Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Phlox
Plant Patent
2004-02-21
2004-11-30
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Phlox
Plant Patent
active
PP015389
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Phlox paniculata
cultivar Indico.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Phlox
plant, botanically known as
Phlox paniculata
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Indico.
The new
Phlox
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador. The objective of the breeding program was to create new vigorous
Phlox
cultivars with white-colored flowers and durable foliage.
The new
Phlox
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in August, 1999 in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador of a proprietary selection of
Phlox paniculata
identified as Code 3, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent and an unidentified selection of
Phlox paniculata
, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Phlox
was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador. The new
Phlox
was selected on the basis of its white-colored flowers.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador since August, 2000, has shown that the unique features of this new
Phlox
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Indico have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, and fertility level without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Indico’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Indico’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright plant habit with strong stems.
2. Vigorous growth habit.
3. Attractive white-colored flowers.
4. Freely and uniformly flowering habit.
5. Good postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new
Phlox
differ from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Phlox
are more vigorous than plants of the female parent selection.
2. Plants of the new
Phlox
flower about four or five weeks later than plants of the female parent selection.
3. Plants of the new
Phlox
and the female parent selection differ in flower coloration as plants of the female parent selection have pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new
Phlox
can be compared to the
Phlox
cultivar Ice Cap, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador, plants of the new
Phlox
differed from plants of the cultivar Ice Cap in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Phlox
were more vigorous than plants of the cultivar Ice Cap.
2. Plants of the new
Phlox
had longer internodes than plants of the cultivar Ice Cap.
3. Plants of the new
Phlox
had shorter leaves than plants of the cultivar Ice Cap.
4. Plants of the new
Phlox
flowered about four to five weeks later than plants of the cultivar Ice Cap.
REFERENCES:
UPOV ROM 2004/02 citation for ‘Indico’ GTITM software.
Campell Bruce R.
Esmeralda Breeding B.V.
Haas W C
Whealy C. A.
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