Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-30
2001-07-10
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011981
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 ‘Eckadolfo’.
The new Poinsettia is a naturally-occurring mutation of the commercial
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Willd. cultivar ‘Beckmanns Altrosa’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,336. 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, desirable bract and foliage 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 ‘Eckadolfo’. These characteriestics in combination distinguish ‘Eckadolfo’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Dark coral pink bracts.
2. Green, light green and light yellow variegated leaves.
3. Compact, upright and spreading plant habit.
4. Very freely branching habit.
5. Excellent postproduction longevity.
In side-by-side comparison conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of the parent cultivar, ‘Beckmanns Altrosa’, primarily in leaf coloration as leaves of plants of ‘Beckmanns Altrosa’ are not variegated.
The new Poinsettia can be compared to the nonvariegated commercial cultivar ‘Peterstar Pink’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,879. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of ‘Peterstar Pink’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Poinsettia are more compact, have shorter laterals and more rounded in plant shape than plants of ‘Peterstar Pink’.
2. Plants of the new Poinsettia have slightly larger and flatter inflorescences than plants of ‘Peterstar Pink’.
3. Flower bracts of plants of the new Poinsettia and ‘Peterstar Pink’ differ in color.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 2000/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Eckadia’, Mar. 1998.
Campell Bruce R.
Grün berg Anne Marie
Paul Ecke Ranch
Whealy C. A.
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