Plants – Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
2002-04-01
2003-04-08
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamental foliage plant
Plant Patent
active
PP013722
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF PLANT CLAIMED
Plectranthus ambaiuigus.
VARlETY DENOMINATION
Nico.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct Plectranthus plant, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Nico’. The new cultivar was discovered as a mutation of an unnamed
Plectranthus ambaiuigus
selection (not patented) in Rheinfelden, Germany in 1998.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal or stem cuttings taken during 2000-2001 at West Chicago, Ill. has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) Exhibits an upright bushy form;
(b) forms dark green foliage with dark purple underside; and
(c) exhibits a vigorous growth habit.
‘Nico’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as temperature, light intensity, and day length.
When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to the Plectranthus variety ‘Variegata’ (not patented) the new cultivar is more compact and upright and has solid green foliage color, whereas ‘Variegata’ has green and cream variegated foliage.
REFERENCES:
Andrew Hankey, Plectranthus, Witwatersand National Botanical Garden, South Africa, Apr. 2001.*
http://www.saliburygreenhouse.com/annuals.htm.*
All about Nico Plectranthus Http://www.artknapp.com
icoplectranthus.html.
Campell Bruce R.
Haas W C
Unger Breeding
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