63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL 10 NO. 3
Origin Spontaneous mutation: ‘Emerald Gem’. Breeder:
Mr EJ Bunker, Redland Bay, QLD. Selection criteria: leaf
colour and short growth habit.
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Emerald Gem’.
Location: Redlands Nursery Pty Ltd, Redland Bay, QLD.
Conditions: single plants derived from tissue culture placed
one per 140mm pot in Jan 1997 with 3kgm 3 ‘Nutricote
Blue’ slow release fertiliser and a sawdust, pinebark,
peatmoss mix; pots placed in a greenhouse on top of
benches, overhead irrigation and ambient temperatures.
Trial design: two completely randomised blocks containing
15 replicates of each variety. Measurements: single
measurements from ten replicates of each variety in each
block. Distinguishing characters were recorded on each
variety in May 1997.
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.
Origin Controlled pollination: Mikkelsen seedling No. ‘90-
670-3’ x Mikkelsen seedling No.‘90-658-1’, 1990. Breeder:
Lyndon B Drewlow, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA. Selection
criteria: two-toned flower colour, contrasting green/red
leaves, branching, mound-forming habit with flowers above
canopy, early continuous flowering. Propagation: cuttings
and micropropagation through many generations.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Tempest’, ‘Vulcain’.
Location: ForBio Plants Pty Ltd, Somersby, NSW Mar
1997. Conditions: plants were raised in a standard exotic
potting mixture in pots under glass. Trial design: plants
arranged in completely randomised design. Measurements:
taken from 10 specimens selected from 10 plants.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Status Name Applied
USA 1993 granted ‘Ambience’
Description:
Bay, QLD.
Dr Kerry Bunker, Redlands Nursery Pty Ltd, Redland
First sold USA, 1992
Table 17 Homalomena varieties
‘Good as
Gold’
*‘Emerald
Gem’
PLANT HEIGHT (cm)
mean 19.4 25.4
std deviation 1.7 2.1
LSD/sig 1.48 P≤0.01
LEAF BLADE: COLOUR UPPER SURFACE
yellow green dark yellow green
RHS 151C 147A
LEAF BLADE: LENGTH (cm)
mean 12.3 13.9
std deviation 0.8 0.9
LSD/sig 0.6 P≤0.01
PETIOLE: COLOUR ON NEW LEAF
pinkish
brownish
RHS 174C 177B
IMPATIENS
Impatiens hybrid
‘Ambience’
Application No: 94/172 Accepted: 2 Aug 1994 .
Applicant: ForBio Plants Pty Ltd, Somersby, NSW.
Description (Table 19, Figure 16) Plant: mounded habit,
semi-tall 50 cm, width 32 cm, abundantly branching,
continuously flowering over top of canopy. Stem: red purple
(RHS 59A). Leaf: long, lanceolate, apex acuminate, base
cuneate, adaxial surface grey purple (RHS 183B), petioles
red purple (RHS 60A), variegation absent, entire, glabrous,
margin finely ciliate. Inflorescence: 1-2 flowers per leaf
axil. Flower: single, large diameter 50 mm, petal bicoloured,
length 4cm, spur yellow green; heart shaped;
flower buds ellipsoidal, reddish purple. Pistil: reddish
purple. Stamen: five, anther hood shaped, pollen cream.
Description: Ian Paananen, Paananen Consulting Pty Ltd, Central
Coast, NSW.
‘Celebration Candy Pink’
Application No: 94/116 Accepted: 16 May 1994.
Applicant: Ball Flora Plant, Illinois, USA.
Agent: AJ Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW.
Description (Table 18, Figure 18) Plant: height short to
medium, width medium. Leaf: length medium to long,
width medium to broad, shape elliptical, upper side green,
marking absent, lower side red, upperside texture smooth.
Flower: single type, diameter medium to large, petal colour
primary RHS 73D, secondary 73A-73B, eyezone absent.
Origin Controlled pollination: Linda Vista selections ‘No.
417’ x ‘No. 598’. Breeder: Mario Guillen, Pan American
Seed Co, Linda Vista, Costa Rica. Selection criteria: flower
colour, spreading and compact habit, floriferous nature,
large flowers, non-variegated foliage and flower
presentation. Propagation: vegetatively propagated for
commercial production.
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Flambee’ A . Location:
AJ Newport & Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW Mar 1997-
Aug 1997. Conditions: green house conditions; rooted
cuttings potted into 150mm pots in commercial potting mix;
plants watered as required, nutrients supplied two-three
times per week; temperature maintained at ca 25ºC
day/16ºC night. Trial design: 20 plants of each genotype
spaced at 45cm intervals and arranged in a completely
randomised design. Measurements: from each plant in the
trial for all the characters recorded in late Jun.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Status Name Applied
USA 1991 granted ‘Celebration
Candy Pink’
First sold USA 1991, Australia 1994.
Description: AJ Newport & Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW.
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