepis exaltata
cultivar Tiger Fern.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Nephrolepis
Fern plant, botanically known as
Nephrolepis exaltata
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Tiger Fern’.
The new
Nephrolepis
fern was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Bogor, Indonesia in the spring of 2000, as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unnamed selection of
Nephrolepis exaltata
, not patented. The new
Nephrolepis
Fern was selected by the Inventor on the basis of its unique pinnae variegation.
Since 2000, asexual reproduction by divisions of the new cultivar in a controlled environment in Bogor, Indonesia, has shown that the unique features of this new
Nephrolepis
Fern are stable and retained through more than 30 successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Tiger Fern’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Tiger Fern’ as a new and distinct cultivar of
Nephrolepis
Fern:
1. Upright and outwardly arching plant habit.
2. Vigorous growth habit.
3. Durable rachis; plants resist breakage during shipping.
4. Green and yellow green variegated pinnae.
5. Closely-spaced pinnae; densely foliated.
The new
Nephrolepis
Fern is most similar to the parent, the unnamed selection of
Nephrolepis exaltata.
However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Bogor, Indonesia and Miami, Fla., plants of the new
Nephrolepis
Fern differ from the parent selection primarily in pinnae coloration as plants of the parent selection have solid green-colored pinnae.
Bell Kent
Exotic Foliage Nursery, Inc
Krawczewicz Myers Louanne
Whealy C. A.
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