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Poinsettia plant named 268 White
AssigneePaul Ecke Ranch, Inc.
InventorFranz Fruehwirth
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AssigneePaul Ecke Ranch, Inc.
InventorFranz Fruehwirth
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This new Poinsettia cultivar, designated `268 White`, is a vigorous plant with erect, large white bracts. Cultivar `268 White` is a sport of the red bracted cultivar `268` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,275), and, like its parent, is unique because the flower bracts remain erect and do not droop, even after commercial shipping and handling or as the flowers mature. It always looks "fresh" which adds to its beauty and increases its value as a consumer product. Poinsettia `268 White` has the same flowering response time and cultural requirements as its parent `268`.
A new and distinct Poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its large white, erect flower bracts, and self-branching traits.
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This new Poinsettia cultivar originated as a color sport of `268` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,275) in a greenhouse in Encinitas, Calif. It was selected from many plants because of its large, erect and white flower bracts and self-branching traits, which distinguish it from other poinsettia cultivars and makes it a desirable plant for commercial greenhouse production. After selection, vegetative reproduction of this plant has accomplished by stem cuttings for test purposes in Encinitas, Calif., and clones of the plant were subjected to successive generations of vegetative propagation, which demonstrated that its distinct characteristics hold true from generation to generation.
Poinsettia `268 White` is illustrated in the accompanying color photographs.
The upper photo is a side view of one pinched `268 White` plant in a 14 cm. pot.
The lower photo is a top view of an unpinched `268 White` plant showing flower and bract formation.
The following is a detailed description of this new Poinsettia as observed in my greenhouse in Encinitas, Calif., during December, 1990. Recorded observations from flowering plants, grown as 3 unpinched plants per pot, were observed. The pot was 14 cm. in diameter and 11 cm. in height. Color designations were compared to the 1986 edition of R.H.S. Colour Chart, first published in 1966 by the Royal Horticultural Society, London, England.
Origin: Sport of `268` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,275).
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