Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Phlox
Plant Patent
2001-10-30
2003-03-04
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Phlox
Plant Patent
active
PP013623
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Phlox paniculata.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Natural Feelings’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant of the family Polemoniaceae, botanically known as
Phlox paniculata
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Natural Feelings’.
The new cultivar is a whole plant mutation from Phlox ‘Bright Eye Elite’ (unpatented) in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands. ‘Natural Feelings’ was discovered and selected by the inventor, Irenaeus A. M. van Gaalen, in September 2000, in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands.
‘Natural Feelings’ is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor and selected in a cultivated environment in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands. Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by tissue culture was first performed in September 2000 in Maasdijk, The Netherlands. Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings (tip cutting, internodal cutting) was first performed June, 2001, in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Natural Feelings’ which in combination distinguish this Phlox as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Inflorescences atypical of Phlox flowers;
2. Persistent inflorescences that do not shed;
3. Upright plant habit;
4. Green leaf color;
5. Many flowers per stem;
6. Light greyed-purple; red-purple; flowers with white and yellow-green tips.
‘Natural Feelings’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length without any change in the genotype of the plant. The following observations, measurements and values describe the new cultivar as grown in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands, in a glass greenhouse under average day temperatures of between 18 to 32 degrees Celsius and 10 to 18 degrees Celcius at night. No artificial lighting, photoperiodic treatments or other cultural or environmental treatments are conducted, no growth retardants are added. These conditions closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Natural Feelings’ is the cultivar ‘Red Feelings’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/984,576). In comparison, flowers of ‘Natural Feelings’ are green/white/pink whereas the flowers of ‘Red Feelings’ are reddish purple. The flower shape of ‘Natural Feelings’ resembles that of a small flower whereas the flower shape of ‘Red Feelings’ are less developed than a small flower. The inflorescences of ‘Natural Feelings’ have more flowers than the inflorescences of ‘Red Feelings’.
In comparison to
Phlox paniculata
‘Bright Eye Elite’, (unpatented) from which ‘Natural Feelings’ is a mutant,
Phlox paniculata
‘Bright Eye Elite’ has normal
Phlox paniculata
flowers, whereas ‘Natural Feelings’ has much smaller flowers with different colors. ‘Bright Eye Elite’ has dark pink to light pink flowers that are 3.5 cm to 4 cm in length. The flowers of ‘Natural Feelings’ are green/white/pink in color and are 2 cm in length. The flowers of ‘Natural Feelings’ do not have reproductive organs contrary to the flowers of ‘Red Feelings’. Generally, the stem, leaves and roots of ‘Bright Eye Elite’ and ‘Natural Feelings’ are the same.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
Para Annette H.
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