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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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