U.S. patent number PP33,244 [Application Number 17/021,556] was granted by the patent office on 2021-07-06 for echeveria plant named `mobec 69`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Morgan Oates & Brown Pty Ltd. The grantee listed for this patent is Morgan Oates & Brown Pty Ltd. Invention is credited to John Oates.
United States Patent |
PP33,244 |
Oates |
July 6, 2021 |
Echeveria plant named `MOBEc 69`
Abstract
A new and distinct Echeveria plant named `MOBEc 69` which is
characterized by succulent foliage tightly held in a basal rosette,
light blue-green foliage which is lightly margined red, and
significantly delayed development of clonal offsets. The new
variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting
generations from asexual propagation.
Inventors: |
Oates; John (Millingandi,
AU) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Morgan Oates & Brown Pty Ltd |
Macquarie Fields |
N/A |
AU |
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Assignee: |
Morgan Oates & Brown Pty
Ltd (Macquarie Fields, AU)
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Appl.
No.: |
17/021,556 |
Filed: |
September 15, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/373 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/12 (20180101); A01H 6/32 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/373 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Assistant Examiner: Redden; Karen M
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McCoy, Jr.; Samuel R.
Claims
That which is claimed is:
1. A new and distinct variety of Echeveria plant named `MOBEc 69`,
substantially as described and illustrated herein.
Description
Latin name of the genus and species: The Latin name of the genus
and species of the novel variety disclosed herein is Echeveria
hybrid.
Variety denomination: The inventive variety of Echeveria disclosed
herein has been given the variety denomination `MOBEc 69`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Parentage: `MOBEc 69` is a seedling selection resulting from the
controlled cross-pollination of a proprietary interspecific hybrid
seed parent, Echeveria hybrid `2027` (not patented), and a
proprietary interspecific hybrid pollen parent, Echeveria hybrid
`2167` (not patented). The crossing was made by the inventor in
October of 2012 at a commercial greenhouse in Yowrie, New South
Wales, Australia. Seeds were harvested from the seed parent and
subsequently grown to a mature size at a secure greenhouse in
Picton, New South Wales, Australia. One seedling resulting from
said cross was observed to exhibit unique growth and foliage
characteristics and was isolated for further evaluation in order to
confirm the distinctness and stability of the characteristics first
observed. Upon confirmation of distinctness and stability, `MOBEc
69` was selected for commercialization in the March of 2014.
Asexual Reproduction: Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar
`MOBEc 69`, by way of meristematic tissue culture, was first
initiated in May of 2016 at a commercial greenhouse in Sleidinge,
Belgium. Through 10 subsequent generations, the unique features of
this cultivar have proven to be stable and true to type.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar `MOBEc 69` has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with
variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 `MOBEc 69`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `MOBEc 69` as a new and
distinct Echeveria cultivar: 1. Echeveria `MOBEc 69` exhibits a
compact rosette of tightly-held, succulent foliage; and 2.
Echeveria `MOBEc 69` exhibits greyed-green juvenile foliage and
yellow-green mature foliage; and 3. Echeveria `MOBEc 69` exhibits
foliage which is moderately covered with light greyed-green
epicuticular wax, lending the foliage a blue-green general
coloration; and 4. Echeveria `MOBEc 69` exhibits foliar margins
that are lightly suffused red; and 5. Echeveria `MOBEc 69` exhibits
significantly delayed development of clonal offsets, commonly known
as pups.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FIG. 1 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to
make the same in color photographs of this type, an exemplary plant
of `MOBEc 69` grown in a commercial greenhouse in Sleidinge,
Belgium. This plant is approximately 8 months old, shown planted in
a 12 cm container.
FIG. 2 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to
make the same in color photographs of this type, the typical
foliage arrangement of `MOBEc 69`.
FIG. 3 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to
make the same in color photographs of this type, the adaxial
surface of the juvenile and mature foliage of `MOBEc 69`.
FIG. 4 illustrates, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to
make the same in color photographs of this type, the abaxial
surface of the mature foliage of `MOBEc 69`.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT
The following observations and measurements made in August of 2018
describe averages from a sample set of six specimens of 6 months
old `MOBEc 69` plants grown in 6.5 cm nursery containers at
commercial greenhouse in Sleidinge, Belgium. Plants were produced
using conventional greenhouse production protocols for Echeveria
which consisted of approximately 10,000 lux of light exposure,
minimal overhead irrigation and liquid fertilizer applications. No
chemical control measures for disease or insect pests were
utilized.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that certain
characteristics will vary with older or, conversely, with younger
plants. `MOBEc 69` has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions. Where dimensions, sizes, colors and other
characteristics are given, it is to be understood that such
characteristics are approximations or averages set forth as
accurately as practicable. The phenotype of the variety may differ
from the descriptions set forth herein with variations in
environmental, climatic and cultural conditions. Color notations
are based on The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, The
Royal Horticultural Society, London, 2015 (sixth edition).
A botanical description of `MOBEc 69` and comparisons with the
parents and closest known comparator are provided below. Plant
description: Growth habit.--Succulent perennial with foliage
growing in a tightly held basal rosette; eventually bearing clonal
offsets, commonly known as "pups". Plant profile.--Flattened
globular. Height from soil level to top of foliar plane.--4.2 cm.
Plant spread.--Average of 5.6 cm. Growth rate.--Slow. Plant
vigor.--Moderately vigorous. Propagation.--Type -- Meristematic
tissue culture. Time to initiate rooting -- Approximately 2 weeks
at an approximate temperature of 22 degrees Celsius. Crop time --
Approximately 9 to 12 months to produce a marketable plant in a 12
cm container. Disease and pest resistance or
susceptibility.--Neither resistance nor susceptibility to typical
Echeveria pests and diseases has been observed. Environmental
tolerances.--Adapt to, at least, USDA Zones 10 to 12 and
temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius; moderate tolerance to
rain yet drought tolerant once established; high tolerance to wind.
