U.S. patent number PP32,640 [Application Number 16/873,391] was granted by the patent office on 2020-12-15 for begonia plant named `bkpbemcrg`.
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.
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United States Patent |
PP32,640 |
Beekenkamp |
December 15, 2020 |
Begonia plant named `BKPBEMCRG`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named `BKPBEMCRG`,
characterized by its broadly upright and mounded plant habit;
sturdy plants with freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored
leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; and single flowers that
are red in color.
Inventors: |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia
(Maasdijk, NL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia |
Maasdijk |
N/A |
NL |
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Assignee: |
BEEKENKAMP PLANTS B.V.
(Maasdijk, NL)
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Family
ID: |
73746586 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/873,391 |
Filed: |
April 4, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/349 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/185 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/18 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/349 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. Anne
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Begonia plant named `BKPBEMCRG` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Begonia x hiemalis.
Cultivar denomination: `BKPBEMCRG`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Begonia plant, botanically known as Begonia x hiemalis,
commercially referred to as Elatior Begonia and hereinafter
referred to by the name `BKPBEMCRG`.
The new Begonia 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 freely
branching and freely flowering Begonia plants with attractive
flowers and good garden performance.
The new Begonia plant originated from a cross-pollination made by
the Inventor in May, 2015 of a proprietary selection of Begonia x
tuberhybrida identified as code number 09-0008-03, not patented, as
the female, or seed, parent with an unnamed proprietary selection
of Begonia socotrana, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent.
The new Begonia plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor
as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Maasdijk, The Netherlands in October, 2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new Begonia plant by vegetative tip
cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Maasdijk, The
Netherlands since March, 2016 has shown that the unique features of
this new Begonia plant are stable and reproduced true to type in
successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Begonia 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 `BKPBEMCRG`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `BKPBEMCRG` as a new and
distinct Begonia plant: 1. Broadly upright and mounded plant habit.
2. Sturdy plants with freely basal branching habit. 3. Dark
green-colored leaves. 4. Uniform and freely flowering habit. 5.
Single flowers that are red in color.
Plants of the new Begonia can be compared to plants of the female
parent selection. Plants of the new Begonia differ primarily from
plants of the female parent selection in the following
characteristics: 1. Leaves of plants of the new Begonia are dark
green in color whereas leaves of plants of the female parent
selection are reddish green in color. 2. Leaves of plants of the
new Begonia are glabrous whereas leaves of plants of the female
parent selection are pubescent.
Plants of the new Begonia can be compared to plants of the male
parent selection. Plants of the new Begonia differ primarily from
plants of the male parent selection in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Begonia have red-colored
flowers whereas plants of the male parent selection have
pink-colored flowers. 2. Flowers of plants of the new Begonia do
not produce pollen whereas flowers of plants of the male parent
selection produce pollen.
Plants of the new Begonia can be compared to plants of Begonia x
hiemalis `BKPBECRM`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 28,818.
Plants of the new Begonia differ primarily from plants of
`BKPBECRM` in the following characteristics: 1. Leaves of plants of
the new Begonia are larger and darker green in color than leaves of
plants of `BKPBECRM`. 2. Plants of the new Begonia have single-type
flowers whereas plants of `BKPBECRM` have double-type flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Begonia 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 Begonia plant.
The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1 of 2) comprises a side
perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `BKPBEMCRG` grown
in a container.
The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2 of 2) are close-up views
of a typical flower bud and the upper and lower surfaces of typical
developed flowers and leaves of `BKPBEMCRG`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and following
observations and measurements were grown during the summer in
10.5-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Dinslaken,
Germany. During the production of the plants, day and night
temperatures ranged from 19.degree. to 21.degree. C. Plants were
eleven weeks from planting rooted cuttings when the photographs and
the description were taken. 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: Begonia
x hiemalis `BKPBEMCRG`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Begonia x tuberhybrida identified
as code number 09-0008-03, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Unnamed proprietary selection of Begonia socotrana, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--By vegetative tip cuttings. Time to
initiate roots.--About 20 days at temperatures about 25.degree. C.
Time to produce a rooted young plant.--About 35 to 36 days at
temperatures about 21.degree. C. to 23.degree. C. Root
description.--Fine, fibrous; typically brown in color, actual color
of the roots is dependent on substrate composition, water quality,
fertilizer type and formulation, substrate temperature and
physiological age of roots; plants of the new Begonia have not been
observed to form tubers. Rooting habit.--Freely branching habit;
dense. Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--Broadly upright
and mounded plant habit; overall plant shape, globular; moderately
vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate. Plant height, soil
level to top of foliar plane.--About 21.6 cm. Plant height, soil
level to top of floral plane.--About 26.1 cm. Plant width.--About
31.6 cm. Lateral branch description.--Branching habit: Freely
branching habit with about three basal branches each with about
three lateral branches developing per plant; pinching is not
required. Length: About 9.9 cm. Diameter: About 9 mm. Internode
length: About 2.7 cm. Strength: Moderately strong. Aspect: About
25.degree. from vertical. Texture and luster: Sparsely pubescent;
moderately glossy. Color, developing: Close to 152B slightly tinged
with close to N199A. Color, fully developed: Close to 152A. Leaf
description.--Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About 15.4
cm. Width: About 10 cm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute. Base: Oblique,
lobes not imbricate to imbricate. Margin: Dentate to crenate;
moderately to strongly undulate. Texture and luster, upper surface:
Smooth, glabrous; velvety; slightly glossy. Texture and luster,
lower surface: Smooth, glabrous, venation, sparsely pubescent;
velvety; slightly glossy. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Color:
Developing leaves, upper surface: Darker than 147A. Developing
leaves, lower surface: Close to 197B. Fully expanded leaves, upper
surface: Darker than 147A; venation, close to 147B and proximally,
close to 187C. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 148B
slightly to moderately tinged with close to 182C; venation, close
to 199A to 199B. Petioles: Length: About 7 cm. Diameter: About 5.5
mm. Strength: Moderately strong, flexible. Texture and luster,
upper and lower surfaces: Moderately pubescent; moderately glossy.
