Dracaena Vand. Ex. L. fragrans (group Compacta)
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The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Dracaena plant botanically known as Dracaena Vand. Ex. L. fragrans (group Compacta) and hereinafter referred to the cultivar name xe2x80x980101WS xe2x80x99.
The new cultivar was selected by the inventor, Ruud A. M. Scheffers, in Honselersdijk, in 1998. The new cultivar was obtained as a natural mutation of Dracaena Vand. Ex. L. fragrans (group Compacta) named xe2x80x98Surprisexe2x80x99 (unpatented).
The new cultivar was first asexually propagated by the inventor in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands, in 1998. Subsequent asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by division has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and in combination distinguish xe2x80x980101WSxe2x80x99 as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. three main colors in the length of the leaves: dark green (RHS 139 A), and grayish green center colors (RHS 188A and RHS 189D), secondary colors include: small green center stripes (RHS 144 A), and green varieties (between 139A and 188A), followed by a first rim of white (RHS 155B) and an outer rim of lemon color (RHS 144A);
2. strong, leathery, lightly ribbed leaves; and
3. leaf length 25 cm, leaf width 5-5.5 cm.
xe2x80x980101WSxe2x80x99 has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype on the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length without any change in genotype. The following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands under greenhouse conditions which closely approximate those generally used in horticultural practice.
In comparison with the well-known Dracaena Vand. Ex. L. fragrans (group Compacta) named xe2x80x98Surprisexe2x80x99, xe2x80x980101WSxe2x80x99 has three main colors in the length of the leaves: dark green center color, followed by a first, broad rim of white and an outer rim of lemon color. xe2x80x98Surprisexe2x80x99 does not have the broad white rim.