US 20120137397P1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0137397 P1 McCully (43) Pub. Date: May 31, 2012

(54) ODONTOCIDIUM BURGUNDIAN TOO (52) U.S. Cl...... PLT/311 SWEET"

(76) Inventor: James McCully, Hilo, HI (US) (57) ABSTRACT (21) Appl. No.: 12/928,004 A new variety of orchid plant of the Intergenerics, (22) Filed: Nov.30, 2010 Odontocidium, named Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet, distinguished particularly by a clean pleasing Publication Classification arrangement of burgundy and white flowers with a pleasant (51) Int. Cl. fragrance on a raceme that is desirable in size for the size of AOIH 5/00 (2006.01) the plant and growing quickly to sexual maturity.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED the Inventor and may have been commercially available from APPLICATIONS others. The sibling were sold without specific epithet to individuals and other nurseries. To the Inventor's knowledge, 0001. Not Applicable the only other named clones of the cross are Odontocidium Burgundian Velvet Underground and Odontocidium Bur STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY gundian Delectable and are owned by the inventor. The SPONSORED RESEARCH ORDEVELOPMENT inventor has reason to believe that Odontocidium Burgundian 0002. Not Applicable Too Sweet is superior to the other seedlings in growth and foliage, number of flowers, shape, fragrance and color as well LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND GREX OF as the number of spikes and spiking habit. Plants of the grex THE PLANT CLAIMED Odontocidium Burgundian are sold as plants of the grex with out specific epithet. 0003. The Latin name of the genus and grex of the plant claimed is Odontocidium Burgundian. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0009. The following traits have been repeatedly observed VARIETY DENOMINATION and are determined to be basic characteristics of the new cultivar which in combination distinguish this Odontocidium 0004. The present invention comprises a new and distinct orchid as a new and distinct cultivar. cultivar of Odontocidium orchid, and hereinafter referred to 0010 Flowers of the new cultivar have petals and sepals by the cultivar name Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet. that are burgundy turning creamy white basally. The labellum BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION is burgundy fading to a spray paint pink before turning into a creamy white picotee. The anther cap is cream in color, some 0005 Odontocidium is the nothogenus comprising inter times with speckles of burgundy. The callus is mainly bur generic hybrids of the two orchid genera and gundy, turning yellow basally. The column is creamy white at in the subtribe Oncidiinae. Odontocidium consists its base and becomes burgundy apically. The underside of the of about 58 species and Oncidium consists of about 330 column is cream with yellow and burgundy spots. The col species. The first properly identified and registered hybrid of umn wings are narrowly lamellate and burgundy in color. The Odontocidium was created and registered by Lairesse in flowers are rigid and heavily scented. The natural horizontal 1905. The hybrid was registered as Odontocidium Lairesseae spread is 4.5 centimeters (cm); natural vertical spread is 6 cm; (Oncidium fiscatumxOdontoglossum Crispum). Due to the dorsal sepal width 1 cm; dorsal sepal length 2.6 cm; petal varying percentages of the parent genera and large number of width 1 cm; petal length 2.3 cm; lateral sepal width 0.9 cm; species that can be involved that make up Odontocidium and lateral sepal length 3 cm; labellum width 3.1 cm; labellum the gene expression in their progeny, Odontocidium varies in length 3.3 cm. The plant usually produces two inflorescences morphology and size. All exhibit sympodial growth habit. on the first bloom with and average of 8 flowers per inflores 0006 Odontocidium breeding is typically done from CCCC. sexual methods. Asexual propagation of Odontocidium is 0011 Inflorescence is a basal raceme, upright or arching, often done in aseptic tissue culture from apical or axillary and approximately 32 cm tall. The plant is relatively compact shoots. and the size of the inflorescence is appropriate to the overall 0007. The new cultivar was discovered within the progeny size of the plant and typical pot size for this cultivar. of a cross made in Hilo, Hi. on Jan. 23, 2002. The Inventor 0012. There are generally six leaves on the mature