53. Volume 13- Number 1 - IP Australia
53. Volume 13- Number 1 - IP Australia
53. Volume 13- Number 1 - IP Australia
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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2000 VOL <strong>13</strong> NO. 1<br />
Table 4 Alstroemeria varieties<br />
‘Staprimar’ *‘Staprisza’ A *‘First Love’ A *‘Amazon’ A<br />
STEM CHARACTERISTICS<br />
length very short very short short short<br />
thickness very thin very thin very thick thin<br />
density of foliage dense to dense to dense medium<br />
very dense<br />
very dense<br />
LEAF CHARACTERISTICS<br />
length very short very short short medium<br />
width narrow to very narrow narrow medium<br />
very narrow<br />
shape of blade narrow ovate narrow ovate narrow ovate narrow elliptic<br />
Longitudinal axis of blade straight recurved recurved straight<br />
INFLORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS<br />
number of umbel branches very few very few few medium to many<br />
length of umbels very short to short short short<br />
short<br />
pedicel length very short to short very short medium<br />
short<br />
FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />
main colour light pink pink purple pink purple pink<br />
size medium medium medium small<br />
spread of tepals medium to broad medium medium medium<br />
OUTER TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
shape of blade broad-obovate broad-obovate obovate obovate<br />
depth of emargination<br />
very deep medium medium very shallow<br />
main colour (RHS) 55B-55C 52C 42A-54A 42A<br />
stripes present present absent absent<br />
number of stripes few to medium very few absent absent<br />
INNER LATERAL TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
shape of blade obovate obovate elliptic elliptic<br />
yellow colour (RHS) 12A 12A <strong>13</strong>B 5A<br />
number of stripes medium to many medium few to medium few to medium<br />
stripe thickness medium medium small to medium small to medium<br />
INNER MEDIAN TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
yellow colour absent present n/a present<br />
stripes medium medium n/a medium<br />
OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />
filament colour pale pink pink pink red<br />
filament spots absent absent absent absent<br />
anther colour greenish greenish greenish brownish<br />
style colour green white pink n/a pink<br />
stigma colour green white pink n/a pink<br />
spots on stigma present absent present absent<br />
anthocyanin in ovary absent to absent to absent to strong<br />
very weak very weak very weak<br />
‘Stapripal’ syn Paola<br />
Application No: 1998/150 Accepted: 10 May 1999.<br />
Applicant: Van Staaveren BV, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands.<br />
Agent: F & I Baguley Flower and Plant Growers,<br />
Clayton South, VIC.<br />
Characteristics (Table 5, Figure 3) Plant: stem length very<br />
short, stem thickness very thin, density of foliage dense to<br />
very dense. Leaf: shape elliptic to ovate, longitudinal axis of<br />
blade straight, length very short, width narrow.<br />
Inflorescence: umbel branch number very few, length very<br />
short to short, pedicel length short. Flower: colour red<br />
purple, size medium, tepal spread medium; outer tepal<br />
shape broad obovate, depth of emargination shallow to<br />
medium, stripes present (absent), colour red purple RHS<br />
58B-58C at centre, RHS 58A at the apex, RHS 58D at the<br />
base and cream at the margins; inner lateral tepals shape<br />
elliptic, colour yellow RHS 9A (RHS <strong>13</strong>A) at centre, red<br />
purple RHS 70B 58A at the apex, stripes large, few to<br />
medium; inner median tepal yellow colour absent, stripes<br />
medium. Stamens: filament pink, spots absent; anther<br />
colour red brown (greenish). Ovary: anthocyanin weak to<br />
medium, style colour green white, stigma colour green<br />
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