Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Spathiphyllum
Plant Patent
2000-10-31
2002-08-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Spathiphyllum
Plant Patent
active
PP012889
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 ‘Florida Beauty’.
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 ‘Florida Beauty’ 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 unique seedling, 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 ‘Florida Beauty’ 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 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 from generation to generation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Florida Beauty’ which in combination distinguish this Spathiphyllum as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Plants are large, upright and ideally suited for pot sizes 25 cm or larger;
2.Leaves are dark-green, glossy and leathery with a wavy margin. The leaf blade is broad and textured;
3. Spathes are white, elliptic, cupped and held 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.
‘Florida Beauty’ 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 present inventors, the most similar in comparison to ‘Florida Beauty’ are the parental cultivar ‘Lynise’ and the cultivar Spathiphyllum ‘Aziza’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/586,604). In comparison to ‘Lynise’, ‘Florida Beauty’ has pure white flowers while the flowers of ‘Lynise’ are cream-white in color. Plants of ‘Florida Beauty’ are larger than plants of ‘Lynise’. The leaves of ‘Florida Beauty’ are darker-green, wider, shinier and thicker than the leaves of ‘Lynise’.
In comparison to ‘Aziza’, the inflorescence of ‘Florida Beauty’ is held higher above the foliage than the inflorescence of ‘Aziza’. The leaves of ‘Florida Beauty’ are supple and less rigid than the leaves of ‘Aziza’. Plants of ‘Florida Beauty’ produce fewer side branches than plants of ‘Aziza’.
Allamand Randy L.
Lamb Ann E.
Lilly David R.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
Para Annette H.
Twyford Plant Laboratories, Inc.
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