63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia
63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia
63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia
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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 3<br />
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Luci’. Location:<br />
Monbulk, VIC, winter 1996. Conditions: cuttings struck<br />
into 5cm pots in Jan 1995, transferred Nov 1995 to 120mm<br />
pots filled with pinebark-based potting mix containing slow<br />
release fertiliser and grown in a greenhouse without<br />
environmental control; plants sprayed regularly and<br />
supplied nutrients to ensure good health. Trial design:<br />
randomised block to provide a minimum of 20 plants each<br />
of the variety and comparator. Measurements: minimum of<br />
20 taken at random from all plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Dr Brian Hanger, Rosemary Ridge Pty Ltd, Monbulk,<br />
VIC.<br />
Table 4 Rhododendron varieties<br />
‘Dyana’<br />
*‘Luci’<br />
FLOWER DIAMETER (mm)<br />
mean 83.6 79.5<br />
std. deviation 3.5 5.7<br />
LSD/sig 3.1 P(0.01<br />
COROLLA LOBE<br />
colour<br />
-margin, upper side (RHS)<br />
66C-66D<br />
-middle, upper side (RHS)<br />
55A-55B<br />
FLOWER THROAT<br />
type of markings<br />
spots mainly<br />
touching<br />
each other<br />
66D<br />
66D<br />
spots mainly<br />
not touching<br />
each other<br />
‘Potpurri’<br />
Application No. 95/307 Accepted: 1 Apr 1996.<br />
Applicant: L J van der Meer BV, Roelofarendsveen,<br />
Netherlands.<br />
Agent: John Slykerman, Monbulk, VIC.<br />
Description (Table 5, Figure 15) Plant: pot azalea,<br />
evergreen, growth habit broad bushy. Leaf: young colour<br />
medium to dark green, bloom upper surface weak,<br />
anthocyanin colouration nil, glossy; mature: colour upper<br />
surface dark green, lower surface medium green, length<br />
medium, width medium, shape slightly obovate, apex<br />
mucronate, cross section slightly concave, gloss weak to<br />
medium. Terminal inflorescence: bud mainly elliptic,<br />
flower number few to medium (1-3). Pedicel: length<br />
medium (mean 9mm), colour light green. Calyx: present,<br />
calyx lobe; length medium (mean 7.3mm), development of<br />
a corolla form nil to very weak. Flower: wide funnel-shape,<br />
diameter medium to broad (mean 65mm), fragrance nil to<br />
very weak; corolla double, petal number medium (15-20);<br />
background colour very pale pink towards white (RHS<br />
65D/69A), all lobes with numerous continuous or<br />
intermittent darker pink stripes (RHS 57D, 61C, 66C, 68B-<br />
68C), similar both surfaces. Stripes: approximately 50% of<br />
lobe area, radiate from base to lobe margins, width variable,<br />
intensity of colour variable; corolla lobe undulation of<br />
margin medium. throat markings: absent; anthers: absent;<br />
stigma: green. Time of flowering: very early.<br />
Origin Spontaneous mutation or sport: ‘Nordlicht’.<br />
Breeder: L J van der Meer, Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands.<br />
Selection criteria: very early flowering, flower colour and<br />
appearance. Propagation: vegetatively through at least five<br />
generations.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Helmut Vogel’,<br />
‘Nicolette’. Location: Monbulk, VIC, winter 1996.<br />
Conditions: cuttings struck into 5cm pots in Jan 1995,<br />
transferred Nov 1995 to 120mm pots filled with pinebarkbased<br />
potting mix containing slow release fertiliser and<br />
grown in a greenhouse without environmental control;<br />
plants sprayed regularly and supplied nutrients to ensure<br />
good health. Trial design: randomised block to provide a<br />
minimum of 20 plants each of the variety and comparator.<br />
Measurements: minimum of 20 random samples taken from<br />
all plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Dr Brian Hanger, Rosemary Ridge Pty Ltd, Monbulk,<br />
VIC.<br />
Table 5 Rhododendron varieties<br />
‘Potpurri’ *‘Helmut *‘Nicolette’<br />
Vogel’<br />
INFLORESCENCE - number of flowers<br />
few to medium few to<br />
medium<br />
medium<br />
COROLLA LOBE<br />
colour<br />
-margin, upper side (RHS)<br />
65D/69A 61C/63A 69A<br />
stripes 57D,<br />
61C, 66C,<br />
68B/68C<br />
-middle, upper side (RHS)<br />
65D/69A 61C 66C/68B<br />
stripes 57D<br />
61C, 66C,<br />
68B/68C<br />
FLOWER THROAT<br />
conspicuousness of markings<br />
absent absent to medium<br />
medium<br />
type of markings<br />
absent blotches blotches<br />
surrounded surrounded<br />
by spots by spots<br />
colour of markings (RHS)<br />
- near 60A near 63A<br />
STIGMA COLOUR<br />
green creamy off white to<br />
yellow pale yellow<br />
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