Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Details of Application
Application Number 2006/085
Variety Name ‘Wildfire’
Genus Species Leucadendron hybrid
Common Name Leucadendron
Synonym Nil
Accepted Date 21 Jul 2006
Applicant Protea World, Yundi, SA
Agent N/A
Qualified Person Kate Delaporte
Details of Comparative Trial
Location Protea World, Yundi SA.
Descriptor Leucadendron (Leucadendron) TG/127/3.
Period Jul 2006 – Oct 2008.
Conditions 8 plants each of the Candidate Variety Leucadendron
‘Wildfire’ (male) and the comparators Leucadendron
‘Starstruck’ (female) and Leucadendron discolor unnamed
cultivated variety (male), growing in pots with irrigation in
open space.
Trial Design 8 plants of candidate and 8 plants each of comparators, in
pots, irrigated, grown from cuttings for period of 12 months;
randomly arranged.
Measurements At full flowering, 4 plants of each variety were randomly
selected for measurements. From each plant, 10-20
measurements were taken of each character where required.
RHS Chart - edition 1988
Origin and Breeding
Leucadendron 'Wilfire' was selected from a seedling growing in a cultivated
population of mixed Leucadendron species. The seedling resulted from natural
pollination. The female parent is considered to be Leucadendron salignum and the
male parent Leucadendron discolor. In October 2004, 60 cuttings were taken from the
seedling. All resulting plants were true to form of the original propagation material.
Breeder: Neville and Gill Gibson, Protea World, Yundi, SA.
Choice of Comparators
Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar Variety of
Common Knowledge
Organ/Plant Part Context State of Expression in Group
of Varieties
Plant growth habit erect
Plant lignotuber absent
Leaf blade always upright absent
Leaf predominant attitude in relation
to branch
oblique
Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)
Name Comments
Leucadendron discolor Unnamed cultivated form found growing at Applicants
property and propagated for commercial sale
‘Starstruck’ Leucadendron salignum
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Plant Varieties Journal Vol. 21 No.3