USOOPP18992P2 (12) United States Plant Patent (10) Patent No.: US PP18,992 P2 Jepsen (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 1, 2008 (54) KALANCHOE PLANT NAMED “KELLY (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................................ Pt/335 (58) Field of Classification Search .................... Pt/335 (50) Latin Name: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana See application file for complete search history. Varietal Denomination: Kelly Primary Examiner Anne Marie Grunberg (75) Inventor: Knud Jepsen, Hinnerup (DK) Assistant Examiner—Louanne Krawczewicz, Myers (73) Assignee: Knup Jepsen A/S. Hinnerup (DK) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—C. A. Whealy (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (57) ABSTRACT patent is extended or adjusted under 35 A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. Kelly, characterized by its upright, uniform and moder ately vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; (21) Appl. No.: 11/633,108 uniform, freely and early flowering habit; large double dark 1-1. orange and light orange bi-colored flowers; and excellent (22) Filed: Dec. 1, 2006 postproduction longevity. (51) Int. Cl. AOIH 5/00 (2006.01) 1 Drawing Sheet 1. 2 Botanical designation: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. 2. Dark green-colored leaves. Cultivar denomination: Kelly. 3. Uniform, freely and early flowering habit. 4. Large double dark orange and light orange bi-colored BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION flowers. The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar 5 5. Excellent postproduction longevity. of Kalanch Oe, botanically known as Kalanch Oe Plants of the new Kalanchoe can be compared to plants of blossfeldiana, and hereinafter referred to by the name the parent selection. Plants of the new Kalanchoe differ from Kelly. plants of the parent selection in the following characteristics: The new Kalanchoe is a product of a planned breeding 10 1. Plants of the new Kalanchoe are more compact than program conducted by the Inventor in Hinnerup, Denmark. plants of the parent selection. The objective of the breeding program is to create new 2. Plants of the new Kalanchoe have slightly smaller flow double-flowered Kalanchoe cultivars with attractive foliage ers than plants of the parent selection. and flower coloration. 3. Plants of the new Kalanchoe have double flowers The new Kalanchoe originated from a self-pollination 15 whereas plants of the parent selection have single flow made by the Inventor in Hinnerup, Denmark in September CS. 2003, of a proprietary Kalanchoe blossfeldiana selection Plants of the new Kalanchoe can be compared to plants of identified as code number KJ 2003 0564, not patented. The the Kalanchoe blossfeldiana cultivar Sarah, disclosed in a cultivar Kelly was discovered and selected by the Inventor as U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 1 1/633,112, filed con a flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated self currently. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in pollination in a controlled environment in Hinnerup, Den Hinnerup, Denmark, plants of the new Kalanchoe differed mark in May, 2004. from plants of the cultivar Sarah in the following character Asexual reproduction of the new Kalanchoe by vegetative istics: terminal cuttings in a controlled environment in Hinnerup, 1. Plants of the new Kalanchoe were more compact and Denmark since July, 2004, has shown that the unique fea had shorter internodes than plants of the cultivar Sarah. tures of this new Kalanchoe are stable and reproduced true 2. Flowers of plants of the new Kalanchoe had larger to type in Successive generations. flowers than plants of the cultivar Sarah. 3. Plants of the new Kalanchoe had double flowers SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 30 whereas plants of the cultivar Sarah had single flowers. The cultivar Kelly has not been observed under all pos 4. Plants of the new Kalanchoe and the cultivar Sarah sible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary differed in flower color. Somewhat with variations in environment and cultural prac 5. Plants of the new Kalanchoe flowered about four days tices such as temperature, daylength and light intensity later than plants of the cultivar Sarah. without, however, any variance in genotype. 35 The following traits have been repeatedly observed and BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS are determined to be the unique characteristics of Kelly. The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the These characteristics in combination distinguish Kelly as a overall appearance of the new Kalanchoe, showing the col new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe. 40 ors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored 1. Upright, uniform and moderately vigorous growth reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may habit. differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed US PP18,992 P2 3 4 botanical description which accurately describe the colors of Strength.—Strong. the new Kalanchoe. Texture.—Smooth, glabrous. The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side Color:—146A. perspective view of a typical flowering plant of Kelly Foliage description: grown in a container. Arrangement.