44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2002 VOL <strong>15</strong> NO. 2<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
Country Year Current Status Name Applied<br />
The Netherlands 1999 Granted ‘Fuego’<br />
First sold in The Netherlands <strong>15</strong> Dec 2000. First <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
sale 29 May 2001.<br />
Description: David Nichols, Rye, VIC.<br />
Table 2 Alstroemeria varieties<br />
‘Fuego’ *‘Starexan’ A<br />
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STEM CHARACTERISTICS<br />
density of foliage medium to dense dense<br />
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LEAF CHARACTERISTICS<br />
length medium long<br />
width medium to broad medium<br />
longitudinal axis of blade straight<br />
recurved<br />
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INFLORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS<br />
number of umbel branches<br />
many<br />
medium<br />
length of umbels short long<br />
pedicel length short long<br />
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OUTER TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
shape of blade broad obovate obovate<br />
depth of emargination shallow medium<br />
main colour (RHS 1986) 45A<br />
45B,54A<br />
stripes absent present<br />
number of stripes absent very few<br />
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INNER LATERAL TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
shape of blade elliptic obovate<br />
main colour of middle zone (RHS 1986)<br />
13A<br />
14A<br />
number of stripes few medium<br />
stripe thickness small to medium medium to large<br />
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INNER MEDIAN TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
stripes absent present<br />
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OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />
anther colour orange-like dark grey<br />
anthocyanin in ovary medium absent<br />
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‘Mini Bell’ syn Inca Blaze<br />
Application No: 1998/192 Accepted: 3 May 1999.<br />
Applicant: Konst Alstroemeria B.V., Nieuwveen, The<br />
Netherlands.<br />
Agent: David Nichols – postal address for the service of<br />
notices on the applicant.<br />
Characteristics (Table 3, Figure 23) Plant: stem length<br />
medium, stem thickness thin, density of foliage medium.<br />
Leaf: length medium, width medium, shape of blade<br />
narrow-elliptic, longitudinal axis of blade recurved.<br />
Inflorescence: number of branches in umbel medium,<br />
length of branches in umbel medium, pedicel length<br />
medium. Flower: main colour red-purple, size medium,<br />
spread of tepal large. Outer tepal: shape of blade obovate,<br />
depth of emargination medium, stripes on inner side of<br />
blade present, number of stripes few to medium, colour redpurple<br />
RHS 58A at the apex and RHS 58 B-C at the centre<br />
margins and base. Inner lateral tepals: shape of blade<br />
obovate, colour red-purple RHS 59C at the apex and RHS<br />
59D at the base and yellow RHS 12A (RHS 4A) in the<br />
centre, number of stripes medium, thickness medium. Inner<br />
median tepal: yellow colour present, stripes present.<br />
Stamens: filament colour pink, spots absent, anther colour<br />
brownish. Pistil: ovary anthocyanin colouration absent to<br />
weak (medium), style colour pink, stigma colour pink, spots<br />
on stigma absent. (Note: data in parenthesis denotes Dutch<br />
observations, all RHS numbers referred to in local<br />
observation were based on the 1986 edition.)<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />
90-4-2 x pollen parent 91-0-17, in a planned breeding<br />
program at the applicant’s nursery at Nieuwveen, The<br />
Netherlands. Both parents are non-commercial “butterfly”<br />
types within the breeding program. Selection criteria: from<br />
this cross ‘Mini Bell’ was chosen on the basis of flower<br />
colour and dwarf growth habit. Propagation: a number of<br />
mature stock plants were generated from the original<br />
seedling by tissue culture through 10 generations to confirm<br />
uniformity and stability. ‘Mini Bell’ will be commercially<br />
propagated by tissue culture. Breeder: J.W.M. Konst,<br />
Nieuwveen, The Netherlands.<br />
Choice of Comparators The grouping characteristics used<br />
in identifying the most similar varieties of common<br />
knowledge were – Plant: habit dwarf, Flower: main colour<br />
red-purple. On the basis of these grouping characteristics,<br />
‘Staprivane’ syn Ivana (PVJ 14.3) and ‘Kodelight’ syn Inca<br />
Delight (PVJ 14.1) were considered as the most similar<br />
varieties of common knowledge. Initially, ‘Inca Surprise’<br />
was also considered as a comparator, however, it was<br />
excluded because it differs from the candidate in having<br />
more stripes, more yellow colour in flowers and a larger<br />
flower size.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparisons of most of the<br />
characteristics are based on Dutch trials, which were<br />
assessed under conditions of controlled environment in<br />
glasshouses. Characteristics of the comparators are derived<br />
from published descriptions in the Plant Varieties Journal.<br />
Detailed flower descriptions of the candidate variety are<br />
based on plants growing in 200 mm pots in a standard<br />
soilless potting mixture under ambient outdoor conditions<br />
in Silvan, VIC. Flowers from these plants were assessed at<br />
Devon Meadows, VIC.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
Country Year Current Status Name Applied<br />
The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Mini Bell’<br />
Prior Sale Nil<br />
Description: David Nichols, Rye, VIC.<br />
Table 3 Alstroemeria varieties<br />
‘Mini Bell’ *‘Staprivane’ *‘Kodelight’<br />
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STEM CHARACTERISTICS<br />
length medium very short medium<br />
thickness thin thin very thin<br />
density of foliage<br />
medium dense to very dense<br />
medium<br />
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