Root system: General.--Fine, well-branched fibrous roots. Stems:
Branching habit.--Leaves in a basal rosettes, eventually forming a
short, unbranched stem with age; no lateral branching.
Dimensions.--3.2 cm long and 0.4 cm in diameter. Internode
length.--0.2 cm. Cross section.--Rounded. Aspect.--At an angle of
approximately 30 degrees from vertical. Strength.--Moderately
strong. Texture and luster.--Glabrous and matte. Color when
developing.--Greyed-green, nearest to a mixture of RHS 193A and
193B, and covered with epicuticular wax which is colored
greyed-green, RHS 192D. Mature color.--Greyed-green, nearest to a
mixture of RHS 193A and 193B, and covered with epicuticular wax
which is colored greyed-green, RHS 192D. Color at
internodes.--Greyed-green, nearest to a mixture of RHS 193A and
193B, and covered with epicuticular wax which is colored
greyed-green, RHS 192D. Foliage: Arrangement.--Rosette.
Division.--Simple. Attachment.--Sessile. Quantity.--Approximately
30 leaves per rosette. Shape.--Broad obovate. Dimensions.--2.5 cm
long, 1.4 cm wide, and 0.5 cm thick, on average. Aspect.--Slightly
concave. Attitude.--Younger foliage near the center of the rosette
is upright; foliage becoming progressively more relaxed towards the
outer whorl of the rosette, at an angle of approximately 5 degrees
to horizontal. Apex.--Short apiculate. Base.--Cuneate.
Margin.--Entire; not undulated or lobed. Pubescence, texture and
luster of the adaxial surface.--Glabrous, smooth, and matte;
moderately glaucous. Pubescence, texture and luster of the abaxial
surface.--Glabrous, smooth, and matte; slightly glaucous.
Color.--Juvenile foliage, adaxial surface -- Greyed-green, nearest
to RHS 191A, and narrowly margined a light yellow-green, nearest to
RHS 147D; margins lightly suffused with red, RHS 55C. The
epicuticular glaucous wax covering the leaf surface is
greyed-green, nearest to RHS 188A. Juvenile foliage, abaxial
surface -- Greyed-green, nearest to RHS 191A, and margined a light
yellow-green, nearest to RHS 147D; margins lightly suffused with
red, RHS 55C. The leaf tip is colored greyed-red, RHS 182A. The
epicuticular glaucous wax covering the leaf surface is
greyed-green, nearest to RHS 188A. Mature foliage, adaxial surface
-- Yellow-green, nearest to RHS 1468, and margined a lighter shade
of yellow-green, nearest to a mixture of RHS 152C and 152D; margins
lightly suffused with red, RHS 55C. The epicuticular glaucous wax
covering the leaf surface is greyed-green, nearest to RHS 188A.
Mature foliage, abaxial surface -- Yellow-green, nearest to RHS
1488, and narrowly margined a lighter shade of yellow-green,
nearest to RHS 147D; margins lightly suffused with red, RHS 55C.
The leaf tip is colored greyed-red, RHS 182A. The epicuticular
glaucous wax covering the leaf surface is greyed-green, nearest to
RHS 188A. Venation.--Pattern -- No venation is visible. Color,
adaxial surface -- No venation is visible. Color, abaxial surface
-- No venation is visible. Petiole.--No petiole; leaves are
sessile. Inflorescence: No flowering has been observed to date.
COMPARISONS WITH THE PARENT PLANT AND CLOSEST KNOWN COMPARATOR
Plants of the new cultivar `MOBEc 69` differ from the seed parent,
`2027` (not patented), in the following characteristics described
in Table 1 below.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Characteristic `MOBEc 69` `2027` Plant size.
Larger than `2027`. Smaller than `MOBEc 69`. Foliage More tightly
held than More loosely held arrangement. the foliage of `2027`.
than `MOBEc 69`. General coloration Greyed-green Greyed-green and
of the mature epicuticular wax lends suffused with pink. foliage.
the foliage a blue-green general coloration. Time to offsetting.
Significantly later than Much earlier than `2027`. `MOBEc 69`.
Plants of the new cultivar `MOBEc 69` differ from the pollen
parent, `2176` (not patented), in the following characteristics
described in Table 2 below.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Characteristic `MOBEc 69` `2176` Foliage
aspect. Strongly concaved and Moderately concaved strongly curled
upwards. and slightly curled upward to flat. General coloration
Greyed-green Light greyed-red, of the mature epicuticular wax lends
generally appearing foliage. the foliage a blue-green as pink.
general coloration.
COMPARISONS WITH THE CLOSEST KNOWN COMMERCIAL COMPARATOR
Plants of the new cultivar `MOBEc 69` differ from the most similar
commercial variety known to the inventor, Echeveria `Lola` (not
patented), in the following characteristics described in Table 2
below.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Characteristic `MOBEc 69` `Lola` Plant size.
Larger than `Lola`. Smaller than `MOBEc 69`. Time to offsetting.
Significantly later than Much earlier than `Lola`. `MOBEc 69`.
Foliage More tightly held than More loosely held arrangement. the
foliage of `Lola`. than `MOBEc 69`. General coloration Greyed-green
Light greyed-red, of the mature epicuticular wax generally
appearing foliage. lends the foliage a as pink. blue-green general
coloration.
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