U.S. patent number PP31,178 [Application Number 15/999,960] was granted by the patent office on 2019-12-03 for angelonia plant named `anwedg116`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR. The grantee listed for this patent is Elke Steffen. Invention is credited to Elke Steffen.
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United States Patent |
PP31,178 |
Steffen |
December 3, 2019 |
Angelonia plant named `Anwedg116`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named `Anwedg116`
characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; moderately
vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely
flowering habit; large violet blue and white bi-colored flowers;
and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Steffen; Elke (Erfurt,
DE) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Steffen; Elke |
Erfurt |
N/A |
DE |
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Assignee: |
Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
(Dresden, DE)
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Family
ID: |
68695889 |
Appl.
No.: |
15/999,960 |
Filed: |
September 4, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/404 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/68 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/68 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/404 |
Other References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FarPJCxRwLM; Aug. 10, 2013; 1 page.
cited by examiner .
https://garden.org/plants/view/777255/Summer-Snapdragon-Angelonia-Angelfac-
e-Wedgwood-Blue-Improved/; No date; 4 pages. cited by
examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Angelonia plant named `Anwedg116` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Angelonia angustifolia.
Cultivar denomination: `ANWEDG116`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Angelonia plant, botanically known as Angelonia angustifolia and
hereinafter referred to by the name `Anwedg116`.
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 freely-flowering Angelonia plants
with attractive flower coloration and long flowering period.
The new Angelonia plant originated from a cross-pollination made by
the Inventor during the summer of 2014 in Dresden, Germany of two
unnamed proprietary selections of Angelonia angustifolia, 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 2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new Angelonia plant by terminal
cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Dresden, Germany
since the summer of 2015 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 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 `Anwedg116`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Anwedg116` as a new and
distinct Angelonia plant: 1. Broadly upright plant habit. 2.
Moderately vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely branching habit. 4.
Early and freely flowering habit. 5. Large violet blue and white
bi-colored flowers. 6. 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
hybrida `Lowhiblu`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,234. In
side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Angelonia and
`Lowhiblu` differ primarily in the following characteristics: 1.
Plants of the new Angelonia are taller and broader than plants of
`Lowhiblu`. 2. Plants of the new Angelonia flower about a week
later than plants of `Lowhiblu`. 3. Plants of the new Angelonia and
`Lowhiblu` differ in flower color as plants of the new Angelonia
have violet blue and white bi-colored flowers whereas plants of
`Lowhiblu` have white-colored flowers with violet blue-colored
central stripes.
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 on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view
of a typical flowering plant of `Anwedg116` grown in a
container.
The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical
flowering plant of `Anwedg116`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used for the aforementioned photograph and the following
observations, measurements and values were grown during the summer
and autumn in 19-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in
Dresden, Germany and under cultural practices typical of commercial
Angelonia production. During the production of the plants, day
temperatures were at a minimum of 20.degree. C., night temperatures
were at a minimum of 16.degree. C. and light levels ranged from 15
kilolux to 100 kilolux. Plants were pinched two times, two and six
weeks after planting rooted young plants. Plants were six months
old when the description was taken and seven months old when the
photograph was 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 angustifolia `Anwedg116`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Unnamed proprietary selection of Angelonia angustifolia,
not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Unnamed proprietary
selection of Angelonia angustifolia, not patented. Propagation:
Type.--By terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer and
winter.--About 20 days at temperatures about 20.degree. C. Time to
produce a rooted young plant, summer and winter.--About four weeks
at temperatures about 20.degree. C. Root description.--Fine,
fibrous; typically white in color, actual color of the roots is
dependent on substrate composition, water quality, fertilizers,
substrate temperature and age of roots. Rooting habit.--Freely
branching; moderately dense. Plant description: Plant form and
growth habit.--Herbaceous perennial; broadly upright plant habit;
freely branching habit; when pinched, about eight to ten lateral
branches develop per plant; moderately vigorous growth habit;
moderate growth rate. Plant height.--About 50 cm to 70 cm. Plant
width (spread).--About 30 cm to 40 cm. Lateral branches.--Length:
About 30 cm to 40 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm to 5 mm. Internode
length: About 2 cm to 3 cm. Strength: Moderately strong to strong.
Texture: Slightly pubescent; slightly viscid. Color: Close to 144A.
Leaf description: Arrangement.--Opposite, decussate; simple;
sessile. Length.--About 2 cm to 7 cm. Width.--About 1 cm to 1.5 cm.
Shape.--Lanceolate to oblong. Apex.--Acute. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Serrate. Texture and luster, upper and lower
surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous; leathery; glossy. Venation
pattern.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing and fully developed leaves,
upper surface: Close to 137B; venation, close to 137A. Developing
and fully developed leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C; venation,
close to 145C. Flower description: Flower type and flowering
habit.--Single flowers arranged in upright to outward terminal
racemes; flowers face mostly outwardly; freely flowering habit;
full dense inflorescences. Fragrance.--None detected. Natural
flowering season.--Plants begin flowering about nine to ten weeks
after planting rooted young plants; 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 144B. Inflorescence
length.--Inflorescences are indeterminate and continue to grow
longer during the flowering season. Inflorescence diameter.--About
8 cm to 9 cm. Flower diameter.--About 3 cm by 3.3 cm. Flower
length.--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 cm to 1.2 cm. Width: About 1.2 cm to 1.5 cm. Shape:
Roughly spatulate. Apex: Rounded. Margin: Entire, undulate.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety.
Color: When opening, upper and lower surfaces: Upper two petals,
close to 94C; lower three petals, close to 155D. Fully opened,
upper and lower surfaces: Upper two petals, close to 94B; lower
three petals, close to 155D; with development, upper petals become
closer to 94C and with development, lower petals do not change in
color. Throat: Close to 3C and 155D. Tube: Upper petals, close to
94B and lower petals, close to 155D. Sepals.--Quantity per flower:
Typically five in a single whorl. Length: About 5 mm. Width: About
3 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to 137A. Pedicels.--Length: About 1.5 cm to 2 cm.
Diameter: About 1 mm. Angle: Outward to slightly upright, less than
90.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 146A. Reproductive
organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Typically four. Filament
length: About 3 mm. Filament color: Close to 155D. Anther length:
About 2 mm. Anther shape: Elliptic. Anther color: Close to 90A.
Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 155D. Pistils:
Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape:
Tapering. Stigma color: Close to 155D. Style length: About 5 mm.
Style color: Close to 155D. Ovary color: Close to 142B.
Fruits.--Length: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Color: Close to
165D. Seeds.--Quantity per flower: About 30 to 50. Length: Less
than 1 mm. Diameter: Less than 1 mm. Color: Light brown. Disease
& pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Angelonia have
not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to
Angelonia plants. 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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