BBCAL87705

Calibrachoa

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'KLECA16371' (MiniFamous Uno Violet Star)

Summary: The plants of 'BBCAL87705' have a semi-upright to spreading growth habit and are narrower than those of 'KLECA16371', which have a spreading growth habit. The leaf blade of 'BBCAL87705' is shorter than that of 'KLECA16371'. The anthocyanin colouration on the pedicel of 'BBCAL87705' is of medium to strong intensity while that of 'KLECA16371' is of absent or very weak to weak intensity. At the transition to the corolla tube, the area of dark violet on the inner side of the corolla lobe is medium sized to large for that of 'BBCAL87705' whereas it is very small for that of 'KLECA16371'. The corolla lobe of 'BBCAL87705' has a truncate apex whereas the corolla lobe of 'KLECA16371' has a truncate and emarginate apex.

Description:

PLANT: semi-upright to spreading growth habit

LEAF BLADE: obtuse to rounded apex, no variegation, medium green on upper side

PEDICEL: medium to strong intensity of anthocyanin colouration
FLOWER: single type, weak degree of lobing
COROLLA LOBE: weak conspicuousness of veins, truncate apex
COROLLA LOBE (INNER SIDE): when newly opened mainly violet (darker and brighter than RHS N82A) to dark violet (as dark as RHS 83B), when fully opened mainly violet (closest to RHS N82A), when aged mainly light blue violet (darker than RHS 76A), secondary colour white (RHS NN155D) distributed as narrow bands along the fused parts of corolla lobes, medium to large rounded area of dark violet (RHS N92A) at transition to corolla tube, very large star-shaped yellow marking at transition to corolla tube
COROLLA TUBE (INNER SIDE): yellow (RHS 9B), weak to medium conspicuousness of veins

Origin & Breeding History: 'BBCAL87705' originated from a controlled cross conducted by the breeder, Brent D. Barnes, an employee of Plant 21 LLC, Bonsall, California, USA. The cross was made on October 15, 2015 between two proprietary seedlings, female parent designated '15CB414-01' and male parent designated '15CB688-02' in Bonsall, California. From the resulting progeny, 'BBCAL87705' was selected as a single seedling on June 23, 2016 based on its plant growth habit, branching, free flowering, flower coverage, flower colour and pattern and garden performance. The first propagation by vegetative tip cuttings of 'BBCAL87705' took place on June 25, 2016 in Bonsall, California, USA.

Tests & Trials: The comparative trial for 'BBCAL87705' was conducted in a polyhouse during the summer of 2020 at BioFlora Inc. in St. Thomas, Ontario. There were a total of 20 plants each of the candidate and reference variety. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 30 cm diameter hanging baskets on April 28, 2020. Each basket contained 4 cuttings with a total of 5 baskets per variety. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants, or parts of plants, on June 11, 2020. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'BBCAL87705' with reference variety 'KLECA16371'

Plant width (cm)

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Calibrachoa: 'BBCAL87705' (left) with reference variety 'KLECA16371' (right)

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Calibrachoa: 'BBCAL87705' (left) with reference variety 'KLECA16371' (right)

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Calibrachoa: 'BBCAL87705' (left) with reference variety 'KLECA16371' (right)