selected Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet as a single pseudobulb, two from the apex and two from each side of the plant from a population of over 200 plants grown in Hilo, Hi. base of the pseudobulb. The apical leaves measure 27 to 37.5 Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet was re-flowered for cm and are 3.1 to 3.7 cm wide. The leaves from the base of the evaluation and submitted by the Inventor to a commercial pseudobulb measure from 26 to 30 cm long and 3.4 to 3.7 cm tissue culture laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand on Dec. 1, wide. Axillary leaves, or bracts, are sometimes present below 2006 for propagation through aseptic tissue culture tech the leaves at the base of the pseudobulb. When present, there nique. is usually one on either side of the pseudobulb and measure 12 0008. Other seedlings from the same cross that was used to to 20 cm long and 2.1 to 2.7 cm wide. The shape of the leaf is produce Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet were sold by lanceolate acuminate and semi-conduplicate at the base. The US 2012/0137397 P1 May 31, 2012 texture and Substance is very slightly rugose due to parallel 0028 Root description: Velamen covered roots, approxi vein striation, waxy and thin. The plants of Odontocidium mately 2 mm in diameter, whitish tan in color with yellow Burgundian Too Sweet grow to maturity and flower in ish green growing tip. The exact shades of white and yel approximately 18 months. low/green vary greatly with minimal changes in 0013 Plants of the new cultivar have not been observed environmental conditions. under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype 0029 Plant description: Under appropriate growing con may vary significantly with variations in the environment ditions, plants of the new cultivar attain a mature size of Such as temperature, light intensity, and day length, without about 37.5 cm in height (top of leaf plane) and about 3.7 cm however any change in genotype. in width. The height from soil level to the top of the inflo 0014 Plants of the new cultivar differ primarily from the rescences averages 32 cm. plants of the parent cultivars in flower color, panicle size, rate 0030. Foliage description: of growth and speed to maturation. Perhaps the closest com 0031 Arrangement. Sympodial growth habit. mercial comparison to the new cultivar can be made to seed 0032. Ouantity of leaves per growth. Each sympo ling-derived Odontocidium orchids which are genetically dial growth has shown six leaves, two on the apex of heterogeneous, and typically lack uniformity in growth, the pseudobulb and four from the axis at the base of vigor, plant habit, and flower quality. Since this reference the pseudobulb. point has inconsistent characteristics, a direct comparison for 0033 Leaf length.—Apical leaves measure from 27 Odontocidium Burgundian Too Sweet is not available. The to 37.5 cm in length. The leaves at the base of the new cultivar is a single genotype asexually propagated via pseudobulb may be as short as 26 cm to and as long as tissue culture; thus, its combined horticultural characteristics 30 cm. listed above are uniform and predictable. 0034 Leafwidth. The width of the largest leafmea Sures up to 3.7 cm. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 0035 Leaf shape. The shape is lanceolate acumi nate, entire, apex acute and slightly recurved with a 0015 The drawings show the colors of the new variety as semi-conduplicate base. The leaf margins are Smooth, nearly true as possible with an illustration of this type. In the parallel venation apparent, texture and Substance of drawings: both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaf is very 0016 FIG. 1 is a view of the entire plant to reveal the slightly rugose, waxy and thin. growth habit and general characteristics with its flowers, 0036) Pseudobulb shape. The pseudobulb shape is which is typical of this new variety. a laterally compressed ovoid. 0017 FIG. 2 is a close up view of the flower to show its 0037 Pseudobulb length. The pseudobulb is shape. approximately 5 cm long. 0038. Pseudobulb width. The pseudobulb is DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION approximately 4.5 cm wide and 2 cm thick. 