USPP13856P2 - Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckalba’ - Google Patents
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- the new Poinsettia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Encinitas, Calif.
- the objective of the breeding program is to create new Poinsettia cultivars having flower bracts with desirable colors, uniform plant habit and excellent post-production longevity.
- the new Poinsettia originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckabish, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,200, as the female, or seed, parent, with the Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar 786, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,123, as the male, or pollen, parent.
- the cultivar Eckalba was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Encinitas, Calif., in December, 1998. The selection of this plant was based on its bright red-colored flower bracts.
- Plants of the new Poinsettia are most similar to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Eckabish. However, plants differ primarily from plants of the female parent in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar Eckabish have light red-colored flower bracts. In addition, plants of the new Poinsettia are larger and more vigorous than plants of the cultivar Eckabish.
- Plants of the new Poinsettia differ primarily from plants of the male parent, the cultivar 786, primarily in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar 786 have dark red-colored flower bracts. In addition, plants of the new Poinsettia flower earlier and have sightly larger flower bracts than plants of the cultivar 786.
- the photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Eckalba’ grown in a 16.5-cm container.
- the photograph at top of the second sheet comprises a top perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Eckalba’.
- the photograph at the bottom of the second sheet is a close-up view of typical leaves and flower bracts of ‘Eckalba’ (left) and ‘Eckabish’ (right).
- the new Poinsettia 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.
- Botanical classification Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckalba.
- Type cutting Terminal cuttings.
- Time to initiate roots About 10 days at 20 to 22° C.
- Foliage description Arrangement: Alternate, single. Quantity of leaves per lateral branch: About nine. Length: About 12.5 cm. Width: About 10 cm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire; with irregular lobing, about 5 to 9 lobes. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Texture: Upper surface: Glabrous. Lower surface: Slightly pubescent. Surface: Slightly rugose. Aspect: Mostly flat. Orientation: Horizontal to slightly drooping. Color: Young foliage, upper surface: 147B. Young foliage, lower surface: 147C. Fully expanded foliage, upper surface: Darker than 147A. Fully expanded foliage, lower surface: 147B. Venation, upper and lower surfaces: 147C. Petiole: Length: About 4 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 59A.
- Inflorescence type and habit Inflorescences are compound corymbs of cyathia with colored flower bracts subtending the cyathia. One inflorescence per lateral branch. Flowers are not fragrant. Flowers persistent.
- Inflorescence size Diameter: About 24 cm. Height (depth): About 5 cm.
- Fully developed bracts upper surface: Closest to between 53B and 46B; color does not fade with subsequent development. Fully developed bracts, lower surface: 53C. Venation, upper and lower surfaces: Similar to flower bract color. Bract petiole: Length: About 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 53B.
- Cyathia Quantity per corymb: About 22. Diameter of cyathia cluster: Open, about 5 by 5.5 cm. Length: About 1.2 cm. Width: About 6 mm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: Immature: 144A. Mature: 144B to 144C. Peduncle: Length: About 3 mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: Mostly upright. Texture: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 144B. Stamens: Quantity per cyathium: At least 20. Anther shape: Oval. Anther length: Less than 1 mm. Anther color: 59A. Amount of pollen: Moderate. Pollen color: 14A. Pistils: None observed. Nectaries: Quantity per cyathium: One. Size: About 4 mm by 5 mm. Color: 23A.
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Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckalba’, characterized by its inflorescences with bright red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves; uniform and mounded plant habit; early flowering habit; and excellent post-production longevity.
Description
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckalba.
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant, botanically known as Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd., and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Eckalba’.
The new Poinsettia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Encinitas, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to create new Poinsettia cultivars having flower bracts with desirable colors, uniform plant habit and excellent post-production longevity.
The new Poinsettia originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckabish, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,200, as the female, or seed, parent, with the Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar 786, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,123, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Eckalba was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Encinitas, Calif., in December, 1998. The selection of this plant was based on its bright red-colored flower bracts.
Asexual reproduction of the new Poinsettia by terminal cuttings propagated in a controlled environment in Encinitas, Calif., since January, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Poinsettia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Eckalba’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Eckalba’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Inflorescences with bright red-colored flower bracts.
2. Dark green-colored leaves.
3. Uniform and mounded plant habit.
4. Early flowering; natural season flower maturity date is late November for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 8.5 weeks.
5. Excellent post-production longevity.
Plants of the new Poinsettia are most similar to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Eckabish. However, plants differ primarily from plants of the female parent in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar Eckabish have light red-colored flower bracts. In addition, plants of the new Poinsettia are larger and more vigorous than plants of the cultivar Eckabish.
Plants of the new Poinsettia differ primarily from plants of the male parent, the cultivar 786, primarily in flower bract coloration as plants of the cultivar 786 have dark red-colored flower bracts. In addition, plants of the new Poinsettia flower earlier and have sightly larger flower bracts than plants of the cultivar 786.
