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Anthurium plant named `VR 151` |
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Anthurium plant named `VR 151`
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| Inventor: |
van Rijn |
| Date Issued: |
October 7, 2003 |
| Application: |
10/223,287 |
| Filed: |
August 19, 2002 |
| Inventors: |
van Rijn; Leonardus W. B. M. (Schipluiden, NL)
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| Assignee: |
RijnPlant B.V. (Schipluiden, NL) |
| Primary Examiner: |
Campell; Bruce R. |
| Assistant Examiner: |
Para; Annette H. |
| Attorney Or Agent: |
Whealy; C. A. |
| U.S. Class: |
PLT/365 |
| Field Of Search: |
; PLT/365 |
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| Abstract: |
A distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named `VR 151`, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; durable dark green leaves; pink and green bi-colored spathes with creamy white-colored spadices that are positioned above and beyond the foliage on strong and erect scapes; freely flowering habit; and good inflorescence longevity. |
| Claim: |
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named `VR 151`, as illustrated and described. |
| Description: |
BOTANICALCLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, botanically known as Anthurium andreanum, and hereinafter referred to by the name `VR 151`.
The new Anthurium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Schipluiden, The Netherlands. The objective of the program is to create and develop new compact, freely clumping and freely flowering Anthurium cultivarswith strong roots, dark green leaves, attractive spathe color, and good inflorescence longevity.
The new Anthurium originated from a cross by the Inventor in January, 1998 of the Anthurium andreanum cultivar Lady Love, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,661, as the female, or seed, parent with the Anthurium andreanum selection number97-15, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar VR 151 was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Schipluiden, The Netherlands in 1999.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by meristem culture in a laboratory in Belgium has shown that the unique features of this new Anthurium plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Anthurium has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of the cultivar VR 151. These characteristics in combination distinguish `VR 151` as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Freely clumping growth habit.
3. Durable dark green leaves.
4. Pink and green bi-colored spathes with creamy white-colored spadices that are positioned above and beyond the foliage on strong and erect scapes.
5. Freely flowering habit.
6. Good inflorescence longevity.
Plants of the new Anthurium can be compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Lady Love. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differed from plants of the cultivar Lady Lovein the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Anthurium had flatter leaves and spathes than plants of the cultivar Lady Love.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium and the cultivar Lady Love differed in spathe form and color.
Plants of the new Anthurium can be compared to plants of the male parent, the selection 97-15. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differed from plants of the selection 97-15 in thefollowing characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Anthurium were more compact than plants of the selection 97-15.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium were more freely branching than plants of the selection 97-15.
3. Plants of the new Anthurium had smaller leaves and smaller spathes than plants of the selection 97-15.
4. Plants of the new Anthurium had pink and green bi-colored spathes whereas plants of the selection 97-15 had white-colored spathes.
Plants of the new Anthurium can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Baby Pink, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,469. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, plants of the new Anthurium differed fromplants of the cultivar Baby Pink in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Anthurium were larger and not as freely branching than plants of the cultivar Baby Pink.
2. Plants of the new Anthurium differed from plants of the cultivar Baby Pink in leaf shape and spathe color.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Anthurium, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightlyfrom the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Anthurium.
The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of the cultivar VR 151.
The photograph at the top of the second sheet comprises a close-up view of a typical inflorescence of `VR 151`.
The photograph at the bottom of the second sheet comprises a close-up view of the upper surface of a typical mature leaf of `VR 151`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The aforementioned photographs and the following observations andmeasurements describe three-year old plants grown in containers in Schipluiden, The Netherlands, in a glass greenhouse with an average day temperature of 25.degree. C. and an average night temperature of 19.degree. C. Botanical classification:Anthurium andreanum cultivar VR 151. Parentage: Female parent.--Anthurium andreanum cultivar Lady Love, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,661. Male parent.--Anthurium andreanum selection number 97-15, not patented. Propagation: Method.--Bymeristem culture. Time to develop roots on a meristem-cultured plant.--Summer: About 70 days at 24.degree. C. Winter: About 84 days at 21.degree. C. Root description.--Strong fleshy roots. Plant description: Plant shape.--Upright and outwardlyspreading plant habit, inverted triangle, symmetrical. Growth habit.--Freely clumping, bushy and dense growth habit. Appropriate for 9 to 30-cm containers. Vigorous. Plant height.--About 75 to 80 cm. Plant diameter or spread.--About 105 cm. Croptime.--About 10 months are usually required from planting of young plants to finished plants in a 17-cm container. Foliage description.--Quantity per plant: More than 100. Length: About 12 to 14 cm. Width: About 9 to 11 cm. Shape: Deltoid. Apex:Apiculate. Base: Cordate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Leather; glabrous, smooth. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Color: Young leaves, upper surface: Between 143A and 146A. Young leaves, lower surface: 146B to 146C. Mature leaves,upper surface: 147A. Mature leaves, lower surface: 146B. Venation, upper and lower surfaces: 144A. Petiole: Length: About 20 to 35 cm. Color: 144A. Geniculum length: About 1 to 2 cm. Geniculum color: 144B. Inflorescence description: Inflorescencearrangement.--Spathes with spadices held above and beyond the foliage. Flowering structures arise from leaf axils. Freely and continuous flowering year-round; typically more than 25 inflorescences per plant at one time. Inflorescencelongevity.--Inflorescences last about six weeks under winter conditions and about three months under summer conditions; persistent. Spathe.--Length: About 6 to 8 cm. Width: About 10 to 14 cm. Shape: Deltoid to cordate. Apex: Cuspidate to mucronulate. Base: Cordate to acute. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Leathery; glabrous, smooth. Color: When opening, front and back surfaces: 39B; glossy. Fully developed, front surface: Center, 38B; towards the margins, 137B. Fully opened,back surface: Center, 38C; towards the margins, 144A. Spadix.--Length: About 3 to 6 cm. Diameter: About 8 to 10 mm. Shape: Columnar. Cross section: Rounded. Longitudinal axis: Weakly curved. Color: Close to 159A; becoming green, 144A, withsubsequent development. Flowers.--Quantity per spadix: Numerous, about 150. Shape: Rounded. Diameter: About 1 mm, maximum. Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Pollen color: 158D. Gynoecium: Stigma shape: Ovoid. Scape.--Length: About 30 cm. Aspect:Strong and erect. Color: 144A. Seed/fruit.--Seed/fruit development on plants of the new Anthurium has not been observed. Disease/pest resistance: Under commercial conditions, plants of the new Anthurium have not been observed to be resistant topathogens or pests common to Anthurium.
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