Vriesea plant named ‘Deplarly’

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2001-09-27

2003-04-15

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Bromeliad

Plant Patent

active

PP013726

ABSTRACT:

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Vriesea lindl.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
Deplarly.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Vriesea plant, botanically known as
Vriesea lindl
. hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Deplarly’.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made in a controlled breeding program in Kudelstaart, The Netherlands. The female and male parents are unknown. ‘Deplarly’ was selected as a single plant from a group of plants of several lots of seedlings some 15 years ago. ‘Deplarly’ was discovered and selected by the joint inventors, Jan Bunnik and Siegfried Bunnik, as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Kudelstaart, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by vegetative means, by tissue culture was first performed in 1996 in Belgium 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. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Deplarly’, which in combination distinguish this Vriesea as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. The inflorescence is red with yellow toward the margins of the bracts, and is about 32-35 cm in total height in a 11 cm pot;
2. Each inflorescence has about 9-10 branches, each about 8-12 cm long;
3. Branching starts very low on the stem;
4. The branches are compact and are about 4.5 to 6.4 cm in width;
5. Abundant medium green foliage in a dense rosette;
6. A thick stem about 10-14 mm in diameter;
7. Compact leaves about 20 cm long and 4 to 4.5 cm in width.
‘Deplarly’ 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 Kudelstaart, 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 ‘Deplarly’ is cultivar ‘Tiffany’ (unpatented). ‘Deplarly’ has shorter but slightly wider leaves which measure 14-16 cm in length and about 4 to 4.5 cm in width, whereas the leaves of ‘Tiffany’ measure 17-19 cm in length and about 3.5 to 4 cm in width. The color of the upper surface of the leaves of ‘Deplarly’ is RHS 137 A, and the under side is RHS 137 B. The leaves of ‘Tiffany’ are slightly darker. The leaves of ‘Deplarly’ are less susceptible to leaf spickling than the leaves of ‘Tiffany’. The leaves of ‘Tiffany’ droop significantly more than the leaves of ‘Deplarly’. The inflorescence of ‘Deplarly’ branches more bracts, about 9-10, than the inflorescence of ‘Tiffany’, which branches about 4-5. The inflorescence of ‘Deplarly’ starts producing branches at the bottom of the stem, contrary to inflorescence of ‘Tiffany’ which branches about 5-9 cm from the bottom of the stem. The shape of the branches also differ. The branch shape of ‘Deplarly’ is more compact with a flatter top than the branch shape of ‘Tiffany’. The branches of ‘Deplarly’ are about 8-12 cm in length and 4.5-6.5 in width, whereas the branches of ‘Tiffany’ are about 11-13 cm in length and 4.5-5 cm in width. ‘Deplarly’ has red-brown, RHS 46 A, bracts with yellow-orange, closest to RHS 17 A) tips and the center bract has a large yellow-green spot, RHS 150 B. ‘Tiffany’ has mainly red bracts, RHS 45 A, with yellow-orange, closest to RHS 11 A tips, with a sharper transition to yellow than ‘Deplarly’. The stem color of ‘Deplarly’ is RHS 46 A, and the stem color of ‘Tiffany’ is RHS 46 B.


REFERENCES:
patent: PP10368 (1998-04-01), Deroose
patent: PP10874 (1999-05-01), Deroose

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