U.S. patent number PP32,710 [Application Number 16/873,388] was granted by the patent office on 2020-12-29 for begonia plant named `bkpbebvds`.
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 |
PP32,710 |
Beekenkamp |
December 29, 2020 |
Begonia plant named `BKPBEBVDS`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named `BKPBEBVDS`,
characterized by its broadly outwardly spreading to trailing plant
habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely
flowering habit; and reddish orange-colored flowers.
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: |
74039533 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/873,388 |
Filed: |
April 4, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/343 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/185 (20180501); A01H 1/121 (20210101); A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 1/1215 (20210101); A01H
1/107 (20210101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/18 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/263.1,343 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Assistant Examiner: Redden; Karen M
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Begonia plant named `BKPBEBVDS` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Begonia boliviensis.
Cultivar denomination: `BKPBEBVDS`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Begonia plant, botanically known as Begonia boliviensis and
hereinafter referred to by the name `BKPBEBVDS`.
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 September, 2014 of a proprietary selection of
Begonia boliviensis identified as code number 11-0026-02, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Begonia boliviensis identified as code number
14-0069-02, 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 May, 2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new Begonia plant by vegetative tip
cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Maasdijk, The
Netherlands since December, 2015 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 `BKPBEBVDS`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `BKPBEBVDS` as a new and
distinct Begonia plant: 1. Broadly outwardly spreading to trailing
plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit. 3. Dark green-colored
leaves. 4. Freely flowering habit. 5. Reddish orange-colored
flowers.
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. Plants of the new Begonia are more compact than
plants of the female parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Begonia
have reddish orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the female
parent selection have orange-colored flowers.
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 are more compact than
plants of the male parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Begonia
have reddish orange-colored flowers whereas plants of the male
parent selection have dark pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Begonia can be compared to plants of the Begonia
pendula X Begonia boliviensis `Encanto Orange`, disclosed in U.S.
Plant Pat. No. 20,898. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the
new Begonia differ from plants of `Encanto Orange` in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Begonia are more compact than
plants of `Encanto Orange`. 2. Plants of the new Begonia have
reddish orange-colored flowers whereas plants of `Encanto Orange`
have bright orange-colored 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) is a side
perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `BKPBEBVDS` grown
in a container.
The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2 of 2) are close-up views
of upper and lower surfaces of typical leaves and flowers of
`BKPBEBVDS`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and following
observations and measurements were grown in 10.5-cm containers
during the summer in a glass-covered greenhouse in Maasdijk, The
Netherlands. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
ranged from 19.degree. to 20.degree. C., night temperatures ranged
from 18.degree. C. to 19.degree. C. and light levels averaged 6,000
foot-candles. Plants were eleven weeks old 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
boliviensis `BKPBEBVDS`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Begonia boliviensis identified as
code number 11-0026-02, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Begonia boliviensis identified as
code number 14-0069-02, not patented. Propagation: Type.--By
vegetative tip cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer and
winter.--About one week at temperatures about 20.degree. C. to
25.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.--About
32 days at temperatures about 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C. Time
to produce a rooted young plant, winter.--About 35 days at
temperatures about 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C. Root
description.--Fine, fibrous; typically beige 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; dense.
Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--Broadly outwardly
spreading and eventually hanging plant habit; plant shape roughly
flattened globular; freely branching habit with about three basal
branches each with about five lateral branches developing per
plant; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.
Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.--About 13.6 cm.
Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.--About 12.9 cm.
Plant width.--About 33.1 cm. Lateral branch description.--Length:
About 12.2 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm. Internode length: About 1.5
cm. Strength: Moderately weak, bending with the weight of the
leaves and flowers. Aspect: Ranging from about 10.degree. to about
70.degree. from vertical. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous;
moderately glossy. Color, developing: Close to 165A. Color, fully
developed: Close to between 152A and 197A. Leaf
description.--Arrangement: Alternate, distichous; simple. Length:
About 13.4 cm. Width: About 3.9 cm. Shape: Lanceolate to narrowly
ovate. Apex: Acute to broadly and bluntly acute. Base: Oblique;
lobes not imbricate. Margin: Serrate; not undulate to slightly
undulate. Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous; slightly velvety; slightly glossy. Venation pattern:
Pinnate. Color: Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to between
146A and 147A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 178A and
183A. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to between NN137A
and 147A; venation, close to 143A to 143B. Fully expanded leaves,
lower surface: Close to 148B tinged with close to 183C to 183D;
venation, close to 146C. Petioles: Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous; moderately glossy. Strength: Low. Color, upper surface:
Close to 152A. Color, lower surface: Close to 152A to 152B.
