U.S. patent number PP22,390 [Application Number 12/806,252] was granted by the patent office on 2011-12-20 for angelonia plant named `anbluim`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Elsner PAC Jungpflanzen GbR. Invention is credited to Martin Geibel.
United States Patent |
PP22,390 |
Geibel |
December 20, 2011 |
Angelonia plant named `Anbluim`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named `Anbluim`,
characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly slanting plant
habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit;
large dark violet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Geibel; Martin (Dresden,
DE) |
Assignee: |
Elsner PAC Jungpflanzen GbR
(Dresden, DE)
|
Family
ID: |
45219357 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/806,252 |
Filed: |
August 7, 2010 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/404 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/68 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/404 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Angelonia plant named `Anbluim` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Angelonia hybrid.
Cultivar denomination: `ANBLUIM`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Angelonia plant, botanically known as Angelonia hybrid, and
hereinafter referred to by the name `Anbluim`.
The new Angelonia plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Dresden, Germany. The objective of the
breeding program is to create new compact and freely-flowering
Angelonia plants with attractive flower coloration.
The new Angelonia plant originated from a cross-pollination made by
the Inventor during the summer of 2005 in Dresden, Germany of two
unnamed proprietary selections of Angelonia hybrida, not patented.
The new Angelonia plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor
as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Dresden, Germany during the summer of 2006.
Asexual reproduction of the new Angelonia plant by cuttings in a
controlled greenhouse environment in Dresden, Germany since
December, 2006, has shown that the unique features of this new
Angelonia plant are stable and reproduced true to type in
successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Angelonia have not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat
with variations in environment and cultural practices 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 `Anbluim`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Anbluim` as a new and
distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant: 1. Compact, upright and
outwardly slanting plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit. 3. Early
and freely flowering habit. 4. Large dark violet-colored flowers.
5. Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Angelonia differ from plants of the parent
selections primarily in plant and flowering habit as plants of the
new Angelonia are more freely branching and freely flowering than
plants of the parent selections.
Plants of the new Angelonia can be compared to plants of Angelonia
hybrid `Anblauzwei`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,189. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Dresden, Germany, plants of
the new Angelonia and `Anblauzwei` differed in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Angelonia were shorter than
and not as broad as plants of `Anblauzwei`. 2. Plants of the new
Angelonia were more freely branching than plants of
`Anblauzwei`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Angelonia plant, 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 Angelonia plant.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a side
perspective view of typical flowering plants of `Anbluim`.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a close-up view of
a typical flowering plant of `Anbluim`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and the following
observations, measurements and values were grown during the winter
and spring in 13-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in
Dresden, Germany and under typical commercial cultural practices.
During the production of the plants, day temperatures averaged
20.degree. C., night temperatures averaged 16.degree. C. and light
levels ranging from 15 kilolux to 100 kilolux. Plants were pinched
twice, two and five weeks after planting. Plants were five months
old when the photographs and the 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: Angelonia hybrida `Anbluim`. Parentage:
Female, or seed, parent.--Unnamed proprietary selection of
Angelonia hybrida, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Unnamed
proprietary selection of Angelonia hybrida, not patented.
Propagation: Type.--By cuttings. Time to initiate roots.--About 20
days at 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant.--About
four weeks at 20.degree. C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous; white
in color. Rooting habit.--Freely branching; moderately dense. Plant
description: Plant form/habit.--Herbaceous perennial; compact,
upright and outwardly slanting plant habit; broad inverted
triangle; freely branching habit; when pinched, about five to seven
lateral branches develop per plant; vigorous growth habit. Plant
height.--About 45 cm. Plant width (spread).--About 30 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 40 cm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Internode
length: About 1 cm to 2 cm. Strength: Moderately strong to strong.
Texture: Slightly pubescent. Color: Close to 137C. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Opposite, decussate; simple; sessile.
Length.--About 2 cm to 8 cm. Width.--About 1 cm to 2.5 cm.
Shape.--Lanceolate to oblong. Apex.--Acute. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Serrate. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.--Smooth,
glabrous; leathery. Venation pattern.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing
and fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 139A; venation,
close to 139A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B;
midvein, close to 145C; lateral veins, close to 137B. Flower
description: Flower type/habit.--Single flowers arranged in
terminal racemes; flowers face mostly outwardly; freely flowering
habit; dense inflorescences. Fragrance.--None detected. Natural
flowering season.--Early flowering habit, plants begin flowering
about ten weeks after planting; in the garden, flowering is
continuous from mid-May until frost in Central Europe.
Postproduction longevity.--Flowers last about 20 days on the plant;
flowers not persistent. Flower buds.--Height: About 5 mm. Diameter:
About 5 mm. Shape: Globose. Color: Close to 137A. Inflorescence
height.--About 15 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About 8 cm. Flower
diameter.--About 3.3 cm by 3 cm. Flower depth.--About 1 cm.
Petals.--Quantity per flower: Typically five in a single whorl;
petals fused at the base into a tubular throat. Length: About 1.2
cm. Width: About 1.6 cm. Shape: Roughly spatulate. Apex: Rounded.
Margin: Entire; undulate. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Color: When opening and fully opened,
upper surface: Darker than 82A to more blue than 83A; color
becoming closer to 82A with development. When opening and fully
opened, lower surface: Close to 82A; color becoming closer to 82C
with development. Throat: Close to 155D. Sepals.--Quantity per
flower: Typically five in a single whorl. Length: About 5 mm.
Width: About 3 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper
and lower surfaces: Close to 139A. Pedicels.--Length: About 2 cm.
Diameter: About 1 mm. Angle: Outward to slightly upright, less than
90.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture: Slightly pubescent. Color: Close to 146A. Reproductive
organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Typically four. Filament
length: About 3 mm. Filament color: Close to 85D. Anther shape:
Elliptic. Anther length: About 2 mm. Anther color: Close to 83A.
Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 155D. Pistils:
Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 3 mm. Stigma shape:
Tapering. Stigma color: Close to 155D. Style length: About 4 mm.
Style color: Close to 155D. Ovary color: Close to 177A.
Fruits.--Length: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Color: Close to
177B. Seeds.--Quantity per flower: About 30 to 50. Length: Less
than 1 mm. Diameter: Less than 1 mm. Color: Light brown.
Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Angelonia have not been
noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Angelonia.
Garden performance: Plants of the new Angelonia have been observed
to have good garden performance and tolerate rain, wind and
temperatures ranging from about 1.degree. C. to 30.degree. C.
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