Patent Application
20120246786
Calibrachoa sp.
‘KLECA10211’
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp. and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLECA10211’. The new variety was the result of a controlled cross conducted in the Summer of 2007 in Stuttgart, Germany, between the female parent, proprietary Calibrachoa plant ‘KLECA08187’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,020), and the male parent, proprietary Calibrachoa plant ‘MF Peach’. A single plant selection was subsequently chosen for further evaluation and asexual propagation.
The new variety was first propagated in May 2008 in Stuttgart, Germany and has been asexually reproduced repeatedly by vegetative cuttings and in-vitro propagation over more than forty generations. The present invention has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations via vegetative cuttings.
Plant Breeder's Rights for this variety were applied for in Canada on Mar. 19, 2010. ‘KLECA10211’ has not been made publicly available or sold more than one year prior to the filing date of this application.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in a glass greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany.
1. Early flowering; and
2. Orange-colored flowers with red centers.
This new Calibrachoa plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph which shows inflorescences and foliage of the plant. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photograph was taken in May 2010 of a 5-month old Calibrachoa plant grown in a 10 centimeter pot in a glass greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany under normal horticultural practices.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘KLECA10211’. The data which defines these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Stuttgart, Germany. The plant history was taken in May 2010 of 5-month old plants grown in 10 centimeter pots in a glass greenhouse with a minimum pinch date of one week. Color readings were taken under natural light. Color references are primarily to the RHS Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.), Fifth Edition (2007).
‘KLECA10211’ differs from the female parent Calibrachoa plant ‘KLECA08187’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,020), in that ‘KLECA10211’ has orange-colored flowers with red centers, and a less vigorous growth habit, whereas ‘KLECA08187’ has yellow-orange and red flowers, and a more vigorous growth habit.
‘KLECA10211’ differs from the male parent Calibrachoa plant ‘MF Peach’ in that ‘KLECA10211’ has orange-colored flowers with red centers, whereas ‘MF Peach’ has orange-red and red flowers.
‘KLECA10211’ differs from the commercial cultivar ‘KLECA06120’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,488), in that ‘KLECA10211’ has very early flowering and less branching, whereas ‘KLECA0612’ has early flowering and more branching.