Stipules: Quantity per leaf: Two. Length: About 5 mm. Width: About
3 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute. Base: Broadly cuneate. Margins:
Entire, finely ciliate. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to
146D; venation, close to 177C to 177D. Flower description:
Flowering habit.--Rotate single male and female flowers; flowers
arranged in axillary cymes; freely flowering habit with about three
flowers per cyme and about 250 flowers developing per plant during
the flowering season; flowers nodding or drooping. Fragrance.--None
detected. Natural flowering season.--Long flowering period; plants
flower freely and continuously from spring into the autumn in The
Netherlands. Flower longevity.--Individual flowers last about ten
days on the plant; flowers not persistent. Inflorescence height
(including peduncle).--About 8.5 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About
5.1 cm. Flower buds.--Length: About 2 cm to 2.3 cm. Diameter: About
4 mm to 9 mm. Shape: Ovate; flattened. Texture and luster: Smooth,
glabrous; velvety; matte. Color: Close to 41B. Male flowers.--Size:
About 6 mm by 3 cm. Tepals: Quantity per flower and arrangement:
Four in two whorls. Length, outer tepals: About 3 cm. Length, inner
tepals: About 2.7 cm. Width, outer tepals: About 1.3 cm. Width,
inner tepals: About 5 mm. Shape, outer tepals: Ovate. Shape, inner
tepals: Oblanceolate. Apex, outer tepals: Acute. Apex, inner
tepals: Bluntly acute. Base, outer and inner tepals: Cuneate.
Margin, outer and inner tepals: Entire; not undulate. Texture and
luster, outer and inner tepals, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;
velvety; matte. Texture and luster, outer and inner tepals, lower
surface: Smooth, glabrous; velvety; matte and towards the base,
slightly glossy. Color, outer and inner tepals: When opening, upper
surface: Close to 40C. When opening, lower surface: Close to
between 41B and 41C. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 40B;
towards the apex, close to 41C; venation, close to 40B and towards
the apex, close to 41C; color does not change with development.
Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 40C; towards the apex, close
to 41B; venation, close to 40C and towards the apex, close to 41B;
color does not change with development. Tepaloids: None observed on
male flowers. Female flowers.--Size: About 3.2 cm by 3.5 cm.
Tepals: Quantity per flower and arrangement: Five in two whorls;
outer whorl with two tepals and inner whorl with three tepals.
Length, outer tepals: About 3 cm. Length, inner tepals: About 2.8
cm. Width, outer tepals: About 1 cm. Width, inner tepals: About 5.5
mm. Shape, outer tepals: Narrowly ovate. Shape, inner tepals:
Oblanceolate. Apex, outer tepals: Acute. Apex, inner tepals:
Bluntly acute. Base, outer and inner tepals: Cuneate. Margin, outer
and inner tepals: Entire; not undulate. Texture and luster, outer
and inner tepals, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous;
velvety; matte. Color, outer and inner tepals: When opening, upper
and lower surfaces: Close to 40C. Fully opened, upper surface:
Close to 40C; venation, close to 40C; color does not change with
development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 40C; towards the
apex, close to between 41B and 41C; venation, close to 40C and
towards the apex, close to between 41B and 41C; color does not
change with development. Tepaloids: None observed on female
flowers. Peduncles.--Length: About 3.2 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.
Angle: About 45.degree. from lateral branch axis. Strength:
Moderately weak; flexible and bending with the weight of the
flowers. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately glossy.
Color: Close to between 146C and 152C; upper surface tinged with
close to 171A. Pedicels, male and female flowers.--Length, male
flowers: About 1.1 cm. Length, female flowers: About 2.5 cm.
Diameter: About 1.25 mm. Angle: About 25.degree. from the peduncle
axis. Strength: Moderately weak; flexible, bending with the weight
of the flowers. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy.
Color: Close to 144B moderately tinged with close to 173B; upper
surface tinged with close to 173B. Flower bracts.--Quantity per
flower and arrangement: Two, at the top of the peduncles. Length:
About 1.1 cm. Width: About 1.4 cm. Shape: Roughly reniform. Apex:
Rounded. Base: Broadly cuneate. Margin: Finely ciliate. Texture and
luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; slightly
glossy. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145A to 145C;
towards the margins and apex, close to 39A. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Present only on male flowers. Stamen quantity
per flower: About five. Filament length: About 2.5 mm. Filament
color: Close to 20C. Anther size: About 1 mm by 1 mm. Anther shape:
Obovate. Anther color: Close to 21A to 21B. Amount of pollen:
Scarce. Pollen color: Close to 4D. Gynoecium: Present only on
female flowers. Quantity per flower: Three. Pistil length: About
1.1 cm. Stigma diameter: About 4 mm. Stigma shape: Cleft. Stigma
color: Close to 21A. Style length: About 1 cm. Style color: Close
to 25C. Ovary color: Close to 145B and apex, close to 45C. Seeds
and fruits: To date, seed and fruit development have not been
observed on plants of the new Begonia. Pathogen & pest
resistance: To date, 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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