Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckacton’

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1999-11-02

2001-05-22

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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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 ‘Eckacton’.
The new Poinsettia is a naturally-occurring sport of the commercial
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Willd. cultivar Bright Red Freedom, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,572. The new Poinsettia was selected by the Inventor in a greenhouse in Encinitas, Calif., in 1997. The objective of the Inventor's Poinsettia development 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.
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 ‘Eckacton’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Eckacton’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Bright red bracts.
2. Early flowering, response time about 8.5 weeks.
3. Medium green leaves.
4. Upright, spreading and compact plant habit; rounded canopy.
5. Freely branching habit.
6. Excellent postproduction longevity.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of the parent cultivar, Bright Red Freedom, in the following characteristics:
1. Leaf color of plants of the new Poinsettia is lighter than leaf color of plants of ‘Bright Red Freedom’.
2. Bract color of plants of the new Poinsettia is more orange than bract color of plants of ‘Bright Red Freedom’.
3. Plants of the new Poinsettia flower a few days later than plants of ‘Bright Red Freedom’.
Plants of the new Poinsettia can be compared to plants of the cultivar 490, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,825. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of ‘490’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Poinsettia are shorter than plants of ‘490’.
2. Plants of the new Poinsettia have smaller and fewer leaves than plants of ‘490’.
3. Leaf color of plants of the new Poinsettia is lighter than leaf color of plants of ‘490’.
4. Bract color of plants of the new Poinsettia is more orange than bract color of plants of ‘490’.
5. Bracts of plants of the new Poinsettia are held more upright than plants of ‘490’.
6. Plants of the new Poinsettia flower about a week later than plants of ‘490’.


REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2000/04, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Eckacton’, Jun. 1999.

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