U.S. patent number PP33,058 [Application Number 16/602,801] was granted by the patent office on 2021-05-11 for angelonia plant named `ansublu021`.
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 |
PP33,058 |
Steffen |
May 11, 2021 |
Angelonia plant named `Ansublu021`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named
`Ansublu021` characterized by its broadly upright plant habit;
vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; relatively long and
thick flowering stems; freely flowering habit; large dark purple to
purple violet-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and
suitable as a cut flower with good postproduction longevity.
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
(Thiendorf, DE)
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Family
ID: |
75845806 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/602,801 |
Filed: |
December 3, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/404 |
Current CPC
Class: |
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=IxonD07qDlc; Jun. 26, 2018; 1 page.
cited by examiner .
https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/angelonia/angelface-super-blue-summer-
-snapdragon-angelonia-angustifolia-0; May 19, 2020; 3 pages. cited
by examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. Anne
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Angelonia plant named `Ansublu021` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Angelonia angustifolia.
Cultivar denomination: `ANSUBLU021`.
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 `Ansublu021`.
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 2015 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 2016.
Asexual reproduction of the new Angelonia plant by vegetative
terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Dresden, Germany since the summer of 2016 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 `Ansublu021`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Ansublu021` as a new
and distinct Angelonia plant: 1. Broadly upright plant habit. 2.
Vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely branching habit. 4. Relatively
long and thick flowering stems. 5. Freely flowering habit. 6. Large
dark purple to purple violet-colored flowers with white-colored
centers. 7. Suitable for cut flower production with good
postproduction longevity.
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 `Ansublu`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 29,158. In
side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Angelonia and `Ansublu`
differ primarily in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Angelonia are slightly shorter than plants of `Ansublu`. 2.
Plants of the new Angelonia flower slightly later than plants of
`Ansublu`. 3. Plants of the new Angelonia and `Ansublu` differ in
flower color as plants of the new Angelonia have purple to purple
violet-colored flowers with white-colored centers whereas plants of
`Ansublu` have violet-colored flowers with white-colored
centers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying colored photograph illustrates 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 photograph 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 (FIG. 1 of 1) is a side perspective view of a
typical flowering plant of `Ansublu021` grown in a container.
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 `Ansublu021`. 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 six to eight lateral
branches develop per plant; vigorous growth habit; rapid growth
rate. Plant height.--About 70 cm to 80 cm. Plant width
(spread).--About 30 cm. Lateral branches.--Length: About 70 cm.
Diameter: About 4 mm to 6 mm. Internode length: About 1 cm to 2 cm.
Strength: Moderately strong to strong. Texture: Slightly pubescent.
Color: Close to 144A. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Opposite,
decussate; simple; sessile. Length.--About 3 cm to 10 cm.
Width.--About 7 mm to 20 mm. Shape.--Lanceolate to oblong.
Apex.--Acute. Base.--Attenuate. Margin.--Serrate. Texture, upper
and lower surfaces.--Slightly pubescent; slightly viscid. Venation
pattern.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing and fully expanded leaves,
upper surface: Close to 137A; venation, close to 137B. Developing
and fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B; midvein,
close to 138B and lateral venation, close to 137B. 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 13 to 14 weeks after planting
rooted young plants; in the garden, flowering is continuous from
mid-May until frost in Central Europe. Postproduction
longevity.--Good 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
137A. Inflorescence length.--Inflorescences are indeterminate and
continue to grow longer during the flowering season. Inflorescence
diameter.--About 8 cm. Flower diameter.--About 3 cm by 3.2 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. Width: About 1.5 cm. Shape: Roughly
spatulate. Apex: Rounded. Margin: Entire, undulate. Texture, upper
and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Color: When opening
and fully opened, upper surface: More red than 83A to darker than
82A; color becoming closer to 82A with development. When opening
and fully opened, lower surface: Close to 82A; color becoming
closer to 83A with development. Throat: Close to 82A and 155D.
Tube: Close to 82A and 83A. Sepals.--Quantity per flower: Typically
five in a single whorl. Length: About 4 mm. Width: About 2 mm.
Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close
to 139A. Pedicels.--Length: About 2 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm.
Angle: Outward to slightly upright, less than 90.degree. from
vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Slightly
pubescent. Color: Close to 148A. Reproductive organs.--Stamens:
Quantity per flower: Typically four. Filament length: About 3 mm.
Filament color: Close to 85A. Anther length: About 2 mm. Anther
shape: Elliptic. Anther color: Close to 91A. 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 4 mm. Style color:
Close to 155D. Ovary color: Close to 177A. Fruits.--Length: About 5
mm. Diameter: About 5 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. Pathogen & 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 about 30.degree. C.
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