USPP35707P2 - Gasteraloe plant named ‘OVROCKS11’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A new and distinct xGasteraloe plant named ‘OVROCKS11’ which is characterized by dark green carinate foliage that is moderately to densely covered with very light greyed-green protuberances, adaxial foliar protuberances are arranged in highly irregular transverse lines, abaxial foliar protuberances are arranged in distinct transverse lines, protuberances along the distal centerline of the abaxial foliar surface that are modified into spines and arranged in a distinct longitudinal line, and finely dentate margins with very light greyed-green teeth. The new variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Description

Latin name of the genus and species: The Latin name of the genus and species of the novel variety disclosed herein is Aloe aristata x Gasteria carinata, which is synonymous with the nothogenus and species, xGasteraloe beguinii.

Variety denomination: The inventive variety of xGasteraloe disclosed herein has been given the variety denomination ‘OVROCKS11’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Parentage: ‘OVROCKS11’ is a seedling selection resulting from the controlled pollination of an unnamed Aloe variegata plant (unpatented), the seed parent, with an unnamed Gasteria carinata plant (unpatented), the pollen parent. The crossing was made by the inventor in August of 2014 at a commercial greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. In early 2015, one seedling from said cross was observed to exhibit unique foliage and growth characteristics when compared to the parent plants and all other progenies. After confirming the stability of the unique characteristics first observed, the new plant was selected for commercialization and given the name, ‘OVROCKS11’.

Asexual Reproduction: The variety now called ‘OVROCKS11’ was first asexually propagated by stem cuttings in March of 2015 at a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands and has since been vegetatively propagated through several additional generations. Through these subsequent generations, the unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The cultivar ‘OVROCKS11’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 ‘OVROCKS11’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘OVROCKS11’ as a new and distinct xGasteraloe cultivar:

• • 1. ‘OVROCKS11’ exhibits long, lanceolate foliage that is moderately concaved and carinate; and
  • 2. ‘OVROCKS11’ exhibits relatively dark green foliage that is moderately to densely covered with very light greyed-green protuberances; and
  • 3. ‘OVROCKS11’ exhibits adaxial foliar protuberances are arranged in highly irregular transverse lines across the laminar surface; and
  • 4. ‘OVROCKS11’ exhibits abaxial foliar protuberances are arranged in distinct transverse lines across the laminar surface, with a small subset of protuberances along the distal centerline modified into spines and arranged in a distinct longitudinal line; and
  • 5. ‘OVROCKS11’ exhibits finely dentate margins with very light greyed-green teeth, generally appearing as nearly white.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color photographs of this type, an exemplary plant of ‘OVROCKS11’ grown in a commercial greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. This plant is approximately 2 years old, shown planted in a 12 cm container.

FIG. 2 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color photographs of this type, the typical foliage arrangement of ‘OVROCKS11’.

FIG. 3 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color photographs of this type, the adaxial surface of the mature foliage ‘OVROCKS11’.

FIG. 4 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color photographs of this type, the abaxial surface of the mature foliage ‘OVROCKS11’.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

The following observations and measurements made in February of 2023 describe averages from a sample set of six specimens of 2 years-old ‘OVROCKS11’ plants grown in 12 cm nursery containers at commercial greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. Plants were produced using conventional greenhouse production protocols for xGasteraloe which consisted of minimal overhead irrigation and fertilizer applications. No pest or disease control measures were utilized in production. Plants were grown under shade (approximately 10,000 lux) and no photoperiodic treatments or artificial light was given to the plants.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that certain characteristics will vary with older or, conversely, with younger plants. ‘OVROCKS11’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. Where dimensions, sizes, colors and other characteristics are given, it is to be understood that such characteristics are approximations or averages set forth as accurately as practicable. The phenotype of the variety may differ from the descriptions set forth herein with variations in environmental, climatic and cultural conditions. Color notations are based on The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, The Royal Horticultural Society, London, 2015 (sixth edition).

