U.S. patent number PP30,160 [Application Number 15/732,580] was granted by the patent office on 2019-01-29 for coleus plant named `sakcol021`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Sakata Seed Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is Sakata Seed Corporation. Invention is credited to Jun Tsukahara.
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United States Patent |
PP30,160 |
Tsukahara |
January 29, 2019 |
Coleus plant named `SAKCOL021`
Abstract
A coleus plant particularly distinguished by long leaves having
shades of pink and dark burgundy inner leaf color and green
margins, is disclosed.
Inventors: |
Tsukahara; Jun (Kakegawa
Shizuoka, JP) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Sakata Seed Corporation |
Tsuzuki-Ku, Yokohama |
N/A |
JP |
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Assignee: |
Sakata Seed Corporation
(Yokohama, JP)
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Family
ID: |
65032774 |
Appl.
No.: |
15/732,580 |
Filed: |
November 29, 2017 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/373 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/12 (20130101); A01H 6/50 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/12 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/373 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Roahrig; Bethany R. Campbell;
Barbara Cochran Freund & Young LLC
Claims
I claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of coleus plant named `SAKCOL021` as
illustrated and described herein.
Description
Genus and species: Solenostemon sp.
Variety denomination: `SAKCOL021`.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of
coleus, botanically known as Solenostemon sp., and hereinafter
referred to by the variety name `SAKCOL021`.
`SAKCOL021` originated from the open pollination of 8 unpatented
proprietary lines crossed pollinated in October 2014 in Kakegawa,
Japan. The breeder put breeding materials `14P-202`, `14P-203`,
`14P-205`, `14P-210`, `14P-211`, `14P-212`, `14F-19`,and `14F-20-2`
in a cage. Bees then crossed them at random. The breeder harvested
1,200 seeds from `14P-211`. These seeds were composed of hybrid
seeds and self-pollinated seeds.
The seeds obtained from the `14P-211` plant were sown and a single
plant selection designated `L2015-C0202` (not patented) was
selected for its multi-colored leaf pattern with shades of pink and
dark burgundy inner leaf color and green margins with mounding
plant habit with long leaves. The breeder confirmed that
`L2015-CO202` was fixed and stable. `L2015-CO202` was subsequently
named `SAKCOL021`.
The new plant was first asexually propagated from October 2015 to
April 2016 in Japan and has been asexually reproduced by vegetative
cuttings for almost three years in Japan. The present invention has
been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through
successive asexual propagations by vegetative cuttings.
`SAKCOL021` has not been made publicly available or sold more than
one year prior to the filing date of this application.
SUMMARY OF THE NEW PLANT
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing
characteristics of the new variety when grown under normal
horticultural practices in Salinas, Calif. 1. Small leaves; and 2.
Pink and rose inner leaf color and green margins.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
This new coleus plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph
which shows the overall plant habit, and foliage of a plant aged 3
months old. The colors are as true as can be reasonably obtained by
conventional photographic procedures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive
characteristics of `SAKCOL021`. The data which defines these
characteristics were collected from plants grown three months from
transplant into 4-inch pots from rooted cuttings in Salinas,
Calif., under greenhouse conditions. Color references are to The
Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 4.sup.th edition.
Anatomic labels are from The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of
Botanical Terms, by M. Hickey and C. King, Cambridge University
Press. Classification: Family.--Lamiaceae. Botanical
name.--Solenostemon sp. Common name.--Coleus.
Denomination.--`SAKCOL021`. Plant: Type.--Annual. Habit.--Very
dense. Form.--Compact and very dense, 5 main branches.
Height.--19.0 cm. Spread.--29.0 cm. Propagation type.--Vegetative
cuttings. Environmental conditions for plant growth: The terminal
1.0 to 1.5 inches of an actively growing stem was excised. The
vegetative cuttings were propagated for five to six weeks. The base
of the cuttings were dipped for 1 to 2 seconds in a 1:9 solution of
Dip 'N Grow (1 solution: 9 water) root inducing solution
immediately prior to sticking into the cell trays. Cuttings were
stuck into plastic cell trays having 98 cells, and containing a
moistened peat moss-based growing medium. The cuttings were misted
with water from overhead for 10 seconds every 30 minutes until
sufficient roots were formed. Rooted cuttings were transplanted and
grown in 20 cm diameter plastic pots in a glass greenhouse located
in Salinas, Calif. Pots contained a peat moss-based growing medium.
