Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-11-01
2001-05-15
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011873
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant, botanically known as
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Willd., and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Eckabir’.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Encinitas, Calif. The objective of the program is to create new Poinsettia cultivars having interesting bract and leaf display, color and form; strong and freely branching stems; and good post-production longevity.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the Poinsettia cultivar ‘559’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,773, as the male, or pollen parent, with an unnamed proprietary Poinsettia selection as the female, or seed parent.
The cultivar ‘Eckabir’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Encinitas, Calif. in December, 1995.
Asexual reproduction of the new Poinsettia by terminal cuttings taken at Encinitas, Calif., has shown that the unique features of this new Poinsettia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Eckabir’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Eckabir’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Bright red bracts.
2. Response time about 9.5 weeks.
3. Upright and spreading plant habit.
4. Vigorous.
5. Freely branching habit.
6. Good postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new Poinsettia can be compared to plants of the male parent, the cultivar ‘559’. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of ‘559’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Poinsettia are slightly taller, more outwardly spreading and more vigorous than plants of ‘559’.
2. Plants of the new Poinsettia have slightly larger leaves and longer petioles than plants of ‘559’.
3. Plants of the new Poinsettia have larger and flatter inflorescences than plants of ‘559’.
4. Plants of the new Poinsettia have fewer but larger bracts than plants of ‘559’.
5. Bracts of the new Poinsettia are held more upright than bracts of ‘559’.
6. Plants of the new Poinsettia flower earlier than plants of ‘559’.
Campell Bruce R.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Paul Ecke Ranch
Whealy C. A.
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