A botanical description of ‘OVROCKS11’ and a comparison with the parents and closest known comparator is provided below.

• Plant description:
  • • Growth habit.—Succulent perennial with foliage growing in a compact basal rosette.
    • Plant form.—Broad obovate.
    • Height from soil level to top of foliar plane.—19.3 cm.
    • Plant spread.—Average of 23.5 cm.
    • Plant Vigor.—Moderately vigorous.
    • Propagation.—Type — Leaf cuttings. Time to initiate rooting — Approximately 5 weeks at an approximate temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. Crop time — Approximately 1 year to produce a marketable plant in a 9 cm container.
    • Disease and pest resistance or susceptibility.—Neither resistance nor susceptibility to typical xGasteraloe pests and diseases has been observed.
    • Environmental tolerances.—Adapt to, at least, USDA Zones 10 to 12 and temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius; low tolerance to rain yet drought tolerant once established; high tolerance to wind.
• Root system:
  • • General.—Fine, well-branched fibrous roots.
• Stems:
  • • Branching habit.—No stems or branches; leaves arranged in a basal rosette.
• Foliage:
  • • Arrangement.—Spirally arranged in a basal rosette.
    • Division.—Simple.
    • Attachment.—Sessile.
    • Quantity.—Approximately 15 leaves per rosette.
    • Shape.—Lanceolate.
    • Dimensions.—17.7 cm long, 4.1 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick.
    • Aspect.—Moderately concave, and carinate. In juvenile foliage, the distal portion of the lamina curls upward.
    • Attitude.—Foliage is held upright at and near the center of the rosettes and becomes progressively more relaxed towards the outer whorls of foliage, at an average angle of 30 degrees from horizontal.
    • Apex.—Narrowly acute.
    • Base.—Broad cuneate.
    • Margin.—Finely dentate; teeth have an average length of 0.5 cm and are colored greyed-green, nearest to in between RHS 192A and 192B. Margins are not undulated or lobed.
    • Pubescence and texture.—Juvenile foliage, adaxial surface — Glabrous, smooth, and sparsely covered with small, rounded to somewhat oblong protuberances that are arranged in highly irregularly transverse lines across the laminar surface; protuberances are approximately 0.2 cm long and 0.125 cm wide. Juvenile foliage, abaxial surface — Glabrous, smooth, and sparsely covered with small, rounded to somewhat oblong protuberances that are arranged in distinct transverse lines across the laminar surface; protuberances are approximately 0.2 cm long and 0.175 cm wide. Mature foliage, adaxial surface — Glabrous, smooth, and moderately covered with small, rounded to oblong protuberances that are arranged in highly irregularly transverse lines across the laminar surface; protuberances are approximately 0.25 cm long and 0.175 cm wide; protuberances reach a height of 0.2 mm towards the apex. Mature foliage, abaxial surface — Glabrous, smooth, and densely covered with small, round protuberances that are arranged in distinct transverse lines across the laminar surface; protuberances are approximately 0.2 cm in diameter. A small subset of protuberances along the distal centerline are arranged in a distinct line and are modified into spines that are approximately 0.06 cm in height.
    • Luster of the adaxial surface.—Moderately glossy.
    • Luster of the abaxial surface.—Slightly glossy.
    • Color.—Juvenile foliage, adaxial surface — Green to greyed-green, nearest to a mixture of RHS 139A and N189A, and transitioning to green towards the base, nearest to RHS 139A. Protuberances are colored greyed-green, distally, nearest to RHS 191A; protuberances become lighter, proximally, nearest to a mixture of RHS 191C. Juvenile foliage, abaxial surface — Nearest to a mixture of green and greyed-green, RHS 139A and N189A; transitioning to light green towards the base, nearest to RHS 137A. Protuberances are colored greyed-green, distally, nearest to RHS 192B; protuberances become lighter, proximally, nearest to a mixture of RHS 192D. Mature foliage, adaxial surface — Nearest to a mixture of green and greyed-green, RHS 139A and N189A yet nearest to N189A; transitioning to light yellow-green towards the base, nearest to a mixture of RHS 147A and 147B. Protuberances are colored greyed-green, distally, nearest to RHS 191A; protuberances become lighter, proximally, nearest to a mixture of RHS 191C. Mature foliage, abaxial surface — Greyed-green, nearest to RHS N189A; transitioning to light green towards the base, nearest to RHS 139A. Protuberances are colored greyed-green, distally, nearest to RHS 191B; protuberances become lighter, proximally, nearest to a mixture of RHS 191D, 192C, and 192D.
    • Venation.—Pattern — No venation is visible. Color, adaxial surface — No venation is visible. Color, abaxial surface — No venation is visible.
    • Petiole.—No petiole; leaves are sessile.
• Inflorescence: No flowering has been observed to date.
• Comparisons with the parent plants: Plants of the new cultivar ‘OVROCKS11’ differ from the seed parent, an unnamed Aloe variegata plant (not patented), in the following characteristics described in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1
Characteristic	‘OVROCKS11’	The seed parent.
Growth habit.	Spirally arranged in	Equitant to 3-ranked rosette.
	a rossette.
Foliage shape.	Lanceolate.	Deltoid to broadly lanceolate.
General	Darker green,	Lighter green, relative to
coloration of	relative to the	‘OVROCKS11’, and narrowly
the foliage.	parent.	margined white.
Foliar margins.	Finely dentate; teeth	Finely crenate, with blunt
	have an average	teeth approximately 0.2 to
	length of 0.5 cm.	0.3 cm.
Prominence	Less prominent.	More prominent.
of foliar
protuberances.

