New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcelbupi’

Details New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcelbupi’ New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcelbupi’

2001-01-30

2002-12-24

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Impatiens

Plant Patent

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PP013410

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct New Guinea impatiens plant, botanically known as
Impatiens hawkeri,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balcelbupi’.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor in a controlled breeding program during 1997 at Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new cultivars with numerous, large flowers, excellent basal branching and upright medium growth habit.
The female (seed) parent of ‘Balcelbupi’ was ‘Moorea’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,147) characterized by its compact growth habit, pure white flowers and medium green foliage. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balcelbupi’ was the proprietary
Impatiens hawkeri
cultivar designated ‘50-4’ (non-patented) characterized by its compact habit, pink flowers and dark green foliage. ‘Balcelbupi’ was discovered and selected as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in December of 1997.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation. The new cultivar was asexually reproduced in Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) Exhibits large round blush pink flowers,
(b) Forms dark green foliage,
(c) Exhibits a good basal branching character, and
(d) Exhibits a medium, upright mounded growth habit.
The new cultivar of the present invention can be compared to both its female parent ‘Moorea’ and Celebration Blush White (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,538). When compared to ‘Moorea’ it is found that the new cultivar has larger flowers, smaller leaves, longer internodes and shorter spur. When compared to Celebration Blush White, the new cultivar is more compact, has shorter internodes, smaller leaves and larger flowers of a darker pink color. A detailed comparison can be found in Table A, below.
Distinctive Characteristics:
Characteristic
‘Goldenglossy’
‘Sherwoodii’
‘Conti’
‘Sunrise’
Height (Mature)
3-4′
3-4′
1 ½′-2′
3-4′
Width (Mature)
4-5′
4-5′
4-5′
4-5′
Growth Habit
Compact
Compact
Ground
Compact
cover
Leaf Length
¾-1 ¼″
¾-1 ¼″
¾-1″
¾-1″
Leaf Width
⅜-⅝″
⅜-⅝″
⅜-⅝″
{fraction (5/16)}-½″
Leaf Variegation
Yellow Group
None
Greyed-
Greyed-
(Immature)
10B
Yellow
Yellow
G.160C
G.160A
Leaf Variegation
Yellow-Green
None
Greyed-
Greyed-
(Mature)
G.144A
Yellow
Yellow
G.160C
G.160A

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