64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 2<br />
Table 12 Camellia varieties<br />
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‘Paradise * ‘Paradise<br />
Helen’<br />
Pearl’<br />
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LEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 50.7 58.2<br />
std deviation 4.0 7.3<br />
LSD/sig 5.1 P#0.01<br />
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LEAF SHAPE<br />
elliptic<br />
narrowly obovate<br />
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BUD COLOUR(RHS)<br />
57C<br />
64D<br />
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FLOWER COLOUR (RHS)<br />
petal margin 57D 66D<br />
petal centre 155D 155D<br />
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FLOWER COLOUR DISTRIBUTION<br />
flowers are white flowers have a pink<br />
with faint pink colouration to the<br />
margin on the very outer petals with a<br />
outside petals lighter colour on<br />
the inner petals. As<br />
flowers age, the<br />
inner petals<br />
appear pure white<br />
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PETAL CHARACTERS<br />
true petals are flat true petals are curved<br />
when the flowers upwards at the edges,<br />
open and remain giving the flower a cup<br />
flat until the flowers shape with petals and<br />
are shed<br />
flower shape becoming<br />
flat before they are shed.<br />
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‘Snowcloud’<br />
Application No: 96/271 Accepted: 11 Dec 1996.<br />
Applicant: Camellia Grove Nursery, Glenorie, NSW.<br />
Description (Table 13, Figure 16) Plant: upright, erect<br />
shrub, height medium (up to 4m), strongly branched,<br />
foliage dense. Stem: internode length medium, smooth,<br />
bark light brown. Leaf: margin serrulate, leaf attachment<br />
petiolate, arrangement along the stem alternate, length<br />
medium (4.3cm -7cm), width 2.5cm -4.2cm. Flowing time:<br />
Mar-Jun. Flower: solitary, shape rotate with petaloid centre,<br />
informal double with loose petaloids among central<br />
stamens, size medium to large (4.4cm-7cm), bud pink (RHS<br />
65D) opening to white petals (RHS 155D) with the<br />
outermost petal pink (RHS 65D).<br />
Origin Spontaneous mutation: ‘Jennifer Susan’. Breeder:<br />
Steve Clark, St Ives, NSW. Selection criteria: growth and<br />
floral characteristics. Propagation: cutting for three<br />
generations.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Jennifer Susan’, ‘Pure<br />
Silk’. Location: Camellia Grove Nursery, Glenorie, NSW<br />
Nov 1995 – Nov 1996. Conditions: plants propagated from<br />
cuttings and potted into 125mm pots in soilless media;<br />
plants propagated Nov 1995 and potted Mar 1996; plants<br />
grown in 50% shade house with overhead watering and<br />
standard cultural practices applied. Trial design:<br />
randomised block design with 20 replicates of each variety.<br />
Measurements: on all plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Chris Kennedy, Glenorie, NSW.<br />
Table 13 Camellia varieties<br />
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‘Snowcloud’ *‘Pure Silk’ *‘Jennifer Susan’<br />
GROWTH HABIT upright pendulous upright<br />
PLANT HEIGHT (mm)<br />
mean 471.0 753.0 719.0<br />
std deviation 77.9 79.92 72.61<br />
LSD/sig 25.29 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
LEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 53.32 60.48 55.<strong>10</strong><br />
std deviation 5.85 7.41 5.78<br />
LSD/sig 2.09 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
LEAF WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 32.52 35.12 30.46<br />
std deviation 3.88 5.11 3.72<br />
LSD/sig 1.40 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
FLOWER SHAPE informal semi informal<br />
double double double<br />
FLOWER DIAMETER (mm)<br />
mean 66.70 77.23 67.69<br />
std deviation 5.71 6.49 4.12<br />
LSD/sig 1.81 P#0.01 ns<br />
PETAL COLOUR (RHS)<br />
inner 155D 155D 65D<br />
outer 65D 70B 65D<br />
‘Sweet Jane’<br />
Application No: 96/119 Accepted: 6 Jun 1996.<br />
Applicant: Mr (Claude) Ray Garnett, Beaumaris, VIC.<br />
Description (Table nn, Figure nn) Plant: vigorous, upright,<br />
well branched, early flowering. New growth: red – bronze<br />
(RHS 183A-178A). Leaf: elliptic-ovate, dark green, upper<br />
glossy green (RHS 147A), lower light green (RHS 146A),<br />
blade length 70mm (range 60mm-80mm), width 36mm<br />
(range 30mm-44mm) apex apiculate, base obtuse/attenuate,<br />
margin serrulate. Bud: elliptic at apex, colour RHS 52A-<br />
55A. Flower: size medium (mean diameter 59mm, range<br />
45mm-72mm), light pink, open informal peony, mean<br />
number of full petals 12 (range 13-14) in two outer rows.<br />
Petal: recurved, small, orbicular, apex emarginate, base<br />
obtuse; basal spot white fading through light pink (RHS<br />
55D) to deeper pink (RHS 55B) at apex. Flower centre:<br />
composed of small petals, true stamens and petaloid<br />
stamens; small petals and petaloids are lighter colour than<br />
true outer petals, fading from a white basal spot through<br />
light pink (RHS 56D) to deeper pink (RHS 56B). Other:<br />
petals and petaloids tend to ‘brown’ very easily when<br />
damaged. Flowers do not shatter when shed.<br />
Origin Controlled pollination: ‘Edith Linton’ x C.<br />
transnokoensis 1982. Breeder: Mr. (Claude) Ray Garnett of<br />
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