Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-06-02
2001-12-04
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012257
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant, botanically known as
Spathiphyllum hybrid
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Aziza’.
The new cultivar is the product of a breeding program carried out by the inventors, Ann E. Lamb, David R. Lilly and Randy L. Allamand. The new cultivar named ‘Aziza’ is the result of a cross made in Apopka, Fla. in November of 1993. The female or seed parent was the cultivar Spathiphyllum ‘Lynise’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,145). The male parent was a plant, found among seedling-derived Spathiphyllum ‘Mauna Loa’, named ‘Vibrant’ (unpatented) which was selected and maintained by the inventors and used only for breeding purposes.
The new cultivar named ‘Aziza’ was discovered and selected by the inventors from a group of seedlings of the stated cross in Homestead, Fla. on May 16, 1996. Propagation by tissue culture in the laboratories of Twyford Plant Laboratories, Inc., in Sebring, Fla., under the supervision of the inventors, was used to increase the number of plants for evaluation and has demonstrated the stability of the combination of characteristics as herein described and are firmly fixed and reproduces true to type from generation to generation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Aziza’ which in combination distinguish this Spathiphyllum as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Plants are large and ideally suited for pot sizes 25 cm or larger;
2. Leaves are dark-green, glossy, rigid and leathery with a wavy margin. The leaf blade is broad and textured;
3. Spathes are white, elliptic, cupped and are held just above the foliage on thick, sturdy peduncles; and
4. Plants are easy to grow and are tolerant of temperature extremes (108° F.-52° F.) without foliar damage.
‘Aziza’ 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 daylength, without any change in genotype.
Of the commercial cultivars known to the inventors, the most similar in comparison to ‘Aziza’ is the parental cultivar ‘Lynise’. In comparison to ‘Lynise’, ‘Aziza’ has pure white inflorescences while the inflorescences of ‘Lynise’ are cream-white in color. Plants of ‘Aziza’ are larger than plants of ‘Lynise’. The leaves of ‘Aziza’ are darker-green, wider, shinier, thicker and more rigid than the leaves of ‘Lynise’.
In comparison to the parental cultivar ‘Vibrant’, plants of ‘Aziza’ do not grow as large as those of ‘Vibrant’. The growth habit of ‘Aziza’ is more upright and compact than ‘Vibrant’. Plants of ‘Aziza’ are more likely to branch than those of ‘Vibrant’. The leaves of ‘Aziza’ are thicker and very rigid, those of ‘Vibrant’ are thinner and more flexible. The leaves of ‘Aziza’ are smaller and narrower than those of ‘Vibrant’. The spathes of ‘Aziza’ are white; the spathes of ‘Vibrant’ are green and larger than those of ‘Aziza’.
Allamand Randy L.
Lamb Ann E.
Lilly David R.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
Twyford Plant Laboratories, Inc.
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