U.S. patent number PP29,076 [Application Number 14/999,999] was granted by the patent office on 2018-03-06 for lavandula plant named `bklvstfpu`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Beekenkamp Plants B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp. Invention is credited to Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp.
United States Patent |
PP29,076 |
Beekenkamp |
March 6, 2018 |
Lavandula plant named `BKLVSTFPU`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Lavandula plant named
`BKLVSTFPU`, characterized by its compact and broadly upright plant
habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering
habit; purple-colored flowers with violet-colored bracts arranged
on terminal spikes; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia
(Maasdijk, NL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
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Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia |
Maasdijk |
N/A |
NL |
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Assignee: |
Beekenkamp Plants B.V.
(Maasdijk, NL)
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Family
ID: |
60987424 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/999,999 |
Filed: |
July 25, 2016 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
Identifier |
Publication Date |
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US 20180027721 P1 |
Jan 25, 2018 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/445 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101); G11B 5/60 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/445 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Lavandula plant named `BKLVSTFPU` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Lavandula stoechas.
Cultivar denomination: `BKLVSTFPU`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct Lavandula
plant, botanically known as Lavandula stoechas, commonly referred
to as Lavender and hereinafter referred to by the name
`BKLVSTFPU`.
The new Lavandula plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Maasdijk, The Netherlands. The
objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact and
early-flowering Lavandula plants with good performance and
attractive plant form and flower coloration.
The new Lavandula plant originated from an open-pollination in
July, 2012 of a proprietary selection of Lavandula stoechas
identified as code number 4300112, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with an unknown selection of Lavandula stoechas as the
male, or pollen, parent. The new Lavandula plant was discovered and
selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the
progeny of the stated open-pollination in an outdoor nursery in
Maasdijk, The Netherlands in July, 2013.
Asexual reproduction of the new Lavandula plant by terminal
cuttings in a controlled outdoor nursery environment in Maasdijk,
The Netherlands since September, 2013 has shown that the unique
features of this new Lavandula plant are stable and reproduced true
to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Lavandula have not been observed under all
possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural
practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in
environmental conditions 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 the new Lavandula
plant. These characteristics in combination distinguish `BKLVSTFPU`
as a new and distinct Lavandula plant: 1. Compact and broadly
upright plant habit. 2. Freely branching growth habit. 3. Early and
freely flowering habit. 4. Purple-colored flowers with
violet-colored bracts arranged on terminal spikes. 5. Good garden
performance.
Plants of the new Lavandula differ primarily from plants of the
female parent selection in the following characteristics: 1. Plants
of the new Lavandula are more compact than plants of the female
parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Lavandula have broader
inflorescences than plants of the female parent selection. 3.
Plants of the new Lavandula and the female parent selection differ
in flower color as plants of the female parent selection have dark
pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Lavandula can be compared to plants of the
Lavandula stoechas `Bee Happy`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No.
12,573. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Lavandula
differ primarily from plants of `Bee Happy` in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Lavandula are more compact
and shorter than plants of `Bee Happy`. 2. Plants of the new
Lavandula and `Bee Happy` differ in flower color as plants of `Bee
Happy` have purple-colored flowers with white-colored bracts.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of
the new Lavandula 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 Lavandula plant.
The photograph on the first sheet is a side perspective view of a
typical flowering plant of `BKLVSTFPU` grown in a container.
The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of lower and
upper surfaces of typical leaves, a typical flower bud and a
typical flowering stem of `BKLVSTFPU`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used in the aforementioned photographs and following
detailed description were grown in 12-cm containers during the
spring and early summer in a glass-covered greenhouse in Maasdijk,
The Netherlands and under cultural practices typical of commercial
Lavandula production. Plants were pinched one time and were 23
weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. During
the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from
15.degree. C. to 22.degree. C. and night temperatures ranged from
12.degree. C. to 16.degree. C. In the following description, color
references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour
Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary
dictionary significance are used. Botanical classification:
Lavandula stoechas `BKLVSTFPU`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Lavandula stoechas identified as
code number 4300112, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Unknown selection of Lavandula stoechas, not patented.
Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate
roots, summer.--About 28 days at temperatures ranging from
17.degree. C. to 19.degree. C. Time to initiate roots,
winter.--About 30 days at temperatures ranging from 18.degree. C.
to 19.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant,
summer.--About 48 days at temperatures ranging from 17.degree. C.
to 19.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant,
winter.--About 50 to 54 days at temperatures ranging from
17.degree. C. to 19.degree. C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous;
typically white in color, actual color of the roots is dependent on
substrate composition, water quality, fertilizer type and
formulation. Rooting habit.--Moderately freely branching; medium
density. Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--Herbaceous
perennial; compact and broadly upright plant habit; roughly
globular to broadly ovate in overall shape; moderately vigorous
growth habit; moderate growth rate; flowers arranged in
verticillasters on terminal spikes. Plant height, soil level to top
of foliar plane.--About 16.3 cm. Plant height, soil level to top of
floral plane.--About 22.6 cm. Plant width.--About 21.3 cm. Lateral
branch description.--Quantity per plant: About nine primary lateral
branches each with about ten secondary branches developing per
plant during the flowering season. Length: About 6.5 cm. Diameter:
About 1.5 mm. Internode length: About 2.9 cm. Strength: Moderately
strong. Aspect: Upright to somewhat outwardly. Texture and luster:
Densely tomentose; slightly glossy. Color, developing: Close to
144B to 144C; at the internodes, between 143C and 144B. Color,
developed: Close to 199B and 199C. Leaf description.--Arrangement:
Opposite, simple; sessile. Length: About 3.2 cm. Width: About 5 mm.
