Patent Application
20180020591
Genus and species: Phalaenopsis hybrid.
Variety denomination: ‘PHALFOREI’.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant, botanically known as Phalaenopsis hybrid of the Orchidaceae family, commonly referred to as moth orchid, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘PHALFOREI’.
The new Phalaenopsis plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create a new Phalaenopsis plant with numerous attractive and unique very white flowers, suitable for potted plant production.
The new Phalaenopsis plant ‘PHALFOREI’ is a result of cross-pollination made by the inventor in March 2007 in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands of the proprietary female, or seed parent, Phalaenopsis hybrid ‘22480-01’ (unpatented) with the proprietary male, or pollen parent, Phalaenopsis hybrid ‘01-1849’ (unpatented).
The new Phalaenopsis was selected by the inventor as a single plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands in March 2007. Asexual reproduction of the new Phalaenopsis plant by meristem tissue culture since 2010 in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.
Plant Breeder's Rights for this variety have been applied for in Europe on Apr. 18, 2016. ‘PHALFOREI’ has not been made publicly available or sold anywhere in the world more than one year prior to the filing date of this application.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normal horticultural practices in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands and can be used to distinguish ‘PHALFOREI’ as a new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant.
This new Phalaenopsis plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show the overall plant habit including blooms and foliage of the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photographs were taken in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, from 50-week old plants in May 2016. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the actual colors of the new variety.
The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘PHALFOREI’. Plants of the new Phalaenopsis have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and day length, without, however, any variance in genotype. The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, 2015 edition, except where general color terms of ordinary significance are used. The color values were determined under 4000-6000 lux natural light in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. Observations and measurements were made in May 2016 on 50-week old plants which were planted from a nursery tray in 12 centimeter (diameter) pots and grown in a greenhouse between 27 ° C. to 29 ° C. for 30 weeks, continued by a cooling period of 8 weeks between 18 ° C. to 20 ° C. and 12 weeks in a greenhouse of 21 ° C.
‘PHALFOREI’ differs from the female parent plant ‘22480-01’ (unpatented), in that ‘PHALFOREI’ has wider flowers and taller plants than ‘22480-01’.
‘PHALFOREI’ differs from the male parent plant ‘01-1849’ (unpatented), in that ‘PHALFOREI’ has more narrow flowers, shorter whiskers and shorter plants than ‘01-1849’.
‘PHALFOREI’ is most similar to the commercial Phalaenopsis varieties ‘PHALCARDOK’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,447) and ‘PHALDIPWEQ’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,466). ‘PHALFOREI’ differs from the commercial variety ‘PHALCARDOK’ in that ‘PHALFOREI’ has lateral sepals with a light green (RHS 145B) lower surface overcolor, callus that are yellow (RHS 7C/D), and no overcolor of the dorsal sepal lower surface, whereas ‘PHALCARDOK’ has lateral sepals with a light green (RHS 144D) lower surface overcolor, callus that are orange (RHS 168C), and a light purple (RHS 77D) overcolor of the dorsal sepal lower surface. Additionally, ‘PHALFOREI’ has more narrow flowers, shorter leaves and shorter whiskers than ‘PHALCARDOK’.
‘PHALFOREI’ differs from the commercial variety ‘PHALDIPWEQ’ in that ‘PHALFOREI’ has lateral sepals with a light green (RHS 145B) lower surface overcolor, callus that are yellow (RHS 7C/D), and no overcolor of the dorsal sepal lower surface, whereas ‘PHALDIPWEQ’ has lateral sepals with a light purple (RHS 77D) lower surface overcolor, callus that are yellow orange (RHS 17B), and a light purple (RHS 77D) overcolor of the dorsal sepal lower surface. Additionally, ‘PHALFOREI’ has more narrow flowers, shorter leaves and shorter whiskers than ‘PHALDIPWEQ’.
