A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘USCALI4’, characterized by its semi-upright plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large violet-colored flowers; good weather tolerance; and resistance to Thielaviopsis.
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Botanical classification/cultivar designation: Calibrachoa sp. cultivar USCALI4.
The present application is co-pending with the following related applications: Calibrachoa Plant named ‘USCALI48’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/827,541) and Calibrachoa Plant Named ‘USCALI17’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/827,546).
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp., and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘USCALI4’.
The new Calibrachoa is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. The objective of the program is to create new heat-tolerant and disease-resistant Calibrachoa cultivars with desirable plant habit and attractive flower colors.
The new Calibrachoa originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor on May 10, 1998 of a proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa identified as code number CJ4-5, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa identified as code number CJ3-1, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Calibrachoa was selected by the Inventor on Jun. 15, 1999 in a controlled environment in Gensingen, Germany.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Gensingen, Germany since Jun. 25, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Calibrachoa are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
Plants of the cultivar USCALI4 have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, water status and fertility level without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘USCALI4’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘USCALI4’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa:
Plants of the new Calibrachoa differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in plant habit as plants of the female selection are more upright than plants of the new Calibrachoa and plants of the male parent are more creeping than plants of the new Calibrachoa.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa can be compared to plants of the cultivar Million Bells Trailing Blue, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,279. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Gensingen, Germany, plants of the new Calibrachoa had a more upright plant habit and larger flowers than plants of the cultivar Million Bells Trailing Blue.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Colorburst Blue, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Gensingen, Germany, plants of the new Calibrachoa had a more upright plant habit and larger flowers than plants of the cultivar Colorburst Blue.
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new cultivar, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Calibrachoa.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical plant of ‘USCALI4’ grown in a container.
The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of typical flowers and leaves of ‘USCALI4’.
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Plants grown in 15-cm containers for about ten weeks were used for the aforementioned photographs and following description. Plants were grown under conditions which closely approximate commercial production conditions during the winter in Bonsall, Calif. in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse. During the production period, day temperatures ranged from 18 to 35° C. and night temperatures ranged from 10 to 21° C. Plants were grown under artificial long day/short night conditions to initiate flowering.
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