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Poinsettia, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Poinsettia.
The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Eckalba’ grown in a 16.5-cm container.
The photograph at top of the second sheet comprises a top perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Eckalba’.
The photograph at the bottom of the second sheet is a close-up view of typical leaves and flower bracts of ‘Eckalba’ (left) and ‘Eckabish’ (right).
The new Poinsettia 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 aforementioned photographs, following observations and averaged measurements describe plants grown in Encinitas, Calif. during the autumn and winter under commercial practice in a polycarbonate-covered greenhouse with day temperatures about 24 to 29° C., night temperatures about 19° C., and light levels about 4,000 foot-candles. Single plants were grown in 16.5-cm pots and pinched once. Plants were flowered under natural season short day/long night conditions. Plants were about 17.5 weeks from unrooted cuttings when the photographs and the detailed botanical description were taken.
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
Botanical classification: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckalba.
Parentage:
Female parent.—Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar Eckabish, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,200.
Male parent.—Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. cultivar 786, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,123.
Propagation:
Type cutting.—Terminal cuttings.
Time to initiate roots.—About 10 days at 20 to 22° C.
Time to develop roots.—About 28 days at 24° C.
Root description.—Thick, fibrous and freely-branching.
Plant description:
Plant form.—Inverted triangle; top of plant mounded.
Growth habit.—Upright and uniform plant habit. Moderately vigorous to vigorous.
Plant height.—About 30 cm.
Plant diameter or spread.—About 46 cm.
Lateral branch description.—Quantity: About five lateral branches develop after pinching. Length: About 28 cm. Diameter: About 5.5 mm. Internode length: About 2.75 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 146A.
Foliage description.—Arrangement: Alternate, single. Quantity of leaves per lateral branch: About nine. Length: About 12.5 cm. Width: About 10 cm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire; with irregular lobing, about 5 to 9 lobes. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Texture: Upper surface: Glabrous. Lower surface: Slightly pubescent. Surface: Slightly rugose. Aspect: Mostly flat. Orientation: Horizontal to slightly drooping. Color: Young foliage, upper surface: 147B. Young foliage, lower surface: 147C. Fully expanded foliage, upper surface: Darker than 147A. Fully expanded foliage, lower surface: 147B. Venation, upper and lower surfaces: 147C. Petiole: Length: About 4 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 59A.
Inflorescence description:
Inflorescence type and habit.—Inflorescences are compound corymbs of cyathia with colored flower bracts subtending the cyathia. One inflorescence per lateral branch. Flowers are not fragrant. Flowers persistent.
Natural flowering season.—Autumn/winter in Northern Hemisphere. Flower initiation and development is induced under long nyctoperiod conditions. Early flowering, response time, about 8.5 weeks; natural season flower maturity date is late November for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.
Post-production longevity.—Plants of the new Poinsettia maintain good substance and bract color for about four weeks under interior conditions.
Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 24 cm. Height (depth): About 5 cm.
Flower bracts.—Quantity per inflorescence: About 35. Length, largest bracts: About 11.2 cm. Width, largest bracts: About 9 cm. Shape: Ovate to elliptic. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Cuneate to obtuse. Margin: Entire; with irregular lobing, about 3 to 5 lobes. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Glabrous; velvety. Surface: Slightly rugose. Aspect: Mostly flat. Orientation: Horizontal to slightly drooping. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Color: Developing or transitional bracts, upper surface: 53A. Developing or transitional bracts, lower surface: 53B. Fully developed bracts, upper surface: Closest to between 53B and 46B; color does not fade with subsequent development. Fully developed bracts, lower surface: 53C. Venation, upper and lower surfaces: Similar to flower bract color. Bract petiole: Length: About 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 53B.
Cyathia.—Quantity per corymb: About 22. Diameter of cyathia cluster: Open, about 5 by 5.5 cm. Length: About 1.2 cm. Width: About 6 mm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: Immature: 144A. Mature: 144B to 144C. Peduncle: Length: About 3 mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: Mostly upright. Texture: Smooth; glabrous. Color: 144B. Stamens: Quantity per cyathium: At least 20. Anther shape: Oval. Anther length: Less than 1 mm. Anther color: 59A. Amount of pollen: Moderate. Pollen color: 14A. Pistils: None observed. Nectaries: Quantity per cyathium: One. Size: About 4 mm by 5 mm. Color: 23A.
Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to Poinsettias has not been observed on plants grown under commercial conditions.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckalba’, as illustrated and described.
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Owner name: RANCH, PAUL ECKE, CALIFORNIA Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:FRUEHWIRTH, FRANZ;REEL/FRAME:012678/0086 Effective date: 20011217 |