• Plants of the new cultivar ‘OVROCKS11’ differ from the pollen parent, an unnamed Gasteria carinata plant (not patented), in the following characteristics described in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2
Characteristic	‘OVROCKS11’	The pollen parent.
Growth habit.	Spirally arranged in a	Equitant to 3-ranked rosette.
	rossette.
Foliage aspect.	More carinate than the	Less carinate than
	parent.	‘OVROCKS11’.
Size of foliar	Larger than the parent.	Smaller than
protuberances.		‘OVROCKS11’.
Arrangement of	Arranged in distinct	Varying from randomly
foliar protuberances	transverse lines across	distributed to loosely
on the abaxial	the lamina.	arranged in irregular
surface.		transverse lines.

• Comparison with the closest known comparator: Plants of the new cultivar ‘OVROCKS11’ differ from the most similar variety known to the inventor, xGasteraloe ‘OVROCKS02’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 30,136), in the following characteristics described in Table 3 below.

TABLE 3
Characteristic	‘OVROCKS11’	‘OVROCKS02’
Growth habit.	Spirally arranged in a	Spirally arranged in a
	rosette; foliage is more	rosette; foliage is more
	loosely held in the	tightly held in the rosette.
	rosette.
Foliage abundance.	Less abundant.	More abundant.
Foliage shape.	Lanceolate.	Narrow deltoid.
General coloration	Dark green.	Dark green and margined
of the foliage.		with light green.
Foliar margins	Finely dentate, with small	Dentate, with larger
	marginal teeth; more	marginal teeth; fewer
	teeth than	teeth than
	‘OVROCKS02’.	‘OVROCKS11’.
Size of foliar	Smaller than the	Larger than
protuberances.	‘OVROCKS02’.	‘OVROCKS11’.
Arrangement	Arranged in distinct	Varying from randomly
of the foliar	transverse lines across the	distributed to loosely
protuberances.	lamina.	arranged in irregular
		transverse lines.

Claims (1)

That which is claimed is:

1. A new and distinct variety of xGasteraloe plant named ‘OVROCKS11’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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