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New Guinea impatiens plant named `Odyachilles` |
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New Guinea impatiens plant named `Odyachilles`
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| Patent Drawings: | |
| Inventor: |
Reinhoud |
| Date Issued: |
February 26, 2008 |
| Application: |
11/444,236 |
| Filed: |
May 31, 2006 |
| Inventors: |
Reinhoud; Poula (Leiden, NL)
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| Assignee: |
Agriom B.V. (De Kwakel, NL) |
| Primary Examiner: |
Bell; Kent |
| Assistant Examiner: |
Hwu; June |
| Attorney Or Agent: |
Whealy; C. A. |
| U.S. Class: |
PLT/318.6 |
| Field Of Search: |
PLT/318 |
| International Class: |
A01H 5/00 |
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| Other References: |
Agriom B.V. Contact [online], [retrieved on May 9, 2007]. Retrieved from the Internet <http://www.agriom.nl/contact-engl.htm> 2 pages. cited byexaminer.
Upov-rom Plant Vartiety Database Apr. 2006, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, Citation for New Guinea Impatiens `Odyachilles`, one page. cited by examiner. |
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| Abstract: |
A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Odyachilles`, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; vigorous and freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large dark pink-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliage. |
| Claim: |
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Odyachilles` as illustrated and described. |
| Description: |
Botanicaldesignation: Impatiens hawkeri.
Cultivar denomination: `Odyachilles`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant, botanically known as Impatiens hawkeri, and hereinafter referred to by the name `Odyachilles`.
The new Impatiens is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in De Kwakel, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new drought-tolerant New Guinea Impatiens cultivars with numerous largeflowers and attractive foliage and flower coloration.
The new Impatiens originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in May, 2002, of a proprietary selection of Impatiens hawkeri identified as code number 200104-04, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietaryselection of Impatiens hawkeri identified as code number 200009, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Odyachilles was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollinationin a controlled environment in De Kwakel, The Netherlands in July, 2003.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings propagated in a controlled environment in De Kwakel, The Netherlands since October, 2003 has shown that the unique features of this new Impatiens are stable and reproduced true to typein successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Odyachilles 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 `Odyachilles`. These characteristics in combination distinguish `Odyachilles` as a new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens: 1. Upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit. 2. Vigorous and freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit. 3. Medium green-colored leaves. 4. Freely flowering habit. 5. Large dark pink-colored flowers that are positioned aboveand beyond the foliage.
In side-by-side comparison conducted in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, plants of the new Impatiens differed from plants of the female parent selection primarily in flower color as plants of the female parent selection had red orange-colored flowers.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, plants of the new Impatiens differed from plants of the male parent selection primarily in flower color as plants of the male parent selection had lighter pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Impatiens can be compared to plants of the New Guinea Impatiens cultivar Timor, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,144. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, plants of the new Impatiens differedfrom plants of the cultivar Timor in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Impatiens had slightly larger and lighter green-colored leaves than plants of the cultivar Timor. 2. Plants of the new Impatiens and the cultivar Timor differedin flower color as plants of the cultivar Timor had bright orange-colored flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Impatiens.The photograph show the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightlyfrom the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Impatiens. The photograph comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `Odyachilles` grown in a container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2001 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describeplants grown in De Kwakel, The Netherlands during the autumn in a glass-covered greenhouse and under conditions and practices which approximate those generally used in commercial New Guinea Impatiens production. During the production of the plants, dayand night temperatures averaged 18.degree. C. and light levels averaged 220 Watts per square meter. Measurements and numerical values represent averages for typical flowering plants. Single plants were grown in 13-cm pots and were about three monthsold when the photograph and the detailed description were taken. Botanical classification: Impatiens hawkeri cultivar Odyachilles. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of Impatiens hawkeri identified as code number 200104-04, notpatented. Male, or pollen parent.--Proprietary selection of Impatiens hawkeri identified as code number 200009, not patented. Propagation: Type.--Terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots.--About eight to nine days at 18.degree. C. to 22.degree. C.Time to produce a rooted young plant.--About 16 days at 18.degree. C. to 22.degree. C. Root description.--Fine; white in color, close to 155D. Rooting habit.--Freely branching. Plant description: Plant form.--Upright, outwardly spreading and moundedplant habit. Growth and branching habit.--Vigorous and freely branching habit; about six lateral branches developing at the base; dense and bushy growth habit. Pinching, that is, removal of the terminal apices, is typically not required, but willenhance branching. Plant height.--About 20 cm. Plant diameter or spread.--About 30 cm. Lateral branches.--Length: About 13 cm. Diameter: About 7 mm. Internode length: About 6 cm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 144A with reddish blush,close to 183A. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Opposite or in whorls, simple. Length.--About 10 cm. Width.--About 4 cm. Shape.--Lanceolate. Apex.--Acuminate. Base.--Attenuate. Margin.--Serrate with ciliation. Texture, upper and lowersurfaces.--Smooth, glabrous. Venation pattern.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper surface: 137A; venation, 181D. Developing and fully expanded foliage, lower surface: 137C; venation, 183B. Petiole.--Length: About 2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: 181A. Flower description: Flower type and flowering habit.--Single axillary flowers. Freely flowering habit; usually about four open flowersand flower buds per lateral branch. Flowers positioned above the foliage and typically face upright or outward. Flowers last about ten days under greenhouse conditions. Petals self-cleaning, gynoecium persistent. Flowers not fragrant. Naturalflowering season.--Year-round under greenhouse conditions. In the garden, flowering from spring until fall in The Netherlands. Plants being flowering about ten weeks after planting. Flower size.--Diameter: About 5.5 cm. Height: About 5 mm. Flowerbuds.--Length: About 2 cm. Diameter: About 1.2 cm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: 58C. Petals.--Quantity/arrangement: Five per flower in a single whorl. Length: About 2.75 cm. Width: About 2.5 cm. Shape: Obovate to slightly cordate. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Cuneate to obtuse. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: When opening, upper surface: More red than 52A. When opening, lower surface: 58C. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 52A; color becoming closerto 46D with development. Fully opened, lower surface: 55A. Sepals.--Quantity/arrangement: Two, opposite; one modified into an elongated spur. Length: About 1.2 cm. Width: About 5 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 144A. Spur length: About 4.5 cm. Spur diameter: At flower, about 1.3 mm; at apex, about 1 mm. Spur texture: Smooth, glabrous. Spur color: 53C. Peduncles.--Length: About 3.5 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Angle: About 45.degree. from vertical. Strength: Strong. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 144A with reddish blush, close to 183A. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity: Five fusedat anthers; filaments free. Anther length: About 5 mm. Anther color: 4D blushed with 64C. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close to 155D. Pistils: Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Rounded. Stigma color:155B. Style color: 155B. Ovary color: Close to 144A. Seed/fruit.--Seed and fruit production have not been observed. Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Impatiens have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to NewGuinea Impatiens. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Impatiens have been observed to tolerate temperatures from about 8.degree. C. to about 35.degree. C.
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