Patent Application
20190082578
Botanical designation: Hypoestes phyllostachya.
Cultivar denomination: ‘G14157’.
Applicants: Michael S. Uchneat & Irene E. Palmer
Title: Hypoestes Plant Named ‘G14160’
Filed: Concurrently with this application
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hypoestes plant, botanically known as Hypoestes phyllostachya and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘G14157’.
The new Hypoestes plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventors in Bellefonte, Pa. The objective of the breeding program is to create new vigorous Hypoestes plants with attractive leaves and high light tolerance.
The new Hypoestes plant is a naturally-occurring branch mutation of an unnamed proprietary selection of Hypoestes phyllostachya, not patented. The new Hypoestes plant was discovered and selected by the Inventors on a single plant within a population of plants of the mutation selection in a controlled greenhouse environment in Bellefonte, Pa. on Aug. 15, 2014.
Asexual reproduction of the new Hypoestes plant by terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Bellefonte, Pa. since Aug. 15, 2014 has shown that the unique features of this new Hypoestes plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
Plants of the new Hypoestes 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 ‘G14157’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘G14157’ as a new and distinct Hypoestes plant:
1. Upright and mounding plant habit.
2. Moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit.
3. Freely branching habit.
4. Large dark green and greyed purple bi-colored leaves.
5. Relatively tolerant to high light conditions.
Compared to plants of the mutation parent selection, plants of the new Hypoestes differ primarily in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Hypoestes are more vigorous than and not as compact as plants of the mutation parent selection.
2. Plants of the new Hypoestes have thicker leaves than plants of the mutation parent selection.
3. Plants of the new Hypoestes are more tolerant to high light conditions than plants of the mutation parent selection.
Compared to plants of Hypoestes phyllostachya ‘G14160’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently, plants of the new Hypoestes differ primarily in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Hypoestes are not as vigorous as plants of ‘G14160’.
2. Plants of the new Hypoestes are more freely branching than plants of ‘G14160’.
3. Plants of the new Hypoestes and ‘G14160’ differ in leaf color as plants of ‘G14160’ have dark green and red purple bi-colored leaves.
Plants of the new Hypoestes can also be compared to plants of Hypoestes phyllostachya ‘Splash Select Red’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Hypoestes differ primarily from plants of ‘Splash Select Red’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Hypoestes are more vigorous than and not as compact as plants of ‘Splash Select Red’.
2. Plants of the new Hypoestes have thicker leaves than plants of ‘Splash Select Red’.
3. Plants of the new Hypoestes are more tolerant to high light conditions than plants of ‘Splash Select Red’.
The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Hypoestes 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 Hypoestes plant.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a side perspective view of a typical plant of ‘G14157’ grown in a container.
The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of a typical plant of ‘G14157’.
The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the late winter in 11.5-cm containers in an acrylic-covered greenhouse in Carleton, Mich. and under cultural practices typical of commercial potted Hypoestes production. During the production of the plants, day and night temperatures ranged from 18° C. to 27° C. Plants were eleven weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2007 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
