Poinsettia
ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY 
     The new variety of poinsettia plant was discovered by applicant as a sport in a bed of Annette Hegg Hot Pink in applicant&#39;s greenhouse near Graterford, Pa. This discovery was made in June, 1978. 
     ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION OF THE VARIETY 
     Applicant has asexually reproduced the new and distinct variety in his greenhouse by rooting of cuttings from the new sport. The asexually reproduced poinsettia plants have uniformly new and distinct characteristics. 
     SUMMARY OF THE VARIETY 
     The new and distinct variety of poinsettia plant is characterized by the following features: 
     (1) The bracts are pink, a lighter pink than the parent. The pink color of the bract is deeper with greater illumination and paling with less illumination, as for example, when the bract is shaded. The closest designation on the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Color Chart is near 52D when fully illuminated, the color paling when shaded. On the Horticultural Color Chart (HCC) the closest designation is HCC 621 when the bract is fully illuminated, paling to HCC 621/3 when shaded. 
     (2) The bracts are large and of uniform color. The veins are obscured, particularly on the upper side, by a relatively heavy upper epidermal covering. 
     (3) The stamen filaments are lighter pink than those of the parent. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The drawing comprises a photographic reproduction in color of the new and distinct poinsettia plant of this application. The color of the bracts in the photograph is as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY 
     The new and distinct variety of poinsettia plant of this application was asexually reproduced from a sport of the parent Annette Hegg Hot Pink (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,761). 
     The bracts of the new variety of poinsettia plant are a lighter pink than the parent. The color of the bracts is near HCC 621 when fully illuminated, paling to near HCC 621/3 when shaded. It is believed that the lighter pink color is the result of a heavy white upper layer, and somewhat less heavy white lower layer, of epidermal cells covering a red interior. 
     The veins in the parent are prominent but in the new variety of plant the veins are almost obscured by the relatively heavy epidermal covering, particularly on the upper side. 
     The flower of the new variety of plant is larger than the flower of the parent. 
     The filaments of the stamen are light pink whereas the filaments of the stamen of the parent are dark pink. 
     The following is a chart which compares the color of the bracts of the new variety of plant of the present application with those of its antecedents and with other pink sports of its antecedents. However, an outstanding distinguishing characteristic of the new variety of plant is that the venation of the bracts is faint and obscure in comparison with the venation of the parent. 
     
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Bract Color Comparison with                                               
Antecedents and Pink Sports of Antecedents                                
Plant           Color of Bracts                                           
Patent          (RHS)     (HCC)                                           
No.     Plant Name  No.       No.   Name                                  
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 (S.N.2259)                                                               
        Ott         Near 52D  621 to                                      
                                    Carmine                               
                              621/3 Rose                                  
(S.N.2260)                                                                
        Ott         Near 52D  621 to                                      
                                    Carmine                               
                              621/3 Rose                                  
3392    A.H. Supreme                                                      
                    45D       820/2 Blood Red                             
2962    Annette Hegg                                                      
                    47A       821/2 Currant Red                           
3160    A.H. Dark Red                                                     
                    53B       822/1 Cardinal Red                          
3099    A.H. Pink   Near 47C  020/2 Delft Rose                            
3120    C-1 Pink    Near 47C  020/2 Delft Rose                            
3738    C-1 Hot Pink                                                      
                    47D       20/2  Geranium                              
                                    Lake                                  
3761    A.H. Hot Pink                                                     
                    52B       21/1  Carmine                               
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 Note: A.H. = Annette Hegg