Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-15
2001-01-02
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011729
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant, botanically known as Spathiphyllum hybrid, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Nurit’.
The new cultivar is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the Spathiphyllum hybrid cultivar Petite, not patented. The new Spathiphyllum was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Tirat Yehuda, Israel, in March, 1997.
The new Spathiphyllum can be compared to plants of the parent, the cultivar ‘Petite’. In side-by-side comparisions conducted by the Inventor in Tirat Yehuda, Israel, plants of the new Spathiphyllum differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Petite’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Spathiphyllum are more compact than plants of the cultivar ‘Petite’.
2. Plants of the new Spathiphyllum have darker green, shinier, larger and more rounded leaves than plants of the cultivar ‘Petite’.
3. Plants of the new Spathiphyllum are more freely clumping than plants of the cultivar ‘Petite’.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by tissue culture in Tirat Yehuda, Israel, has shown that the unique features of this new Spathiphyllum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Spathiphyllum has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and propagation procedures, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following observations, measurements and comparisons describe five-month old plants (from microcuttings) grown in Apopka, Fla., under commercial greenhouse conditions in 10-cm containers. Day temperatures ranged from 16 to 27° C. and night temperatures ranged from 10 to 16° C. Light was reduced by shading to 25 percent of ambient level.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Nurit’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Nurit’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. very compact plant habit.
2. Moderately vigorous.
3. Dark green, shiny leaves that are held horizontal to the petiole.
4. Very freely clumping, dense and bushy plants.
5. White spathes that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles.
6. l Long-lasting spathes.
7 Resistant to pathogens common to Spathiphyllum.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 10627 (1998-09-01), DeClercq
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Milestone Agriculture Inc.
Whealy C. A.
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