A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Red Wood’, characterized by its bright red-colored flowers; upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and excellent postproduction longevity.
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Botanical designation: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana.
Cultivar denomination: ‘Red Wood’.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant, botanically known as Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Red Wood’.
The new Kalanchoe is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Aalsmeer and Middelburg, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to create new compact and freely-branching Kalanchoe cultivars with attractive foliage and flower coloration.
The new Kalanchoe originated from a cross made by the Inventor in October, 2000 in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands of a proprietary selection of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana identified as code number 98102-3, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana identified as code number 97105, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Red Wood was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Middelburg, The Netherlands in August, 2001.
Asexual reproduction of the new Kalanchoe by terminal vegetative cuttings taken at Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, since August, 2001 has shown that the unique features of this new Kalanchoe are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
The cultivar Red Wood has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Red Wood’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Red Wood’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
Plants of the new Kalanchoe can be compared to plants of the parent selections. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, plants of the new Kalanchoe were larger than the female parent selection and had larger flowers than the male parent selection.
Plants of the new Kalanchoe can also be compared to plants of the Kalanchoe cultivar Debbie, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,428. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, plants of the new Kalanchoe differed from plants of the cultivar Debbie in the following characteristics:
The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Kalanchoe, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Kalanchoe. The photograph comprises a side perspective view of a typical potted plant of ‘Red Wood’.
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Plants used for the aforementioned photograph and for the description were grown during the autumn in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, in a glass-covered greenhouse. During the production of the plants, day and night temperatures averaged 20° C. and light levels were about 500 Watt/m2. Unrooted cuttings were directly stuck in 10.5-cm containers and received long day/short night conditions (about 15 hours of light) for about four weeks; plants then received photoinductive short day/long night conditions (minimum 15 hours darkness) until flowering. Plants were about 15 weeks old from an unrooted cutting when the photograph and the description were taken.
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| PP9428, | Jan 23 1995 | Knud Jepsen A/S | Kalanchoe plant named `Debbie` |
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