Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLECA17029’

Abstract

A new calibrachoa plant particularly distinguished by light pink flowers having a purple ring and yellow star pattern and a semi-upright plant habit, is disclosed.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of calibrachoa plant named KLECA17029 as illustrated and described herein.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

(1) This new calibrachoa plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph which shows the flowers and foliage of the plant. The photograph is of an eight-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany in June 2016. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

(2) The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of KLECA17029. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Stuttgart, Germany. Data was collected from plants grown 8 weeks since potting in a greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany in May, 2018. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.), 5.sup.th edition (2007). Classification: Family.Solanaceae. Species.Calibrachoa sp. Common name.Calibrachoa. Parentage: Female.Calibrachoa SUPERBELLS Banana Chocolate (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,385). Male.Calibrachoa CA-2013-0171 (unpatented). Plant description: Life cycle.Annual. Form.Short-lived subshrub. Habit.Semi-upright and mounding. Height (from soil line to top of foliage).10.5 cm. Spread.36.5 cm. Propagation.Vegetatively propagated. Type cuttings.Tip cuttings. Time to produce a rooted cutting.3 weeks. Stems: Stem color.RHS 144B. Pubescence.Present. Pubescence color.RHS 155A. Stem diameter.0.15 cm. Stem length.23.0 cm. From soil line to first node: 0.1 cm. Internode length.2.5 cm. Leaves: Arrangement.Opposite. Shape.Elliptic. Apex.Broadly acute. Base.Attenuate. Margin.Entire, Ciliate. Surface.Puberulent. Surface pubescence.Present. Pubescence color.RHS 155A. Venation.Arcuate. Venation color.Upper surface: RHS 145B. Lower surface: RHS 145A. Length.2.0 cm to 4.0 cm. Width.0.8 cm to 2.0 cm. Color.Upper surface: RHS N137B. Lower surface: RHS 147B. Fragrance.Absent. Attachment.Sessile. Flowers: Natural flowering season.Continuous flowering from spring through autumn and year round in a greenhouse environment. Flowering habit.Single flowers. Flower type.Determinate inflorescence. Flowering requirements.A minimum of light sun is required. Number of flowers per plant.100. Number of buds per plant.200. Duration of flowers.6 days. Corolla.Smooth texture. Shape.Funnel form. Fragrance.Absent. Pedicel length.2.2 cm. Pedicel diameter.0.13 cm. Flower buds: Surface.Smooth. Length.2.4 cm. Diameter.0.6 cm. Shape.Irregular to oblong. Color.RHS 36A (limbs) and RHS 154B (throat). Peduncle: Length.2.0 cm to 3.0 cm. Diameter.0.1 cm. Color.RHS 144A. Texture.Puberulent. Anthocyanin color.RHS N187A. Flower description: Flower depth.3.0 cm. Flower tube length.1.8 cm. Flower tube diameter.1.0 cm. Flower throat diameter.0.7 cm. Flower diameter.3.3 cm. Pedicel color.RHS 144A. Calyx.Funnel-shaped, salver form. Sepals: Quantity per flower.5. Texture.Densely glandular pubescent. Shape.Lanceolate. Apex.Narrowly acute. Margin.Entire, Ciliate. Length.1.0 cm. Diameter.0.4 cm. Sepal color.Upper surface: RHS 137A. Lower surface: RHS N137C. Petals: Shape.Abcordate. Length.1.8 cm. Apex.Truncate. Margin.Entire. Base.Fused in the tube. Pubescence.Absent. Texture.Upper surface: Glabrous. Lower surface: Glandular pubescent, dense along venation. Lobe length.1.5 cm. Lobe width.1.8 cm. Color.Lobe color: Upper surface: Star shaped marking and large color transition to corolla tube. Main color is RHS 73D from margin to transition; main color at transition to corolla tube is RHS 59A (near marking) to N66A (distal). Vein lobe color is RHS 177B. Lower surface: RHS 69B with veins colored RHS 200A. Corolla tube color: Inner: RHS 13A. Outer: RHS 13C. Fragrance.Absent. Reproductive organs: Stamen number.5. Anther color.RHS 11B. Anther shape.Bilobed, ovoid. Anther length.Approximately 0.1 cm. Filament color.RHS 1C. Filament length.Approximately 0.9 cm. Pollen color.RHS 10D. Pollen amount.Abundant. Ovary.Placenta arrangement: Ovate. Pistil number: 1. Pistil length: 0.9 cm. Stigma color: RHS 145B. Stigma shape: Funnel. Stigma length: Approximately 0.1 cm. Style length: 0.7 cm. Style color: RHS 150C. Fruit/seed set: None observed. Disease/insect resistance: None observed.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY

(3) KLECA17029 is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1:

(4) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Female parent Variety SUPERBELLS Male parent Trait KLECA17029 Banana Chocolate CA-2013-0171 Lobe color, Light pink with Orange yellow Dark violet upper a purple ring with a chocolate surface and yellow star brown center

(5) KLECA17029 is most similar to the calibrachoa plant named MINIFAMOUS NEO Apricot Red Splash (also known as KLECA17020, Plant patent application Ser. No. 15/998,125). Differences between the two varieties are described in Table 2:

(6) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Variety Commercial line Trait KLECA17029 KLECA17020 Plant vigor Medium Slightly above medium Earliness in Two days later than Two days earlier than flowering KLECA17020 KLECA17029 Lobe color, Light pink with a Yellow-orange with larger upper surface purple ring and red ring and smaller yellow yellow star star