Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Lily
Plant Patent
1999-07-19
2002-06-25
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Lily
Plant Patent
active
PP012724
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of lily plant, botanically known as
Lilium L.
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Lombardia’.
‘Lombardia’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new lily cultivars having large, upright, pink flowers.
‘Lombardia’ was originated from a hybridization made by the inventor in a controlled breeding program in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands in 1983. The male and female parents were unnamed seedlings of
Lilium L.
oriental hybrids. Both parents are proprietary cultivars used in the breeding program.
‘Lombardia’ was discovered and selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Cees A. van der Voort, on Jun. 7, 1983 in a controlled environment in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Lombardia’ was accomplished when scales were taken from the initial selection in October 1986 in a controlled environment in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands by, or under the supervision of, Cees A. van der Voort. Horticultural examination of selected units initiated in May, 1986 has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Lombardia’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Lombardia’ which in combination distinguish this lily as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Light pink flowers;
2. Contrasting yellow mid-vein; and
3. Contrasting orange pollen.
‘Lombardia’ 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. The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe plants grown in greenhouse/field conditions at the Dutch experimental testing station CPRO-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands under conditions which approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, no other cultivars are similar in comparison to ‘Lombardia’.
REFERENCES:
Plant Breeder's Rights application in The Netherlands (Nov. 16, 1991).
Plant Breeder's Rights denomination in The Netherlands (Mar. 16, 1993).
Plant Breeder's Rights certificate in The Netherlands (Mar. 16, 1993).
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2000/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Lombardia’, 1991..*
http://www.user.netland.nl/~hanns//exit4.html, p. 2, May 1996.
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
Grünberg Anne Marie
Vletter & Den Haan Beheer B.V.
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