KLEOE10180

Osteospermum

Variety Description

Varieties used for comparison: 'Balserpinkim' (Serenity Pink) and 'KLEOE10181' (3D Purple)

Summary: 'KLEOE10180' has a longer leaf than 'KLEOE10181'. The flower head of 'KLEOE10180' is anemone type while that of 'Balserpinkim' is daisy type. The colour on the upper side of the ray floret from a young flower head of 'KLEOE10180' is light blue violet overlaid with strong, longitudinal, blue pink stripes whereas, it is purple to blue pink for 'Balserpinkim' and light blue violet overlaid with strong, longitudinal, blue pink stripes for 'KLEOE10181'. 'KLEOE10180' has a smaller flower head diameter with shorter ray florets than 'Balserpinkim'. The main colour on the upper side of the ray floret of 'KLEOE10180' is blue pink overlaid with darker blue pink, longitudinal stripes and apex whereas, it is blue pink overlaid with darker blue pink for 'Balserpinkim' and blue pink overlaid with strong, longitudinal, purple stripes for 'KLEOE10181'. The colour group of the middle zone on the lower side of the ray floret is purple to brown purple (red purple) for 'KLEOE10180' while it is violet to brown violet for 'Balserpinkim' and purple to brown purple for 'KLEOE10181'.

Description:

PLANT: attitude of shoots is semi-erect

LEAF: shallow to medium depth indentations of margin, no variegation, medium green on upper side

YOUNG FLOWER HEAD: upper side of ray floret is light blue violet (RHS 76B) overlaid with strong, longitudinal, blue pink (RHS N74C) stripes
FLOWER HEAD: no paracorolla, anemone type
RAY FLORET: rounded apex, inward rolling of longitudinal margins is absent on all flowers, basal zone is white to light blue violet (RHS 76D), one colour on upper side, main colour on upper side (basal zone excluded) is blue pink (RHS N74D) overlaid with darker blue pink (RHS 72D) longitudinal stripes and apex, colour distribution on upper side is lighter towards base, colour group of middle zone of lower side is purple to brown purple (red purple)
DISC FLORET BEFORE DEHISCENCE: yellow with dark blue tip
FUNNEL SHAPED DISC FLORET: outer side of corolla tube is blue pink (RHS 186C-D) with light brown (RHS 173D) and yellow tones at apex

Origin & Breeding History: 'KLEOE10180' was bred and developed by the breeder, Andrea Dohm, in Stuttgart, Germany. It originated from a pollination conducted in June 2007 between two proprietary seedlings. The resultant seedlings were selected in April 2008 in Stuttgart using stable anemone-type flowers with enlarged disc florets as the selection criteria. In January 2009, these selected seedlings were evaluated in greenhouse trials and assessed for uniformity of the anemone-type disc florets, and medium plant vigour. In August 2009, a single seedling was selected for commercialization and named 'KLEOE10180'.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'KLEOE10180' were conducted in a polyhouse during the spring of 2012 at BioFlora Inc. in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trials included a total of 20 plants each of the candidate and reference varieties. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 11.5 cm pots on April 23, 2012. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of each variety on June 11, 2012. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) Colour Charts.

Comparison tables for 'KLEOE10180' with reference varieties 'Balserpinkim' and 'KLEOE10181'

Leaf length (cm)

Flower head diameter (cm)

Ray floret length (cm)

Main colour of ray floret from young flower head (RHS)

Main colour of ray floret (RHS)

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Osteospermum: 'KLEOE10180' (left) with reference varieties 'Balserpinkim' (centre) and 'KLEOE10181' (right)

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Osteospermum: 'KLEOE10180' (left) with reference varieties 'Balserpinkim' (centre) and 'KLEOE10181' (right)

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Osteospermum: 'KLEOE10180' (left) with reference varieties 'Balserpinkim' (centre) and 'KLEOE10181' (right)