Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-04-17
2001-11-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012234
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cultivar of Impatiens plant, botanically known as
Impatiens Hawkeri
, commercially known as New Guinea Impatiens, and known by the cultivar named ‘Ovation Bright Pink’. Ovation Bright Pink was developed in a controlled breeding program by crossing Mikkelsen Seedling No. 94-857-1 (seed parent) with Mikkelsen Seedling No. 95-1105-1 (pollen parent). Both parents are proprietary breeding lines which have not been sold or made publicly available in this country.
Asexual reproduction carried out by the inventor in Lompoc, Calif. by terminal or stem cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Impatiens are stabilized and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.
The following combination of characteristics distinguish the new Impatiens from both its parent varieties and other cultivated Impatiens of this type known and used in the floriculture industry:
1. Ovation Bright Pink has a flower color of Red-Purple Group 58C while Electric Pink (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,399) flowers are more of a rose pink of Red-Purple Group 58B in color and Dark Delias (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,139) is a salmon-pink of Red Group 55A.
2. Ovation Bright Pink has intermediate flower size with 6.5 to 7.0 cm diameter flowers with Dark Delias having smaller flowers at 5.5 to 6.0 cm and the flowers of Electric Pink larger at 7.0 to 7.5 cm.
3. Ovation Bright Pink has a mound growth habit while Electric Pink and Dark Delias are more upright growing and taller.
4. Ovation Bright Pink has a yellow-green pedicel with Dark Delias and Electric Pink each having a red-purple pedicel.
5. Ovation Bright Pink has a spur with a red-purple cast and green tip, Dark Delias has a red-purple spur with green tip, and Electric Pink has a red-purple spur and tip.
6. Ovation Bright Pink has bright green leaves with Dark Delias having deep green leaves and Electric Pink having dark green leaves with a slight cast of red-purple.
7. Ovation Bright Pink and Dark Delias have similar sized leaves at 8.5 to 9.5 cm long and Electric Pink has longer leaves at 11.0 to 12.0 cm.
8. Ovation Bright Pink does not hav an eye in center of flower while Electric Pink and Dark Delias each have a carmine eye.
9. Ovation Bright Pink has a yellow-green midrib on underside of leaves while Electric Pink and Dark Delias each have a red-purple midrib on underside of leaves.
Campell Bruce R.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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