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‘Morena’
Application No: 2000/225 Accepted: 21 Aug 2000.
Applicant: Syngenta Seeds B.V., Enkhuizen, The
Netherlands.
Agent: Ramm Pty Ltd, Macquarie Fields, NSW.
Characteristics (Table 39, Figure 12) Plant: habit
spreading to trailing upright, (average height 21cm, average
main stem length 58cm), many branches, highly floriferous.
Stem: internodes short (average length 27mm), anthocyanin
present, pubescence medium, colour yellow green (RHS
144A). Leaf: size medium, (average length 24mm, average
width 15mm), shape hastate, margin incised-bipinnatisect,
lobe size broad, incisions deep, apex acute, upper side
colour green (RHS 137A), lower side colour yellow green
(RHS 147B), pubescence weak. Inflorescence: spike,
diameter medium (average 43mm), average 41 flowers per
spike, peduncle long (average length 70mm). Flower:
single, upward facing, diameter medium (average 16.3mm),
main colour red purple (RHS 73A) diffuse with white (RHS
155D), reverse colour red purple (RHS 73C) diffuse with
white (RHS 155D), eye zone colour yellow green (RHS
145C-D), corolla lobes separate, calyx colour green (RHS
137B). (Note: all RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1995
edition).
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
‘R678’ x pollen parent ‘R673’ The seed parent has a pink
flower colour and a semi-erect growth habit and the pollen
parent has a violet colour and a spreading growth habit.
Both parents are breeding stock plants within breeder’s
private collection. Hybridisation took place in Enkhuizen,
The Netherlands in 1992 and first flowers were observed on
the new variety in 1992. Selection criteria: flower colour
and size, earliness and floriferous and growth vigour.
Propagation: mature stock plants were generated from this
seedling through tissue culture and were found to be
uniform and stable. ‘Morena’ will be commercially
propagated by vegetative cuttings from elite stock plants
from disease indexed tissue cultures. Marketed in Australia
under the Babylon brand name. Breeder: H Stemkens,
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.
Choice of Comparators Initially ‘Charmena’,
‘Sunmariripi’ A syn Coral Pink A , ‘Florena’, ‘Salmon Pink’,
‘Sunmarefu’ A syn Pink Passion A , ‘Taipen Pink’ and an unnamed
pink fine leaf form were selected as potential
comparators in the red purple colour group of Verbena.
‘Sunmariripi’ A syn Coral Pink A was rejected as it has a
broad hastate leaf shape with fine margin incisions. The unnamed
pink fine leaf form was rejected due to small
inflorescence and flower size and low flower count. ‘Taipen
Pink’ was excluded because it has non-incised feathered
leaves. All others were retained as they all fall within the
deeply incised to bipinnatisect leaf type group and have
similar flower colour and form. 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
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2001 VOL 14 NO. 2
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
Country Year Current Status Name Applied
The Netherlands 1995 Surrendered ‘Morena’
EU 1997 Granted ‘Morena’
Japan 1996 Applied ‘Morena’
New Zealand 1997 Withdrawn ‘Morena’
USA 1997 Granted ‘Morena’
Poland 1998 Granted ‘Morena’
First sold in The Netherlands in Jan 1997. First Australian
sale Aug 1999.
Description: Ian Paananen, Crop & Nursery Services, Central Coast,
NSW.
‘Mylena’
Application No: 2000/226 Accepted: 21 Aug 2000.
Applicant: Syngenta Seeds B.V., Enkhuizen, The
Netherlands.
Agent: Ramm Pty Ltd, Macquarie Fields, NSW.
Characteristics (Table 39, Figure 13) Plant: habit
spreading to trailing upright (average height 19cm, average
main stem length 46cm), many branches, highly floriferous.
Stem: internodes short (average length 27mm), anthocyanin
present, pubescence medium, colour yellow green (RHS
144A). Leaf: size medium, (average length 26mm, average
width 16mm), shape hastate, margin incised-bipinnatisect,
lobe size broad, incisions deep, apex acute, upper side
colour green (RHS 137A), lower side colour yellow green
(RHS 147B), pubescence weak. Inflorescence: spike,
diameter medium (average 50mm), average 32 flowers per
spike, peduncle medium (average length 35mm). Flower:
single, upward facing, diameter medium (average 20mm),
main colour purple (RHS 78A), reverse colour purple (RHS
78C) diffuse with white (RHS 155D), eye zone colour
yellow green (RHS 145C-D), corolla lobes separate, calyx
colour green (RHS 137B). (Note: all RHS colour chart
numbers refer to 1995 edition).
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
‘R670’ x pollen parent ‘R678’ The seed parent has a purple
flower colour and a spreading growth habit and the pollen
parent has a pink flower colour and a semi-erect growth
habit. Both parents are breeding stock plants within
breeder’s private collection. Hybridisation took place in
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands in 1992 and first flowers were
observed on the new variety in 1992 Selection criteria:
flower colour and size, earliness, floriferous and growth
vigour. Propagation: mature stock plants were generated
from this seedling through tissue culture and were found to
be uniform and stable. ‘Mylena’ will be commercially
propagated by vegetative cuttings from elite stock plants
from disease indexed tissue cultures. Marketed in Australia
under the Babylon brand name. Breeder: H Stemkens,
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.
Choice of Comparators Initially ‘Hector’, ‘Aphrodite’,
‘Sunmarefu TP-V’ A syn Purple Passion A , ‘Salmon Pink’,
‘Sunmarefu TP-L’ A syn Lilac Reflections A , ‘Cleopatra’
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