Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Begonia
Plant Patent
2003-02-27
2004-08-24
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Begonia
Plant Patent
active
PP015108
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed:
Begonia boliviensis.
Variety denomination: Bonfire.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant botanically known as
Begonia boliviensis,
and referred to by the variety denomination ‘Bonfire’.
Seeds were obtained from selected wild growing plants in northern Argentina. The area where the seed was collected had many
Begonia boliviensis
plants. The seeds were selected from wild plants primarily on the basis of ornamental appeal. The seeds were taken to New Zealand where they were germinated. The parental cultivar are unknown, unpatented
Begonia boliviensis
seedlings. The new cultivar was isolated by the inventor, Richard James Cross, at Palmerston North and Invermay, New Zealand, by seedling selection primarily on the basis of ornamental appeal.
Following selection of the seedling, the cultivar was propagated vegetatively by grafting. Following several generations of propagated cuttings, uniformity and stability of the selected characteristics was observed. Asexual reproduction initially took place at Palmerston North, New Zealand. Horticultural examination of the present cultivar has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics herein disclosed for Begonia ‘Bonfire’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of Begonia ‘Bonfire’, which in combination distinguish this Begonia as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Hairs on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces;
2. Bright orange-red flower color, RHS 40A; and
3. Red margin on serrated leaf edge.
Begonia ‘Firecracker’ (unpatented) is the closest comparison variety known to the applicant, however the new cultivar is quite different. Begonia ‘Bonfire’ differs from ‘Firecracker’ by having significant hairs on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces, which the gives the foliage a dull appearance in comparison with the bright, hairless, glossy foliage of ‘Firecracker’.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2003/05, GTU Jouve Retrieval Software, Citation for ‘Bonfire’.
Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht LLP
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited
Para Annette H
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