Poinsettia plant named ‘Sole Mio’

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2000-05-04

2001-08-07

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 name ‘Sole Mio’. The new Poinsettia is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Willd. cultivar ‘EDA Pink’, not patented. The new Poinsettia was discovered and selected by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Blanzac, France. Compared to plants of the parent cultivar, plants of the new Poinsettia are shorter, have smaller leaves and differ in flower bract color.
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 ‘Sole Mio’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Sole Mio’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Dark orange red-colored flower bracts.
2. Red-colored nectaries.
3. Dark green leaves.
4. Compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
5. Very freely branching habit.
6. Early flowering.
7. Excellent post-production longevity.
Plants of the new Poinsettia can be compared to plants of the Poinsettia cultivar ‘Peterstar’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,259. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new Poinsettia differed from plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Poinsettia are slightly shorter, but more outwardly spreading than plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.
2. Plants of the new Poinsettia have slightly smaller leaves and slightly shorter petioles than plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.
3. Plants of the new Poinsettia have smaller but more pointed flower bracts than plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.
4. Plants of the new Poinsettia have smaller cyathia clusters than plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.
5. Flower bract color of the new Poinsettia is more orange than flower bract color of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.
6. Plants of the new Poinsettia have red-colored nectaries whereas plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’ have yellow-colored nectaries.
7. Plants of the new Poinsettia have longer post-production longevity than plants of the cultivar ‘Peterstar’.

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