Spathiphyllum plant--Ceres cultivar
AssigneeGebr. Braam BV
InventorErik van Dordrecht
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Abstract
A new and distinct Spathiphyllum hybrid cultivar of the Mauna Loa type is provided. The new cultivar was produced during the course of a planned breeding program wherein the Pallas cultivar (non-patented in the United States) was crossed by a unnamed seedling of the Mauna Loa type (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar when compared to its Pallas parent exhibits a smaller more compact growth habit, forms leaves that are narrower, flowers sooner, exhibits leaves that possess a silk-matte finish, forms a geniculum that commonly is more bent, and forms a very sturdy flower stem. The new cultivar serves well as an attractive ornamental pot plant and has been named the Ceres cultivar.
Claims1
A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum having the following combination of characteristics:
- (a) exhibits a smaller and more compact growth habit of lesser width than the Pallas cultivar,
- (b) forms leaves that are narrower than those of the Pallas cultivar,
- (c) flowers sooner and more frequently than the Pallas cultivar,
- (d) forms a mature plant that lacks a pronounced main shoot with ground shoots having approximately the same size as the central shoot when the first flower appears,
- (e) exhibits leaves that possess a silk-matte surface appearance that can be compared to the slightly more glossy leaves of the Pallas cultivar,
- (f) commonly forms a geniculum that is more curved than that of the Pallas cultivar, and
- (g) forms a very sturdy erect flower stem;
- substantially as illustrated and described.
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