Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Spathiphyllum
Plant Patent
2002-02-19
2003-04-08
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Spathiphyllum
Plant Patent
active
PP013718
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAMED OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Spathiphyllum hybrid.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘54905’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘54905’.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made in a controlled breeding program in Monster, The Netherlands. The female parent is ‘91317-4’ (unpatented). The male parent is ‘91188-9’ (unpatented). ‘54905’ was discovered and selected by the inventor, Petrus C.M. Olsthoorn, as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Monster, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by leaf-cutting was first performed by tissue culture in week 49 of 1995 in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction and reproduce true-to-type.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘54905’ which in combination distinguish this Spathiphyllum as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Early shoot production;
2. Dark green leaves;
3. Round inflorescences;
4. High inflorescence production; and
5. Compact plant size.
‘54905’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length without any change in the genotype of the plant. The following observations, measurements and values describe the new cultivar as grown in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands under conditions which closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘54905’ is the cultivar ‘Cupido’ (unpatented). ‘54905’ produces shoots early; within fifteen weeks after tissue culture the first shoot appears. ‘54905’ has darker leaves than ‘Cupido’. The inflorescence of ‘54905’ are rounder than those of ‘Cupido’. ‘54905’ produces 7-15 inflorescences (depending on pot size) whereas ‘Cupido’ produces 8-10. ‘54905’ produces up to 7 inflorescences at once whereas ‘Cupido’ produces only 2-3 inflorescences at once. The plant height of ‘54905’ is approximately 60 percent that of ‘Cupido’. The leaves of ‘54905’ are narrower than the leaves of ‘Cupido’. The leaf and inflorescence margins of ‘54905’ are undulate whereas the leaf and inflorescence margins of ‘Cupido’ are entire. ‘Cupido’ is more sensitive to light than ‘54905’, causing leaves of ‘Cupido’ to lighten in color faster. Finally, in order to get the shoots of a Spathiphyllum to flower, gibberalic acid is added. ‘Cupido’ needs more than twice the concentration of this hormone than ‘54905’ to get the same result.
Campell Bruce R.
Hwu June
Pothos Plant B.V.
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