Cal Corink

Calibrachoa

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'USCALI47' (Superbells Coral Pink)

Summary: 'Cal Corink' is a calibrachoa variety which has smaller flowers than 'USCALI47'. 'Cal Corink' differs slightly in main colour from the reference variety, however, the main difference is that 'Cal Corink' flowers have a bright yellow spot on the lower corolla lobe, at the transition to the corolla tube. 'USCALI47' flowers do not have a yellow spot at the transition to the tube. The veins on the inner side of the corolla tube of 'Cal Corink' are very weakly conspicuous, whereas the veins inside the corolla tube of 'USCALI47' are moderately conspicuous.

Description:

PLANT: trailing to mounding growth habit, medium to broad width
SHOOT: thin, medium length, weak anthocyanin colouration
LEAF: short to medium length, narrow to medium width, elliptic, narrow to broad acute apex, medium green

SEPAL: short to medium length, lanceolate shape, no anthocyanin
FLOWER: single, funnelform, small to medium diameter, short to medium pedicel
COROLLA: moderate lobing, blue pink on upper side, yellow secondary colour at transition to corolla tube, violet on lower side, red veins, veins moderately conspicuous, weak undulation of margin
COROLLA TUBE: medium to long, yellow on inner side, very weakly conspicuous veins
ANTHER: yellowish white before dehiscence, yellow after dehiscence

Origin & Breeding History: 'Cal Corink' was developed by the breeder, an employee of Goldsmith Seeds, California, U.S.A., as part of a planned pedigree breeding program. The new variety originated from the cross made in November 2002 between the female parent '111', a proprietary seedling with orange coloured flowers, and the male parent '144', a proprietary seedling with cherry red coloured flowers. The resultant seed was sown and a single plant was selected by the breeder based on flower and leaf colour, flowering time and branching habit.

Tests & Trials: The tests and trials for 'Cal Corink' were conducted in a polyhouse during the summer of 2006 in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included a total of 20 plants of each of the candidate and reference varieties. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 25 cm baskets on April 20, 2006. Each basket contained 3 cuttings with a total of 7 baskets per variety. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of each variety on July 4, 2006. All colour measurements were made using the RHS Colour Chart 2001.

Comparison tables for 'Cal Corink' with reference variety 'USCALI47'

Diameter of corolla (cm)

Main colour of corolla lobe (RHS)

Secondary colour of corolla lobe (RHS)

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Calibrachoa: 'Cal Corink' (left) with reference variety 'USCALI47' (right)