Patent Grant
PP16748
Latin name of the genus and species of the claimed plant: Narcissus tazetta.
Variety denomination: Inbal.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of a Narcissus plant, botanically known as Narcissus tazetta L., ‘Paperwhite’ group, commonly known as daffodil and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Inbal’.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made in a controlled breeding program in Bet Dagan, Israel. The female parent is a Narcissus variety from a proprietary breeding line designated ‘1959/4’ (unpatented). The male parent is a Narcissus variety from a proprietary breeding line designated ‘66/18/7’ (unpatented).
‘Inbal’ was discovered and selected by the inventors Dorit Sandler-Ziv, Herut Yahel, Avner Cohen and Har'el Yon, as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Bet Dagan, Israel.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by either separation of bulblets, bulb chips (twin scaling), or bulb crossing (scoring) was first performed in 1995 in Bet Dagan, Israel and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual propagation. The new cultivar reproduces true-to-type.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Inbal’ which in combination distinguish this Narcissus as a new and distinct cultivar:
‘Inbal’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and daylength without any change in the genotype of the plant. The following observations, measurements and values describe the new cultivar as grown Bet Dagan, Israel under conditions which closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Plants of the new Narcissus cultivar ‘Inbal’ differ from plants of the female parental cultivar, ‘1959/4’ (unpatented) in the following characteristics: 1) ‘Inbal’ has a stronger stem than ‘1959/4’; 2) ‘Inbal’ has better overlapping of sepals than ‘1959/4’; and 3) the fragrance of the flower of ‘Inbal’ is not as strong as ‘1959/4’. Plants of the new Narcissus cultivar ‘Inbal’ differ from plants of the male parental cultivar, ‘66/18/7’ (unpatented) in the following characteristics: 1) the flower size of ‘Inbal’ is smaller than ‘66/18/7 ’; 2) the strength of the flower of ‘Inbal’ is stronger than ‘66/18/7’; and 3) the fragrance of the flower of ‘Inbal’ is not as strong as ‘66/18/7’.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventors, the most similar in comparison to ‘Inbal’ is cultivar ‘Ziva’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,366). The following table is a comparison between the new variety ‘Inbal’ and ‘Ziva’, as grown under the same conditions:
The accompanying photographic drawings illustrate the overall appearance of the new Narcissus showing the colors as true as is reasonably possible with colored reproductions of this type.
The first photograph shows an ‘Inbal’ plant in its entirety as a potted plant with several inflorescences, 2 months after planting of the bulb.
The second photograph shows a close-up of an ‘Inbal’ inflorescence, 2 months after planting of the bulb.
Natural growing conditions of the new Narcissus in Israel in a typical Mediterranean climate are as follows:
The following observations, measurements and values describe the new cultivar as grown in Bet Dagan, Israel under conditions which closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice. Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.), except where general colors of ordinary significance are used. Color values were taken under daylight conditions at mid-February in Bet Dagan, Israel. The age of the plant described is about 50 days after planting in mid-December of bulbs with 10 cm circumference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20060010544 P1 | Jan 2006 | US |