—Opposite, simple, generally symmetri cal. The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a top Ouantity of leaves per lateral branch.—About 4. perspective view of a typical flowering plant of Kelly Length, vegetative plants.—About 8 cm to 12 cm. grown in a container. Width, vegetative plants.—About 5 cm to 7 cm. Length, generative plants. About 5 cm to 6 cm. DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION Width, generative plants. About 1 cm to 4 cm. The aforementioned photographs and following Shape.—Ovate. observations, measurements and values describe plants Apex. —Rounded. grown in Hinnerup, Denmark in a glass-covered greenhouse Base.—Cuneate. during the Summer and under conditions which closely Margin.—Crenate. approximate commercial production. During the production Texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Glabrous, leath of the plants, day temperatures were about 19° C. night ery; Succulent. temperatures were about 21°C. and light levels ranged from Venation pattern.—Pinnate. 10 kilolux to 50 kilolux. Unrooted cuttings were directly Color:—Developing and fully developed foliage, upper stuck in 10-cm containers and received long day/short night surface: 147A; Venation, 147A. Developing and fully conditions (more than 14 hours of light) for about two developed foliage, lower surface: 147B; venation, weeks; plants then received photoinductive short day/long 147B. night conditions (minimum 14 hours darkness) until flower Petiole.—Length: About 1 cm to 1.5 cm. Diameter: ing. Plants were about 12 weeks old when the photographs About 5 mm to 7 mm. Texture, upper and lower sur and the description were taken. In the detailed description, faces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper surface: 147A. color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Soci Color, lower surface: 147B. ety Color Chart, 2001 Edition, except where general terms of Flower description: ordinary dictionary significance are used. Flower arrangement and habit. —Double flowers arranged singly in compound dichasial cymes that Botanical classification: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana cultivar arise from leaf axils. Uniform and freely flowering Kelly. habit with usually about 40 to 60 flowers per inflo Parentage: rescence. Flowers not persistent. Flowers not fra Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Kal grant. anchoe blossfeldiana identified as code number KJ Natural flowering season.—Plants of the new Kalan 2003 0564, not patented. choe initiate and develop flowers under short day/ Male or pollen parent.—Proprietary selection of Kal long night conditions or during the late autumn/ anchoe blossfeldiana identified as code number KJ winter/early Spring. Flower initiation and 2003 0564, not patented. development can also be induced under artificial Propagation: short day/long night conditions (at least 14 hours of Tipe.—By vegetative terminal cuttings. darkness). Time to initiate roots, summer—About two weeks at Time to flower—Early flowering habit; under short temperatures of 19°C. to 21°C. day/long night photoinductive conditions, about 76 Time to initiate roots, winter—About three weeks at days are required. Actual time to flower is primarily temperatures of 19°C. to 21°C. dependent upon temperature and light intensity. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer—About Post-production longevity.—Excellent post-production 21 days attemperatures of 19°C. to 21°C. longevity; plants maintain good foliage and flower Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter—About Substance for about six weeks under interior environ 24 days attemperatures of 19°C. to 21°C. mental conditions. Root description. Fine, fibrous; white in color. Inflorescence height.—About 10 cm to 12 cm. Rooting habit.—Freely branching; moderately dense. Inflorescence diameter:—About 6 cm to 7 cm. Plant description: Flower diameter:—About 2 cm. Plant habit.—Upright, uniform and moderately vigor Flower length (height). About 1 cm. ous growth habit. Very freely flowering with numer Flower bud.—Shape: Ellipsoidal. Length: About 1.5 ous compound cymes. Inverted triangle with rounded cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Color: 29A to 30A. crown. Appropriate for 6-cm to 10-cm containers. Petals.—Arrangement: About eight fused at the base. Plant height at flowering.—About 16 cm to 20 cm. Length (largest petals): About 8 mm. Width (largest Plant diameter at flowering.—About 24 cm. petals): About 6 mm. Aspect: Slightly upright to Branching habit. Usually about four to nine lateral eventually recurved. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Mucr branches develop per plant. Pinching (removal of the onate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower Sur terminal apex) is not required but will enhance lateral faces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: When opening and branch development. fully opened, upper Surface: Towards the apex, Lateral branch description: N25A; towards the base, 33A. When opening and Length.—About 13 cm. fully opened, lower surface: Towards the apex. 29A. Diameter:—About 4 mm. towards the base, 30A. Internode length. —About 1 cm to 2 cm. Sepals.—Appearance: Four fused at the base. Length: Aspect.—Erect. About 8 mm.