Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-15
2001-03-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011823
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant, botanically known as
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Rosemary.
The new Kalanchoe is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Hinnerup, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program was to create new Kalanchoe cultivars with large light pink to white flowers with rose pink-colored centers and good postproduction longevity.
The new Kalanchoe originated from a cross made by the Inventor of an unnamed proprietary seedling selection of
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
as the female, or seed, parent with the
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
cultivar Simone, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,238, as the male or pollen parent. The cultivar Rosemary was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Hinnerup, Denmark. The new Kalanchoe differs from the male parent, Simone, primarily in flower color.
Asexual reproduction of the new Kalanchoe by terminal cuttings taken at Hinnerup, Denmark, has shown that the unique features of this new Kalanchoe are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Rosemary has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following observations, measurements and comparisons describe plants grown in Hinnerup, Denmark, under commercial practice in a glass-covered greenhouse.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Rosemary’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Rosemary’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Very freely flowering; numerous large light pink to white flowers with rose pink-colored centers.
2. Upright plant habit.
3. Small dark green crenate leaves.
4. Good postproduction longevity.
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Knud Jepsen A/S
Whealy C. A.
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