U.S. patent number PP17,276 [Application Number 11/221,957] was granted by the patent office on 2006-12-12 for new guinea impatiens plant named `ingborg`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Syngenta Seeds B.V.. Invention is credited to Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders.
United States Patent |
PP17,276 |
Sanders |
December 12, 2006 |
New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Ingborg`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named
`Ingborg` characterized by its large flowers, non fading orange
flowers, early flowering, dark green foliage, ball shaped growth
habit with excellent basal branching and good vigor.
Inventors: |
Sanders; Monica Maria Adelheid
(Grootebroek, NL) |
Assignee: |
Syngenta Seeds B.V. (Enkhuizen,
NL)
|
Family
ID: |
37497480 |
Appl.
No.: |
11/221,957 |
Filed: |
September 8, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/318.3 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/16 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/318 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent
Assistant Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Vrana; Bruce
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named
`Ingborg`, as substantially illustrated and described herein.
Description
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Impatiens
hawkeri.
Varietal denomination: `Ingborg`.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention relates to a new and distinct New Guinea
Impatiens plant botanically known as Impatiens hawkeri and referred
to by the cultivar name `Ingborg.`
The new cultivar was developed in a controlled breeding program
conducted by the inventor in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The new New
Guinea Impatiens cultivar is characterized by an early flowering
response, large flowers with attractive coloration, and a good
flowering behavior under field conditions.
The new cultivar is propagated from cuttings resulting from the
cross in September 1999 of the proprietary New Guinea Impatiens
selection identified as `F 54-2` as female parent and the
proprietary New Guinea Impatiens selection identified as `F 147-3`
as male parent. `F 54-2` is not commercially available and has not
been patented. `F 147-3` is not commercially available and has not
been patented.
As a result of this cross the present cultivar was selected in
September 2000 in Enkhuizen, Netherlands and has been repeatedly
asexually reproduced by cuttings in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, in
Gilroy, Calif., and in Angers, France over a period of several
years. The distinctive characteristics of this new Impatiens are
stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of
asexual reproduction. It takes 8 to 10 weeks to produce a finished
plant, starting from a rooted plug and planted in a 12 cm pot,
depending on the temperature.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Ingborg.` These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Ingborg` as a new and
distinct New Guinea Impatiens cultivar: 1. Large orange flowers
with a stable color 2. Ball shaped growth habit with flowers on top
of the foliage 3. Dark green foliage 4. Excellent basal branching
5. Good outdoor vigor
Plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens differ primarily from the
plants of the female parent selection in the following
characteristics:
Plants of the New Guinea Impatiens have small dark green leaves and
are early flowering, whereas the plants of the female parent have
large, light green leaves and are later flowering.
Plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens differ primarily from the
plants of the male parent selection in the following
characteristic:
Plants of the New Guinea Impatiens have orange flowers, whereas the
plants of the male have red flowers.
Plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens can be compared to plants of
`Fisnics Orange,` disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,225. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted by the inventor in Enkhuizen,
Netherlands, plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens differed from
plants of `Fisnics Orange` in the following characteristics: 1.
Plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens have mid green, shiny
leaves, whereas the cultivar `Fisnics Orange` has lighter
green-colored leaves. 2. Plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens
have a ball shaped growth habit with excellent basal branching,
whereas the plant of the cultivar `Fisnics Orange` is bush shaped
with less branching.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
This new New Guinea Impatiens plant is illustrated by the
accompanying photographic drawing which shows blooms, buds and
foliage of the plant in full color, the color showing being as true
as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic
procedures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive
characteristics of this new New Guinea Impatiens. The data which
defines these characteristics were collected from asexual
reproductions carried out in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The plant
history was taken on 30 week old plants, blossomed under natural
light in the field.
Color readings were taken in the laboratory under ambient light.
Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The
Royal Horticultural Society of London. The plant:
Classification.--Botanical: Impatiens hawkeri. Parentage: Female
parent.--Proprietary Impatiens hawkeri selection identified as code
number `F 54-2,` not patented. Pollen parent.--Proprietary
Impatiens hawkeri selection identified as Code number `F 147-3,`
not patented. Propagation: Type cutting.--Terminal cuttings. Time
to initiate roots.--Approximately 7-14 days. Time to produce a
rooted cutting.--Approximately 21 days. Root description.--Fine,
fibrous, and white in color. Plant description: General
appearance.--Outwardly spreading, low rounded and uniform mounded
plant growth. Habit: Growth and branching habit.--Freely branching
habit, freely flowering, moderate vigorous to vigorous. Crop time:
Plant height.--21-23 cm. Plant spread.--43-46 cm. Lateral branch
description: Length.--20-22 cm. Diameter.--4-9 mm.
Texture.--Smooth, glabrous. Internode length.--1-6 cm. Color.--RHS
187A. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Opposite or in whorls.
Length, mature leaves.--9 cm. Width, mature leaves.--3 cm.
Shape.--Lanceolate. Apex.--Acute to acuminate. Base.--Acute.
Margin.--Serrulate with fine cilation. Texture.--Smooth, glabrous.
Venation pattern.--Pinnate. Color young foliage, upper
surface.--RHS 146A. Color young foliage, lower surface.--RHS 144A.
Fully expanded foliage, upper surface.--RHS 147A. Fully expanded
foliage, lower surface.--RHS 137A. Venation, upper surface.--RHS
146A. Venation, lower surface.--RHS 137A. Petiole length.--About 1
cm. Petiole diameter.--About 4 cm. Texture.--Smooth, glabrous.
Color.--RHS 47A. Flower description: Flower type and flowering
habit.--Single. Number of flowers per leaf axil.--8. Number of
flowers and flower buds per lateral branch.--7. Flower
position.--Above and beyond the foliage and typically facing
upwards and outward. Flower shape.--Rounded, mostly flat. Flowers
lasting.--About 10 days on the plant depending on environmental
conditions. Petals.--Self cleaning. Gynoecium.--Persistent.
Flowers.--Not fragrant. Flowering.--Indeterminate and continuous.
Flowering season.--Year round under greenhouse conditions. In the
garden, flowering from spring until fall. Flower length.--About
5.5-6.5 cm. Flower width.--About 5.5-6.5 cm. Flower depth.--About
0.2 cm. Flower buds: Bud length.--About 1.7 cm. Bud
diameter.--About 1.2 cm. Bud shape.--Ovoid. Texture.--Smooth,
glabrous. Color, just before opening.--RHS N34A. Petals:
Quantity.--Single, five per flower, imbricate. Length of banner
petal.--About 2.4-2.7 cm. Width of banner petal.--About 4-5 cm.
Length lateral and basal petals.--About 3.5 cm. Width lateral and
basal petals.--About 3.6 cm. Lateral and basal petal
shape.--Obcordate. Banner patel shape.--Obcordate. Petal
apex.--Retuse to emarginate. Petal base.--Attenuate. Petal
margin.--Entire. Petal texture.--Smooth, satiny. Petal
color.--Upper surface: When opening and fully opened: RHS N30A.
Lower surface: When opening and fully opened: RHS 35A. Spur:
Length.--About 3.5-4.5 cm. Texture.--Smooth, glabrous.
Aspect.--Curved. Color.--RHS 46A. Peduncles: Length.--About 4.5 cm.
Strength.--Strong, flexible. Diameter.--2 cm. Aspect.--About
45.degree. from the stem. Color.--RHS 46A. Reproductive organs:
Androecium.--Stamen number: Five fused at anthers, filaments free,
hooded. Anther shape.--Oval. Anther length.--About 5 mm. Anther
color.--RHS N155A. Amount of pollen.--Scarce to moderate. Pollen
color.--RHS 158A. Gynoecium: Pistil number.--One. Pistil
length.--About 7 mm. Stigma shape.--Columnar, five segmented.
Stigma color.--Colorless. Style color.--RHS 151B. Ovary
arrangement.--Five celled. Ovary color.--RHS 144A. Seed
development.--Seed development has not been observed. Disease and
pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to
Impatiens has not been observed.
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