Soluble fertilizer containing 20% nitrogen, 10% phosphorus and 20%
potassium was applied once a day or every other day by overhead
irrigation. Pots were top-dressed with a dry, slow release
fertilizer containing 20% nitrogen, 10% phosphorus and 18%
potassium. The typical average air temperature was 24 degrees C.
Lateral branches: Length.--6.5 cm to 15.0 cm. Diameter.--0.6 cm to
1.0 cm. Internode length.--0.8 cm to 1.0 cm. Strength.--Branches
separate easily. Aspect.--Large. Shape in cross-section.--Square.
Texture.--Dull, very slight pubescent. Pubescence color.--RHS N155A
(White). Stem/branch color.--Closest to RHS 144B (Yellow-Green).
Flowering branch.--Absent. Leaves: Arrangement.--Opposite, having
small mature foliage close to the stalk and much larger mature
leaves on exterior. Small mature foliage.--Length: 5.5 cm. Width:
2.3 cm. Large mature foliage.--Length: 10.2 cm. Width: 4.4 cm.
Broadest part of the leaf blade.--Middle. Shape.--Pinnatipartite.
Apex.--Caudate. Base.--Acuminate. Margin.--Sinuate. Texture, upper
surface.--Dull, very slight pubescence. Texture, lower
surface.--Glabrous with pronounced venation. Venation
pattern.--Reticulate. Vein color, upper surface.--RHS 59A
(Red-Purple). Vein color, lower surface.--Closest to RHS 148B
(Yellow-Green) with RHS 59A (Red-Purple) towards petiole. Small
mature foliage.--Petiole length: 2.1 cm. Petiole diameter: 1.5 mm.
Large mature foliage.--Petiole length: 6.1 cm to 9.3 cm. Petiole
diameter: 2.5 mm. Petiole color, small and large foliage.--Closest
to RHS 144B (Yellow-Green) with very slight RHS 59A. Petiole
texture.--Very slight pubescent. Variegation.--Present. Leaf
color.--Multicolored, mostly dark burgundy with shades of pink at
the center and green at margin. Upper surface: Closest to but
darker than RHS 200A (Brown) with RHS 59B (Red-Purple) at center
and RHS 146A (Yellow-Green) at margin. Lower surface: Closest to
RHS 148B (Yellow-Green) with blotches of RHS N77A (Purple)
increasing around venation. Reproductive organs: No flowers
observed. Temperature tolerance: 2 degrees C. to 35 degrees C.
Disease or insect resistance: No disease or insect resistance
observed.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY
`SAKCOL021` is a new and distinct cultivar of coleus owning to its
unique multicolored leaf pattern and mounding plant habit and small
leaves. It is distinguished from its parents as described in Table
1 below.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Leaf Leaf
Plant Parental lines Leaf color Leaf size shape margin habit
`14P-202` Brown Extremely Orbicular, Crenate Creeping small
`14P-203` Rose and Extremely Orbicular Crenate Creeping green small
`14P-205` Brown Extremely Orbicular Crenate Creeping small
`14P-210` Rose and Small Ellipse Serrate Mound- brown ing `14P-211`
Rose and Small Ellipse Serrate Mound- green ing `14P-212 Rose,
brown Large Ovate Crenate Erect and green `14F-19` Dark brown
Medium Ovate Crenate Erect and green `14F-20-2` Rose, brown
Extremely Orbicular Crenate Erect and green large Leaf Leaf Plant
Comparison Leaf color Leaf size shape margin habit `SAKCOL021`
Closest to but Small Pinna- Sinuate Mound- darker than Length:
tipartite ing RHS 200A 10.2 cm (Brown) with Width: RHS 59B 4.4 cm
(Red-Purple) at center and RHS 146A (Yellow- Green) at margin
`SAKCOL021` is most similar to the commercial variety PARTY TIME
`Sangria` (not patented). However, there are differences as listed
in Table 2 below.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Charac-
teristic `SAKCOL021` PARTY TIME `Sangria` Leaf Closest to but
darker than N77A (Purple) with Mid- color, RHS 200A (Brown) with
vein: RHS N77A (Purple), upper RHS 59B (Red-Purple) Center: closest
to RHS 183C surface at center and RHS 146A (Greyed-Purple), with
RHS (Yellow-Green) at margin 143A (Yellow-Green) at edge. Leaf
Closest to RHS 148B 147B (Yellow-Green), with color, (Yellow-Green)
with blotches of RHS 59A (Red- lower blotches of RHS N77A Purple)
at center Mid-vein & surface (Purple) increasing Netting: RHS
145C (Yellow- around venation Green) Plant Compact, Mounding
Compact, Erect growth habit
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