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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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2002 VOL <strong>15</strong> NO. 2<br />
‘Barbaresco’ A , ‘Acapulco’ A and ‘Stargazer’ were selected<br />
as comparator varieties. ‘Barbaresco’ A differed in that plant<br />
taller; tepal colour a different shade of dark red-purple<br />
(RHS 64A), distal half of leaf recurved, leaf cross-section<br />
angled, tepal inner surface base of main vein purple red,<br />
pollen colour orange, and stigma colour green. ‘Acapulco’ A<br />
differed in that tepal colour has another shade of red-purple<br />
(RHS 63B-C); taller plant height; colour at the base of main<br />
vein red-purple. ‘Stargazer’ differed in that main tepal<br />
margin colour white; style colour yellow. Seed and pollen<br />
parents are non-commercial breeding lines, therefore, were<br />
excluded. No other varieties of common knowledge have<br />
been identified by the qualified person to have floral<br />
characteristics identical to ‘Spain’.<br />
Comparative Trial The description is based on UPOV<br />
Report of Technical Examination, CPRO-DLO,<br />
Wageningen, The Netherlands, Reference number LEL<br />
<strong>15</strong>73, and confirmed from local examination. Location:<br />
local DUS trial conducted at Silvan, VIC in an<br />
environmentally controlled glasshouse during summer<br />
period 2001-2. Conditions: cool stored bulbs planted into<br />
trays 40 by 60 cm in a pinebark based potting mix <strong>15</strong>-18 cm<br />
deep. <strong>15</strong> bulbs per tray and each tray replicated. Plants<br />
spaced to express their true growth characteristics. Growth<br />
was vigorous, free of stress and plants maintained under<br />
sound cultural procedures. Measurements: observations<br />
made at random from within the plant population.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
Country Year Current Status Name Applied<br />
The Netherlands 1998 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
Belgium 1999 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
Germany 1999 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
France 1999 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
Poland 1999 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
South Africa 1999 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
New Zealand 2000 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
Chile 2001 Granted ‘Spain’<br />
No Prior sale.<br />
Description: Dr. Brian Hanger, Rosemary Ridge Pty Ltd, Wantirna Mall,<br />
VIC.<br />
‘Topsy’ syn Vlettop<br />
Application No: 1999/029 Accepted: 3 Aug 1999.<br />
Applicant: Vletter & Den Haan Beheer B.V., Rijnsburg,<br />
The Netherlands.<br />
Agent: Watermark – Patent & Trademark Attorneys,<br />
Hawthorn, VIC.<br />
Characteristics (Figure <strong>15</strong>) Plant: height medium. Stem:<br />
(length mean 64.8cm sd 5.8), anthocyanin colouration in<br />
middle third of stem present, distribution of anthocyanin<br />
colouration speckled and striped, number of leaves on<br />
middle third of stem few to medium. Leaf: arrangement<br />
alternate, level of leaf tip compared to point of attachment<br />
on stem below (same), distal part straight, length medium<br />
(mean 110.7mm sd <strong>15</strong>.2), width medium (mean 22mm sd<br />
1.9), glossiness of upper side weak, cross section flat.<br />
Inflorescence: type racemose, number of flowers few,<br />
pubescence absent to weak. Flower: type single, attitude of<br />
longitudinal axis erect to horizontal (erect), length of<br />
longest outer tepal short to medium (mean 123.3mm sd<br />
5.0), width of widest outer tepal narrow to medium<br />
(36.3mm sd 1.4), main colour of inner side of inner tepal<br />
red-purple RHS 73B (RHS 70C-D), main colour of outer<br />
side of inner tepal red-purple RHS 73B (RHS 70D), main<br />
colour of inner side of outer tepal red-purple RHS 73B<br />
(70C-D), type of colouration of inner side of inner tepal<br />
single colour, (colour distribution lighter towards base and<br />
top or uniform), colour of nectar furrow yellow-green,<br />
position of stigma in relation to anthers above. Tepal: spots<br />
on inner side present, number of spots on inner side medium<br />
to many, size of spotted area on inner side medium to large<br />
(large), spots on papillae present, colour at the base of main<br />
vein yellow (yellow green), texture of inner side papillose,<br />
undulation of margin medium to strong, type of undulation<br />
of margin fine and coarse, recurved area distal part only,<br />
degree of recurving medium. Stamen: length short to<br />
medium, main colour of filament light green, anther colour<br />
reddish-brown. Pollen: colour orange-brown. Style: main<br />
colour green. Stigma: colour dark purple. Time of<br />
flowering: early to medium. (Note: values within<br />
parenthesis are from local observations. All RHS colour<br />
chart numbers used in local observation refer to 1986<br />
edition.)<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />
“unnamed seedling” x pollen parent “unnamed seedling” in<br />
a planned breeding program in Rijnsburg, The Netherlands.<br />
Both parents are non-commercial proprietary breeding lines<br />
within breeder’s private collection. Selection criteria: large<br />
and very erect flowers. Propagation: ‘Topsy’ proved stable<br />
through numerous generations of scale/bulb and tissueculture<br />
propagation. Breeder: Cees A. van der Voort,<br />
Rijnsburg. The Netherlands.<br />
Choice of Comparators The grouping characteristic used<br />
in identifying the most similar varieties of common<br />
knowledge was – Flower: main colour of inner side of inner<br />
tepal red-purple. Based of this ‘Woodriff’s Memory’ A and<br />
‘Stargazer’ were selected as comparator varieties.<br />
‘Woodriff’s Memory’ A differed in that tepal colour lighter<br />
red-purple (RHS 73 C-D); no anthocyanin colouration in<br />
middle third of the stem; leaf cross-section angled; colour at<br />
the base of main vein red-purple. ‘Stargazer’ differed in that<br />
main colour of inner side of inner tepal ca. RHS 60B-C;<br />
tepal margin colour white; style colour yellow. Seed and<br />
pollen parents are non-commercial breeding lines within<br />
breeder’s private collection, therefore, were excluded. No<br />
other varieties of common knowledge have been identified<br />
by the qualified person to have floral characteristics<br />
identical to ‘Topsy’.<br />
Comparative Trial The description is based on UPOV<br />
Report of Technical Examination, CPRO-DLO,<br />
Wageningen, The Netherlands, Reference number LEL<br />
1391, and confirmed from local examination. Location:<br />
local DUS trial conducted at Silvan, VIC in an<br />
environmentally controlled glasshouse during summer<br />
period 2001-2. Conditions: cool stored bulbs planted into<br />
trays 40 by 60 cm in a pinebark based potting mix <strong>15</strong>-18 cm<br />
deep. <strong>15</strong> bulbs per tray and each tray replicated. Plants<br />
spaced to express their true growth characteristics. Growth<br />
was vigorous, free of stress and plants maintained under<br />
sound cultural procedures. Measurements: observations<br />
made at random from within the plant population.<br />
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