47. Volume 14- Number 2 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2001 VOL 14 NO. 2
medium-strong, coloured violet (RHS 83A), veins violet
(RHS 83A), pedicel yellow green (RHS 144A). (Note: all
RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1995 edition).
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
‘P1’ x pollen parent ‘J353’. The seed parent has a medium
pink flower and the pollen parent has a blue flower colour.
Both parents are breeding stock plants within breeder’s
private collection. Hybridisation took place in Stuttgart,
Germany in 1998 and first flowers were observed on the
new variety in 1999. Selection criteria: flower colour,
trailing growth habit and earliness. Propagation: mature
stock plants were generated from this seedling through
tissue culture and were found to be uniform and stable.
‘KLEC01088’ will be commercially propagated by
vegetative cuttings from elite stock plants from disease
indexed tissue cultures. Marketed in Australia under the
trade name “Selecta Violet”. Breeder: Siegfried Klemm,
Stuttgart, Germany.
Choice of Comparators Initially ‘Sunbelchipi’ A syn
Cherry Pink A , ‘Sunbelkupi’ A syn Trailing Pink A ,
‘Sanberupi’ A syn Pink Chimes A , ‘Liricashower’,
‘Selchepi’ (marketed in Australia as “Selecta Cherry Pink”)
and ‘KLEC00078’ (marketed in Australia as “Selecta Dark
Fuchsia”) were selected as potential comparators in the pink
Table 4 Calibrachoa varieties
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colour group of Calibrachoa. ‘Sanberupi’ A syn Pink
Chimes A was rejected as it has a more upright, bushy
growth habit and lighter pink flower colour. All others were
retained as they all fall either within the trailing plant habit
group or have similar flower colour. The parents were not
included for reasons stated above. No other similar varieties
were identified.
Comparative Trial Location: Macquarie Fields, summer
2000-2001. Conditions: trial conducted in open beds
initially and transferred to a polyhouse for rain protection
during flowering, plants propagated from cutting, rooted
cuttings planted into 125mm standard pots filled with
soilless potting mix, nutrition maintained with slow release
and liquid fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied as
required. Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety arranged
in a completely randomised design. Measurements: from
ten plants at random. One sample per plant.
Prior Applications and Sales
No prior application.
No overseas sale. First sold in Australia Apr 2001.
Description: Ian Paananen, Crop & Nursery Services, Central Coast,
NSW.
‘Selchepi’ ‘Sunbelki’ ‘KLEC00078’ ‘KLEC01088’ *‘Sunbelchipi’ A *‘Sunbelkupi’ A *‘Liricashower’ *‘Terracotta
syn Golden syn Cherry syn Trailing Chimes’
Chimes Pink A Pink A
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PLANT GROWTH HABIT
trailing semi- decumbent decumbent decumbent trailing trailing decumbent
decumbent -trailing – trailing -bushy -bushy
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PLANT HEIGHT (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 1.8
– maximum
mean 9.9 d 18.1 a 14.1 bc 12.3 c 19.8 a 7.1 e 8.2 de 15.1 b
std deviation 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.1 2.0 0.7 1.1 2.1
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PLANT DIAMETER (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 7.4
– maximum
mean 69.7 a 62.5 ab 57.9 b 57.8 b 62.5 ab 57.8 b 59.0 b 52.9 b
std deviation 2.3 6.9 6.6 3.3 9.4 8.5 6.4 5.5
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LEAF LENGTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 2.6
– widest cross-section on leaf attached to base of bottom flower on tallest stem
mean 20.7 abc 19.5 abcd 17.6 cd 22.3 a 21.8 ab 18.7 bcd 16.6 d 19.2 abcd
std deviation 2.9 2.9 1.8 2.0 2.6 1.2 1.8 2.2
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LEAF WIDTH (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 0.9
– maximum
mean 5.5 ab 5.3 ab 4.4 bc 5.2 abc 5.9 a 5.1 abc 4.1 c 5.2 abc
std deviation 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6
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LEAF LENGTH:WIDTH RATIO LSD (P≤0.01) = 0.41
– leaf attached to base of bottom flower on tallest stem
mean 3.74 b 3.69 b 4.02 ab 4.39 a 3.73 b 3.72 b 4.13 ab 3.74 b
std deviation 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.2
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FLOWER DIAMETER (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 1.7
– widest cross-section on leaf attached to base of bottom flower on tallest stem
mean 28.7 abc 28.2 bc 26.9 c 30.0 ab 28.9 abc 30.6 a 28.0 bc 27.7 bc
std deviation 1.8 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.7