0018 All color references are measured against the Pan 0039. Foliage color: Under the described growing tone(R) Color System. Colors and numerical measurements conditions, the foliage color on both the upper and are approximate as plant growth and development depends on under sides of the leaves is similar to Pantone(R) 574C environmental conditions and cultural practices such as light (green) of the Pantone(R) Color System. There is no level, temperature, water quality, fertilization formula and vein color distinction. The pseudobulb color is Pan rate, among others, without, however, any variance in geno tone(R) 384UP (green). type. 0040 Flower/inflorescence description: 0019 Plants used for this description are 18 months in 0041. Description. Inflorescence is an upright or Vivo and grown in square, black plastic pots measuring 3.25" arching raceme, terete, approximately 32 cm in length at the top of the pot and tapering down to 2.5" at the bottom of and 0.3 cm in width on a first bloom plant, typically the pot with a height of 3.75", grown in a poly-film covered occurring on the second pseudobulb and grown in greenhouse in Hilo, Hi., where day temperatures range from square black plastic pots measuring 3.25" on top, 2.5" 75 to 85 degrees and night temperatures range from 55 to 65 on the bottom with a height of 3.75". The glabrous degrees Fahrenheit. Light levels are approximately 2500 foot peduncles are approximately 12 cm in length to the candles. This information reflects the annual variations for first flower. The pedicels are approximately 1.6 to 2.7 the area. cm in length and 0.2 cm in diameter. Although some 0020. Botanical classification: OdontocidiumBurgundian what pliable when physically bent, they are fairly "Too Sweet rigid and strong, Supporting each flower Sufficiently. 0021 Parentage: Seedling selected from the cross of the The angle of the pedicel is 75-90° giving the flowers following: proper spacing to display themselves without over crowding. The texture of the pedicels is fairly smooth 0022 Seedparent.—Oncidium schroederianum. and the coloration is light green (Pantone(R).375UP) at 0023 Pollen parent.—Odontocidium Harry Sutton. the base and dark burgundy (Pantone.R. 490C) at the 0024 Propagation: top half towards the flower. Each raceme averages 8 0025 Tipe.—Asexual propagation by aseptic tissue flowers. Typically, there two inflorescences per culture through axillary shoot initiation. pseudobulb, but frequently three inflorescences per 0026 Time to initiate and elongate roots in-vivo.— pseudobulb have been observed on this cultivar, the about 45 days. third as an apical inflorescence. The flowers begin 0027. Time to produce filly rooted young plant.— approximately halfway up the raceme and are spaced about 240 days. around 2 cm apart. The size of the inflorescence is US 2012/0137397 P1 May 31, 2012

appropriate to the overall size of the plant and typical irregular gray streaking on the lower Surfaces of the pot size for this cultivar. The above description is of a tepals is Pantone.R. 4C. The dominant color of the lip first bloom plant in the pot sized as outlined with 2 is deep burgundy red, Pantone.R. 504C, lined with pseudobulbs. If additional pseudobulbs are grown, fuchsia, Pantone(R) 222C, and white, Pantone(R) 691C. each pseudobulb will produce 1-3 racemes with and The upper and side colors of the column at its base is average of 8 flowers. The flower buds are conical creamy white, Pantone.R. 7499UP and burgundy for the apical half, Pantone(R)7428C. The lower surface of acute, 0.5 to 0.7 cm in diameter and 1.6 to 2.1 cm in the columnis white, Pantone(R)7499UP, with a yellow length. The Surface is glabrous and the coloration is spot in the center, Pantone.R. 7405C, and a burgundy Pantone.R. 490C (dark burgundy) overlaid in some spot, Pantone.R. 7433C) within that yellow spot. The areas by light (Pantone.R. 367PC). The flowers are pollinia are completely concealed by the anther cap, bilaterally symmetrical, which is typical of most and if it is removed the pollinia may be extracted. The orchids. Each flower consists of 3 sepals and 3 petals. pollinia are yellow, Pantone(R)7408C, but can range in The lower petal is modified and referred to as the shades of yellow as the plantages. labellum and/or lip. The upper sides of the sepals and 0044) Quantity of flowers and time to flower: petals are burgundy in color (Pantone.R. 7428C). The 0045. Flower longevity. The flowers can last longer lower sides of the sepals and petals are burgundy than 8 weeks on the plant with good environmental (Pantone(R 7428C) with irregular streaking of gray conditions. A first bloom plant will produce around 16 (Pantone(R) 4C) and creamy white (Pantone(R) 691C) flowers depending on environmental