Botanical designation:Phalaenopsis hybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘GOOD KARMA’.

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Title: Varieties ofPhalaenopsisPlants

Inventor: René Schoone

Filed: Jun. 6, 2020

Ser. No. 62/705,003

Inventor and Applicant/Assignee hereby claims the benefit of this provisional U.S. Patent Application.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR and APPLICANT/ASSIGNEE

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee of the instant application, Floricultura B.V. of Heemskerk, The Netherlands on Sep. 17, 2020, application number 2020/2187. Foreign priority is not claimed to this European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application.

The Inventor and Applicant/Assignee assert that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor and/or Applicant/Assignee. Inventor and Applicant/Assignee claim a prior art exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofPhalaenopsisplant, botanically known asPhalaenopsis hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Good Karma’.

The newPhalaenopsisplant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Den Hoorn and Heemskerk, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new fast-growing and freely floweringPhalaenopsisplants with good leaf shape and large flowers with unique and attractive patterns and coloration.

The newPhalaenopsisplant originated from a cross-pollination in January, 2011 in Den Hoorn, The Netherlands of a proprietary selection ofPhalaenopsis hybridaidentified as code number ST 4005, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection ofPhalaenopsis hybridaidentified as code number ST 3676, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The newPhalaenopsisplant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a controlled greenhouse environment in Heemskerk, The Netherlands in September, 2017.

Asexual reproduction of the newPhalaenopsisplant by in vitro meristem propagation in a controlled environment in Assendelft, The Netherlands since September, 2018 has shown that the unique features of this newPhalaenopsisplant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the newPhalaenopsishave been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Good Karma’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Good Karma’ as a new and distinctPhalaenopsisplant:1. Upright plant habit.2. Moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit.3. Strong flowering stems.4. Strong leaves.5. Freely flowering habit with typically two inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers.6. Large light purple-colored flowers with reddish purple-colored venation and stripes and white-colored margins.7. Good postproduction longevity.

Plants of the newPhalaenopsiscan be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the newPhalaenopsisdiffer primarily from plants of the female parent selection in flower ground color as flowers of plants of the newPhalaenopsisare light purple in color whereas flowers of plants of the female parent selection are white in color. In addition, flowers of plants of the newPhalaenopsishave prominent venation and stripes whereas flowers of plants of the female parent selection are densely covered with spots and have no conspicuous venation and few stripes.

Plants of the newPhalaenopsiscan be compared to plants of the male parent selection. Plants of the newPhalaenopsisdiffer primarily from plants of the male parent selection in flower ground color as flowers of plants of the newPhalaenopsisare light purple in color whereas flowers of plants of the male parent selection are violet in color. In addition, flowers of plants of the newPhalaenopsishave prominent venation and stripes whereas flowers of plants of the male parent selection have less conspicuous venation and fewer stripes.

Plants of the newPhalaenopsiscan be compared to plants ofPhalaenopsis hybrida‘Precious Love’, disclosed in U.S. Provisional Patent application Ser. No. 62/705,003 and in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 17/339,962 filed concurrently. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newPhalaenopsisdiffer primarily from plants of ‘Precious Love’ in flower color as plants of the newPhalaenopsishave light purple-colored flowers with reddish purple-colored venation and stripes whereas plants of ‘Precious Love’ have purplish pink-colored flowers with darker purplish pink-colored stripes and venation.

