Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-11-02
2001-05-22
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011889
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 ‘Eckansley’.
The new Poinsettia is a naturally-occurring branch mutation of the commercial
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Willd. cultivar ‘Lilo’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,694. The new Poinsettia was selected by the Inventor in a greenhouse in Encinitas, Calif., in 1996. The objective of the Inventor's Poinsettia development program is to select 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 ‘Eckansley’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Eckansley’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Bright red bracts.
2. Early flowering, response time about 8.5 weeks.
3. Light yellow and green variegated leaves.
4. Upright plant habit; rounded canopy.
5. Freely branching habit; flexible stems.
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, ‘Lilo’, in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Poinsettia are more compact and slightly less vigorous than plants of ‘Lilo’.
2. Plants of the new Poinsettia have more flexible stems than plants of ‘Lilo’.
3. Plants of the new Poinsettia have variegated foliage whereas plants of ‘Lilo’ have nonvariegated foliage.
4. Plants of the new Poinsettia have smaller leaves then plants of ‘Lilo’.
5. Plants of the new Poinsettia have smaller bracts than plants of ‘Lilo’.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2000/04, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Eckade’, Jun. 1999.
Campell Bruce R.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Paul Ecke Ranch
Whealy C. A.
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