Kalanchoe plant

#The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cultivar of kalanchoe plant, botanically known as kalanchoe and known by the cultivar name Nugget. The new cultivar was developed by me through controlled breeding by crossing the cultivar Gelbe Melody, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,854, issued Mar. 30, 1976 to Adolf Grob, (seed parent) with the cultivar Saturn, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,852, issued Mar. 30, 1976 to Adolf Grob. Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by stem cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new kalanchoe are stabilized and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.

#The following characteristics distinguish the new kalanchoe from both its parent cultivars and other cultivated kalanchoes of this type known and used in the floriculture industry:

#1. Vigorous, strong upright growth showing resemblance to the cultivar Gelbe Melody. The main stem is unusually thick and upright.

#The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the cultivar, and shows the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in a colored reproduction of this type.

#The following is a detailed description of my new kalanchoe cultivar based on plants produced under commercial practices in the greenhouses of Mikkelsens Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio, with the plants being grown in 10 cm. plastic pots from unrooted cuttings stuck directly into the pot on August 25 and given short day treatment on September 16. The plant was not pinched, was grown on a capillary mat and was in flower on December 13th. Color references are made to the Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

#Parentage: A controlled pollination of Gelbe Melody as the seed parent crossed with Saturn as the pollen parent.

#Propagation: