Lobelia plant named ‘LOBZ0010’

Abstract

A new Lobelia plant named LOBZ0010 particularly distinguished by large, white flowers, strong stems with long inflorescences, medium green foliage, narrow leaves, medium sized, free branching, tight, mounding plant habit with upright directed stems.

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named LOBZ0010 as shown and described herein.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of LOBZ0010 with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type. The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1 a close-up of the flowers and in FIG. 2 a flowering potted plant of the new variety.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(2) The aforementioned photographs were taken on Apr. 20, 2015 from plants and were approximately 10-11 weeks of age.

(3) The observations and measurements were taken in Andijk, The Netherlands in May 2015 on the same, about 12 week old plants that were cultivated in a greenhouse in 10.5 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 LOBZ0010 and A MOST SIMILAR VARIETY KLELE11769, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 24,037, commercially known as LOBZ0010 Curacao Compact White Leaf, shape and Somewhat wider, Narrower, slightly margin: serrate, and with serrate, no petiole a petiole Flower, diameter: Larger: 2.1 cm Smaller: 1.4 cm Pubescence on leaf Little Very slight and stem: Plant habit: Upright, more Semi-upright, less compact compact plant LOBZ0010 Co-applied LOBZ0005 Plant habit and size: Upright Trailing Plant: Growth and habit.Vigorous growth habit; dense, and freely branching with short internodes, mounding with upright directed stems. Height.About 10-11 cm (from top of soil). Height (inflorescence included).About 30 cm. Width (horizontal diameter).From 25-35 cm. Branching characteristics.6 main stems, each with 3-4 secondary branches. Time to produce a finished flowering plant.About 11 weeks for a 12 cm pot. Garden performance.Used as patio planters, in mixed container plantings, or in garden beds. Time to initiate and develop roots.21-28 days at 20-23 Centigrade. Roots: Number of days to initiate roots.About 15 days at about 22 degrees C. Number of days to produce a rooted cutting.21-25 days. Type.Fibrous and freely branching. Color.RHS N155C. Foliage: Arrangement.Alternate. Leaf shape.Near base: obovate; otherwise oblanceolate, narrow. Apex.Obtuse. Base.Attenuate. Margin.Entire or serrate. Leaf length.3.5-5.5 cm. Leaf width.0.6-0.9 cm. Immature leaf, color upper surface.RHS 137B. Immature leaf, color lower surface.RHS 138B. Mature color upper surface.RHS 146B. Mature color lower surface.RHS 147C. Venation type.Pinnate. Venation color, upper surface.Same color as leaf blade. Venation color, lower surface.A little protruding, same color as leaf blade. Texture.Weak pubescence, both surfaces. Petiole.No petiole, leaves are sessile. Stem: Characteristics.With slightly strengthened, protruding edges, side branches are developed at almost every node. Stem length.7-9 cm. Diameter.0.3-0.5 cm. Internode length.2.5-3.5 cm. Color.Mainly RHS 145A. Texture.Finely pubescent. Inflorescence: Type.Raceme, composed of single flowers in an alternate arrangement with one flower per node, subtended by a small leaflet. Blooming habit.Continuously through the growing season from spring to the fall. Quantity of inflorescences per plant.About 15 per plant/35 per container. Quantity of flowers per inflorescence.Up to 16 open flowers, and additional buds. Lastingness of individual blooms on the plant.3-6 days, depending on temperature. Fragrance.None. Inflorescence length.19-22 cm. Peduncle: Color.RHS near 143B or 144B. Length.6-7 cm. Diameter.0.2 cm. Texture.Pubescent. Pedicels: Color.RHS 147A. Length.1.3-1.6 cm. Diameter.0.1 cm. Texture.Pubescent. Flower: Corolla type and shape.Single, zygomorphic; upper lip is formed by two small petals, lower lip has three larger petals; petals are fused at the base forming a relatively long funnel-shaped tube. Flower bud: Shape.Elongate. Length.0.8 cm. Diameter.0.3-0.4 cm. Color (at tight bud).RHS 157C (Greenish white) and RHS 157C (White). Immature flower: Main color upper surface.RHS 155A. Main color lower surface.RHS 155C at tip, RHS 155A at base. Immature flower, width.1.0 cm. Mature flower: Flower, (horizontal) length.2.1 cm. Flower, (horizontal) width.2.1 cm. Flower, vertical length (depth).2.2 cm. Color upper lip, upper surface.RHS 155B. Color upper lip, lower surface.RHS 155B. Upper petal lobes, length (from the tube opening): 1.1-1.2 cm. Upper petal lobes, width.0.3-0.4 cm. Color lower lip, upper surface.RHS 155C. Color lower lip, lower surface.RHS 155C. Nectaries at base of lower petals.RHS 145D. Lower petal lobes, length (from the corolla opening).1.1-1.4 cm. Lower petal lobes, width.0.7-1.0 cm. Tube, color (outside).RHS 157B. Tube length.0.9-1.1 cm. Tube width.0.3-0.4 cm. Petal: Shape.Obovate. Apex shape.Mucronulate. Base.Fused, funnel-shape. Margin.Entire. Texture upper surface.Glabrous. Texture lower surface.Short hair, mainly along the mid vein. Calyx: Shape.5 sepals in a whorl, slanting outwards, fused at the base. Sepal color.RHS 138A. Sepal length (free ends).0.8 cm, respective 1.1 cm when including the funnel shaped part. Width.0.2 cm. Shape.Ligulate. Apex.Acute. Base.Fused. Texture.Pubescent. Reproductive organs: Stamens: Quantity.5. Filament, color.RHS 155B. Filament length.0.6-0.8 cm. Filament, diameter.0.1 cm. Anther color.RHS 187A. Anther length.0.2 cm. Pollen amount.Little. Pollen color.RHS 3B to RHS 3C. Pistil: Quantity per flower.1. Length.1.0 cm. Stigma color.RHS 147A. Stigma length.0.25 cm. Style color.RHS 145A. Style length.From 0.7-0.8 cm. Fruit and seed set: Occasionally observed outdoors. Disease and insect resistance: Resistance and susceptibility typical for the species, no special observations made.