Poinsettia plant named ‘EURZ0002’

Abstract

A new Poinsettia plant named EURZ0002 particularly distinguished by cream-white flower color, relatively large inflorescences with the bracts a little upright directed, early flowering response, dark green foliage, ovate leaves, and medium to strong vigour with good branching.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Poinsettia plant named EURZ0002, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawing shows typical flower and foliage characteristics of EURZ0002 with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type. The photographic drawings show flowering potted plants of the new variety. FIG. 1 is a close view flower bracts, and FIG. 2, taken shows a small flowering plant.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(2) The measurements were taken in Hauwert, Netherlands in mid-November 2014 on about 20 week old plants growing in a greenhouse. Cultivation of these plants had started in late July 2014 with planting of rooted cuttings into 12 cm pots and terminal pinching about 2 weeks later. The plants were grown under natural day light in the fall (no black cloth to initiate earlier flowering) and at the moderately warm temperature of 18 C. for the bench heating.

(3) The aforementioned photographs were both taken during the flowering season in mid-December 2012 in a greenhouse in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The plants were about 20 weeks old and grown in 12 cm pots.

(4) Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

(5) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY EURZ0002 AND A SIMILAR VARIETY FISMIRWHI, commercially Mira White, U.S. Plant Pat. EURZ0002 No. 20,958 Leaves length: 6.5 cm 4.5-7 cm Bract shape: Ovate, with very shallow Deep lobes, strong lobing lobes Plant habit: more open Tighter, more compact Cyathia: Smaller Bigger Plant: Form, growth and habit.Shrub, with the branches slanting upright, good branching. Plant height (inflorescence included).20 cm. Plant width.35 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate roots.18-20 days at about 24 degrees C. Number of days to produce a rooted cutting.24-26 days at 24 degrees C. Type.Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.RHS N155B but whiter. Foliage: Arrangement.Alternate, 6-8 leaves per branch. Immature, leaf color, upper surface.Approximately RHS 147A. Immature, leaf color, lower surface.RHS 137A. Mature, leaf color, upper surface.RHS 147A. Mature, leaf color, lower surface.RHS 137A. Length.10-13 cm. Width.8 cm. Shape.Ovate, with 2 to 4 lobes. Base shape.Truncate to rounded. Apex shape.Acuminate. Margin.Entire; lobes, when present mostly rounded. Aspect.Leaf blades are horizontally or slightly downwards directed. Texture, upper surface.Smooth. Texture, lower surface.Smooth, apart from the protruding veins. Color of veins, upper surface.RHS 147C. Color of veins, lower surface.RHS 144B. Petiole color, upper surface.RHS 144B. Lower surface.RHS 145B. Length.Most often 5-7 cm. Diameter.0.2-0.3 cm. Aspect.Slightly upward directed. Texture.Glabrous. Stem: Quantity of main branches per plant.About 3-4. Color of stem.Mainly RHS 143C-144B at the upper third of the stems. Length of stem.17 cm. Diameter.0.6-0.8 cm. Length of internodes.2 cm. Texture.Glabrous. Color of peduncle.RHS 144C. Length of peduncle.0.2-0.3 cm. Peduncle diameter.0.2 cm. Texture.Glabrous. Inflorescence: Type.Terminal cyme with surrounding whorl of colored bracts. Flowering, botanically (opening of the stamen, shedding of pollen).Around December 1. Flowering, commercially (sufficiently colored bracts).Mid-November. Flowering response time.About 6.5 weeks from equinox. Duration of flowering.Depends on light and environment, at least 4-6 weeks of shelf life. Fragrance.Absent. Shape of inflorescence.Rosette-like whorl, star-shaped; bracts borne nearly horizontally to downwards directed. Diameter of inflorescence.25-27 cm. Inflorescence, vertical diameter.5 cm. Number of completely colored bracts per inflorescence (sized over 2 cm).12-14. Single bract, shape.Ovate with relatively long, pointed tips, without or with weak lobes. Bract, apex.Acuminate. Bract, base.Rounded. Single bract, length of blade.13-14 cm, younger bracts diminishing in size. Single bract, width of blade.9 cm. Bract color, upper side.Close to RHS 2D. Bract color, lower side.RHS 150D. Vein color, upper surface.RHS 154C. Vein color, lower surface.RHS 151D. Texture.Weakly rugose, glabrous. Bract petiole color, upper surface.RHS 144B. Bract petiole color, lower surface.RHS 144C. Bract petiole, length.About 2.5-3.5 cm, shorter with younger bracts. Bract petiole diameter.0.2-0.3 cm. Cyme (true inflorescence): Cyme, diameter.1.5 cm. Number of cyathia.5-7, borne in a tight cluster. Cyathium, shape.Ovate. Cyathium, diameter.0.3-0.4 cm. Cyathium, length.0.6-0.7 cm. Color.RHS 144C. Nectar cups.Usually one per cyathium. Nectar cup, width.0.2-0.4 cm. Nectar cup, color.RHS N144B. Reproductive organs: Stamen (actually reduced male florets).Usually in a small bunch of 10-20 at the top of the cyathium. Shape.Strap-like. Filament length.0.2 cm. Filament color.RHS 1A. Anther color.RHS 11A. Anther diameter.0.1 cm. Pollen quantity.Moderate (normal quantity). Pollen color.RHS 12A. Female flowers.Not observed; May appear sparse in mid-winter, as occurrence depends much on light intensity, appear (if at all) about 4 weeks later than the stamen, a single flower emerges from the top of the cyathium with a short pedicel. Fertility/seed set.Has not been observed on this plant. Disease/pest resistance: Disease/pest resistance has not been observed on this plant.