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USCALI411-12

Calibrachoa

Denomination: 'USCALI411-12'
Trade name: Superbells Scarlet
Botanical Name: Calibrachoa
Applicant/Holder: Plant 21 LLC
32149 Aquaduct Road
Bonsall, California
92003
United States of America
Breeder: Ushio Sakazaki, Shiga, Japan
Agent in Canada: BioFlora Inc.
38723 Fingal Line
R.R. #1
St. Thomas, Ontario
N5P 3S5
Canada
Tel: 519-317-7511
Application Date: 2007-02-23
Application Number: 07-5765
Grant of Rights Date: 2010-08-27
Certificate Number: 3932
Date rights surrendered: 2015-07-07

Variety Description

Varieties used for comparison: 'Cal Scare08' (Callie Scarlet Red '08) and 'Kakegawa S82' (Colorburst Trailing Electric Red)

Summary: 'USCALI411-12' has a wider plant than 'Kakegawa S82'. 'USCALI411-12' has a slightly different colour on the upper and lower side of the corolla lobe than the reference varieties. The corolla lobe of 'USCALI411-12' has a truncate shaped apex while the corolla lobe of 'Cal Scare08' has a truncate and retuse apex and the corolla lobe of 'Kakegawa S82' has a rounded and cuspidate apex.

Description:

PLANT: upright to trailing growth habit

LEAF BLADE: elliptic shape, broad acute apex, no variegation, medium green on upper side, no blistering

SEPAL: lanceolate, anthocyanin colouration present at base
FLOWER: single, salverform
COROLLA: weak degree of lobing, one colour on upper side
COROLLA LOBE: upper side red (more red than RHS 42A) with weak to medium conspicuousness of veins, lower side purple red (RHS 54A), truncate apex
COROLLA TUBE: inner side yellow (RHS 12A) with medium conspicuousness of veins

Origin & Breeding History: 'USCALI411-12' originated from a controlled cross conducted in Hikone, Shiga, Japan in 2004. The female parent was a reddish-pink flowered seedling designated as CJ04-18 and the male parent was a yellow flowered seedling designated as CJ04-22. The new variety was selected as a single plant from the resultant progeny on May 24, 2005, in Gensingen, Germany. Selection criteria included plant habit and superior summer performance.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'USCALI411-12' were conducted in a polyhouse during the spring of 2009 in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included 20 plants each of the candidate and reference varieties. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 30 cm hanging baskets on May 21, 2009. Each basket contained 4 cuttings with a total of 5 baskets per variety. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of each variety on July 9, 2009. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.


Comparison tables for 'USCALI411-12' with reference varieties 'Cal Scare08' and 'Kakegawa S82'

Plant width (cm)

  'USCALI411-12' 'Cal Scare08' 'Kakegawa S82'
mean 63.3 61.1 50.5
std. deviation 4.01 2.27 6.72

Colour of corolla lobe (RHS)

  'USCALI411-12' 'Cal Scare08' 'Kakegawa S82'
upper side 42A (more red than) 45B (more pink than) 45A
lower side 54A 55B 54A

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Calibrachoa: 'USCALI411-12' (left) with reference varieties 'Cal Scare08' (centre) and 'Kakegawa S82' (right)

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Calibrachoa: 'USCALI411-12' (left) with reference varieties 'Cal Scare08' (centre) and 'Kakegawa S82' (right)

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