conditions. basally for approximately 0.5 cm. The dorsal sepal is Since this plant has been grown for pot plant pur lanceolate, apex apiculate and reflexed for 0.2 cm, poses, cut flower longevity has not been observed. margins undulate. The lateral sepals are similar in 0046 Natural flowering season. This plant has shape though slightly Smaller in length and width. The appeared to be free flowering although the dominant base of the sepals is creamy white (Pantone.R. 691C) flowering season is fall (September, October, Novem for 0.3 to 0.4 cm in a triangular pattern with the tip ber, December). pointing to the apex. Petals are lanceolate acuminate, 0047 Fragrance: A strong fragrance has been detected by apex reflexed for 0.3 to 0.4 cm with somewhat undu the Inventor. late margins and have a creamy white band for 0.15 0048 Reproductive organs: The stamens, style and stig cm at the base. Sepal and petal texture is satiny. The mas are fused into a single short structure called the col labellum (lip) is a compressed ovoid, bilobed with umn, possessing one terminal anther with pollen grains Serrate and undulate margins. The lip lamina is some united to pollinia, which are covered by an anther cap. The what rectangular shaped at its base. The texture of the stigma is located under the column behind the pollinia. The upper surface of the lip is velvety. The lower surface ovary is inferior, with three carpels being present. of the leaf has a satin texture. The throat of the lip is 0049 Column. The column is erect with narrowly yellow (Pantone.R. 1225C) for 0.1 cm, bordered on lamellate wings on either side of the Stigma, 2 mm two sides spots of white (Pantone(R) 691C) that are wide by 6 mm long. about 0.4 cm wide by 0.2 cm high. Below this, the lip 0050 Pollinia. Two oval masses of pollen are is deep burgundy red (Pantone(R) 504C) showing pink present, about 0.75 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm long. (Pantone(R) 224PC) venation, for approximately 2.7 0051 Stigma. The stigma is concave, round, with a cm before it fades into fuchsia (Pantone.R. 222C) for high gloss, and sticky. The length of the Stigma is 4 0.35 cm and finally lined with white (Pantone.R. 691C) mm and the width is 4 mm. The Stigma is a translucent picotee around bottom edge of lip for 0.1cm. The clear color, therefore taking on the creamy white color lower surface of the lip is deep burgundy red (Pan of the column, Pantone(R) 7499UP. tone(R) 504C) basally, fading to fuchsia (Pantone(R) 0.052 Ovary. The ovary is about 1.6 to 2.7 cm long 222C) and lined with a white (Pantone(R) 691C) pico by 1.25 mm in diameter and light green in color (Pan tee. The callus of the labellum begins as a swelling in tone(R) 375UP) on basal half, burgundy (Pantone(R) the throat of the lip which bifurcates into multiple 490C) in color on the apical half. individual lamella that rise up approximately 0.15 cm 0053 Seed. Seed production has not been and range from 0.1 to 0.4 cm long and equal to or less observed. than 0.1 cm wide. The texture of the apical surfaces of 0054 Disease resistance: Resistance or susceptibility to the calli are dentate, the sides are rigid and Smooth. known pathogens of Odontocidium has not been observed The color for all surfaces of the callus is deep bur on plants grown under commercial production conditions. gundy red (Pantone(R) 504C). 0055 General observations: Plants of Odontocidium Bur 0042 Dimensions.—Flower dimensions are: natural gundian Too Sweet produce a pleasing arrangement of horizontal spread is 4.5 cm; natural vertical spread is burgundy and white flowers with a pleasant fragrance on a 6 cm; dorsal sepal width is 1.0 cm; dorsal sepal length raceme that is desirable in size for the size of the plant. The is 2.6 cm; lateral sepal width is 0.9 cm; lateral sepal flowers are long lasting and nicely shaped. The plant grows length is 3 cm; petal widthis 1.0 cm; petallength is 2.3 quickly to sexual maturity. cm; labellum width is 3.1 cm; labellum length is 3.3 What is claimed is: C 1. A new and distinct variety of orchid plant named Odon 0043 Coloration. The dominant flower color that tocidium Burgundian Too Sweet, substantially as illustrated appears on the upper and lower Surfaces of the sepals and described herein. and petals is burgundy, Pantone(R)7428C. The interior white bands on the tepals are Pantone(R) 691C. The Plant Patent Application Pub. May 31, 2012 Sheet 1 of 2 US 2012/0137397 P1

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