Shape: Narrowly oblanceolate. Apex: Acute. Base: Cuneate. Margin:
Entire; slightly to moderately revolute. Texture and luster, upper
surface: Densely pubescent; matte. Texture and luster, lower
surface: Moderately to densely pubescent; matte. Fragrance:
Strongly aromatic, pungent. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Color:
Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B. Developing leaves,
lower surface: Close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface:
Close to NN137B to NN137C; venation, close to 138A. Fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B; venation, close to 138B.
Flower description: Flower type, arrangement and habit.--Small
single salverform flowers arranged in verticillasters on terminal
spikes; freely flowering habit with about 115 flowers developing
per inflorescence and about 3,850 flowers developing per plant;
flowers with two-lobed upper lip and three-lobed lower lip; flowers
face mostly outwardly on the spike. Natural flowering
season.--Relatively long flowering period; continuous from late
spring into the summer in The Netherlands. Flower longevity on the
plant.--Individual flowers last about 50 days on the plant; flowers
not persistent. Fragrance.--None detected. Flower buds.--Length:
About 7 mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Shape: Elliptic. Texture and
luster: Moderately tomentose; matte. Color: Close to 143B;
distally, tinged with close to N186C; at the apex, close to N186A.
Inflorescence height.--About 4.9 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About
1.8 cm. Flower diameter.--About 7 mm. Flower depth (height).--About
1.1 cm. Petals.--Quantity and arrangement: Upper lip, two-lobed and
lower lip, three-lobed. Length, upper lip: About 1 cm. Length,
lower lip: About 9 mm. Width, upper lip: About 2 mm. Width, lower
lip: About 2 mm. Shape: Roughly spatulate; lower 70% fused into a
tube. Apex: Obtuse, rounded. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster,
upper (inner) surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; matte.
Texture and luster, lower (outer) surface: Smooth, glabrous;
slightly velvety; slightly glossy. Color: When opening, upper
(inner) and lower (outer) surfaces: Close to N186A. Fully opened,
upper (inner) surface: Close to between N92A and N186B; throat,
close to 86A to 86B; color becoming closer to N186A with
development. Fully opened, lower (outer) surface: Close to between
N92A and N186B; tube, close to 86C and proximally, close to N87D;
color becoming closer to N186A with development. Basal flower
bracts.--Quantity and arrangement: Each group of seven flowers is
subtended by a single basal flower bract. Length: About 1 cm.
Width: About 9 mm. Shape: Broadly rhomboidal. Apex: Broadly
aristate. Base: Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper
and lower surfaces: Sparsely tomentose; matte. Color, upper
surface: Close to 187C; venation, close to 146B. Color, lower
surface: Close to 187C; venation, close to between N186B and N200A.
Sterile flower bracts.--Quantity and arrangement: Four sterile
flower bracts at apex of spike. Length: About 2.2 cm. Width: About
9 mm. Shape: Narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong to narrowly
obovate. Apex: Acute. Base: Cuneate. Margin: Entire; undulate.
Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces: Sparsely tomentose;
matte. Color, upper surface: Close to N82B; main vein, tinged with
close to N186B. Color, lower surface: Close to N82B; main vein,
close to 187A. Sepals.--Quantity and arrangement: Five, fused into
a campanulate tube. Calyx length: About 7 mm. Calyx diameter: About
2 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture and
luster, upper (inner) and lower (outer) surfaces: Densely
pubescent; moderately glossy to glossy. Color: When opening, upper
(inner) surface: Close to 145A; venation, close to 143A. When
opening, lower (outer) surface: Close to 143B; distally, tinged
with close to N186C. Fully opened, upper (inner) surface: Close to
145A; venation, close to 143A. Fully opened, lower (outer) surface:
Close to 143A. Peduncles.--Length: About 5.3 cm. Diameter: About 2
mm. Aspect: Mostly upright. Strength: Strong. Texture and luster:
Densely tomentose; matte. Color: Close to 144A; distally, tinged
with close to 176A. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity per
flower: Four. Filament length: About 1 mm. Filament color: Close to
84D. Anther shape: Reniform. Anther length: About 0.75 mm. Anther
color: Close to 21B to 21C. Pollen amount: Scarce to moderate.
Pollen color: Close to 14A to 14B. Pistils: Quantity per flower:
One. Pistil length: About 4 mm. Stigma diameter: About 0.5 mm.
Stigma shape: Club-shaped. Stigma color: Close to N186A. Style
length: About 3.5 mm. Style color: Close to 85C. Ovary color: Close
to 143A to 143B. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit production has
not been observed on plants of the new Lavandula. Disease &
pest resistance: Plants of the new Lavandula have not been noted to
be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Lavandula plants.
Garden performance: Plants of the new Lavandula have exhibited good
tolerance to rain and wind and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness
Zones 8 to 10.
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