Carnation named Klegofas

#This new miniature carnation cultivar originated at Stuttgart, West Germany, as a sport of an unpatented carnation variety named "Klemstar", being grown in my greenhouses for the production of cut flowers, as well as for propagation and sale of plants to commercial growers for miniature carnation uses. This sport was discovered by me in my greenhouses at Stuttgart in 1981, and was selected for propagation because of its flowers having a light yellow coloration with the margins of its petals having a darker coloration, approaching pink. Asexual propagation of this new plant, by means of cuttings, has been carried out at Stuttgart, West Germany and in Italy and Israel, by me and under my direction through successive generations and the distinctive characteristics of this plant have been found to hold true for generation to generation and appear to be firmly fixed.

#My new variety of miniature carnation plant is illustrated by the accompanying full color photographic drawing, which shows a group of flowering stems having buds in various stages of opening, newly opened flowers and blooms in further stages of maturity, the flower coloration being shown as merely true as it is reasonably possible to obtain by means of conventional photographic procedures.

#The following is a detailed description of my new carnation variety, based upon observation of the plants grown under conventional greenhouse practices, with color designation being according to The Horticultural Colour Chart of Robert F. Wilson published by the British Colour Council in collaboration with the World Horticultural Society of London, England and The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London, England.

#Origin: Sport.

#Parentage: Klemstar (unpatented).