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Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

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Details of Application<br />

Application Number 2005/040<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Name ‘Fismarble Silver’<br />

Genus Species Euphorbia pulcherrima<br />

Common Name Poinsettia<br />

Synonym Nil<br />

Accepted Date 9 Mar 2005<br />

Applicant FLORA-NOVA Pflanzen GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany<br />

Agent Sprint Horticulture Pty Ltd, Erina, NSW<br />

Qualified Person Tim Angus<br />

Details of Comparative Trial<br />

Overseas Testing Denmark<br />

Authority<br />

Overseas Data 2000/1673<br />

Reference Number<br />

Location Trial conducted in 2001 at Danmarks JordbrugsForskning,<br />

Afd. For Prydplanter, Kirstinebjergvej 10, DK-5792 Aarslev<br />

(Denmark).<br />

Descriptor Poinsettia (Euphorbia) TG/24/5.<br />

Period 2001.<br />

RHS Chart - edition 1986<br />

Origin and Breeding<br />

Spontaneous mutation: parent ‘Marblestar’. Parent is characterised by Foliage: colour<br />

medium green, uniform. Selection criteria: plant habit, cultivation ability, foliage<br />

colour, and bract colour. Selection was done initially at Cuernavaca, Mexico and then<br />

in Hillscheid, Germany in 1999. Propagation: by vegetative tip cuttings, no off types<br />

occurred in at least three successive vegetative generations during the selection<br />

process and in numerous vegetative generations since selection. ‘Fismarble Silver’<br />

will be commercially propagated by vegetative tip cuttings. Breeder: Joachim<br />

Hitzigrath, Cuernavaca, Mexico.<br />

Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> of Common Knowledge<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part Context State of Expression in Group of Varieties<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> branching present<br />

Leaf blade colour variegated<br />

Bract colour of upper side marble: light red-pink 36C+, red-pink 48C+,<br />

dark red-pink/red-pink 48A/B<br />

Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)<br />

Name<br />

‘Bright Marble Queen’<br />

Comments<br />

Varieties of Common Knowledge identified and subsequently excluded<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Distinguishing State of Expression State of Expression in<br />

Characteristic in Candidate <strong>Variety</strong> Comparator <strong>Variety</strong><br />

‘Marblestar’ Leaf blade colour variegated non-variegated<br />

Page 343 of 550<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 21 No.3<br />

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