Color, upper surface: Slightly darker than 152A; distally, close to
187C. Color, lower surface: Close to 152A; distally, close to 187C.
Stipules: Quantity per leaf: Two. Length: About 1 cm. Width: About
9 mm. Shape: Broadly ovate. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Broadly cuneate.
Margins: Entire, ciliate. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to
146D; towards the margins, close to 179C. Flower description:
Flowering habit.--Rotate single-type male flowers arranged in
axillary compound cymes; freely flowering habit with about nine
flowers per cyme and about 150 flowers developing per plant during
the flowering season; flowers face upright to outwardly.
Fragrance.--None detected. Natural flowering season.--Long
flowering period, plants flower freely and continuously from spring
into the autumn in The Netherlands; during the winter in a
greenhouse, plants begin flowering about five weeks after exposure
to photoinductive treatments. Postproduction longevity.--Individual
flowers last about ten days on the plant; flowers not persistent;
plants maintain good substance for about 20 to 30 days in an
interior environment. Inflorescence height.--About 14.2 cm.
Inflorescence diameter.--About 11.4 cm. Flower buds.--Length: About
2.1 cm. Diameter, flattened: About 7 mm to 23 mm. Shape: Reniform;
flattened. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; velvety; matte.
Color: Close to 46A; towards the base, close to 45A.
Flowers.--Diameter: About 5.8 cm. Depth: About 1.8 cm. Tepals:
Quantity and arrangement: Five, occasionally six, per flower
arranged in two whorls. Length, lower tepals: About 3 cm. Width,
lower tepals: About 3.3 cm. Length, upper tepals: About 2.8 cm.
Width, upper tepals: About 2.5 cm. Shape, lower tepals: Roughly
reniform. Shape, upper tepals: Broadly obovate. Apex, lower tepals:
Rounded. Apex, upper tepals: Obtuse. Base, lower tepals: Broadly
cuneate. Base, upper tepals: Cuneate. Margin, lower and upper
tepals: Entire; moderately undulate. Texture and luster, lower and
upper tepals, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous, velvety; matte.
Texture and luster, lower and upper tepals, lower surface: Smooth,
glabrous, velvety; matte and at the base, slightly glossy. Color,
lower tepals: When opening, upper surface: Close to between 44A and
44B. When opening, lower surface: Close to 42B; towards the apex
and margins, close to 42A. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to
44B; venation, close to 44B; color does not fade with development.
Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 42A; venation, close to 42A;
color does not fade with development. Color, upper tepals: When
opening, upper surface: Close to between 44A and 44B. When opening,
lower surface: Close to 44C; towards the apex and margins, close to
42A. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 44B; venation, close to
44B; color does not fade with development. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to between 44B and 44C; venation, close to between
44B and 44C; color does not fade with development. Tepaloids:
Quantity and arrangement: If present, up to seven arranged in a
single whorl at the center of the flower. Length: About 1.8 cm.
Width: About 1.1 cm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Cuneate.
Margin: Entire; slightly to moderately undulate. Texture and
luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous, velvety; matte.
Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to between 44A and 44B.
When opening, lower surface: Close to 44C. Fully opened, upper
surface: Close to 44B; venation, close to 44B; color does not
change with development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to
between 44B and 44C; venation, close to between 44B and 44C; color
does not change with development. Peduncles.--Length: About 7.1 cm.
Diameter: About 5 mm. Angle: About 35.degree. from lateral branch
axis. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture and luster:
Sparsely pubescent; moderately glossy. Color: Close to 152B.
Pedicels.--Length: About 3 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Angle: About
45.degree. from the peduncle axis. Strength: Moderately strong;
flexible. Texture and luster: Moderately pubescent; glossy. Color:
Close to 179A. Flower bracts.--Quantity and arrangement: Two per
flower, opposite. Length: About 1.6 cm. Width: About 1.5 cm. Shape:
Broadly ovate to roughly rhomboidal. Apex: Acute. Base: Broadly
cuneate. Margin: Finely serrate; ciliate. Texture and luster, upper
and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Color, upper
and lower surfaces: Close to between 178B and 178C; proximally,
close to 178B. Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Stamen quantity
per flower: About 25. Filament length: About 4 mm. Filament color:
Close to 14A becoming closer to 24A with development. Anther size:
About 1.5 mm by 2 mm. Anther shape: Obovate. Anther color: Close to
14A becoming closer to 24A with development. Amount of pollen: None
observed. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit development have not
been observed on plants of the new Begonia as only male flowers
develop. Pathogen & pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens
and pests common to Begonia plants has not been observed on plants
of the new Begonia. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new
Begonia have been observed to tolerate high temperatures of about
35.degree. C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to
12.
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