USPP33182P3

USPP33182P3 - Hemp plant named ‘Painted Lady’

Info

Publication number: USPP33182P3
Application number: US16/602,561
Authority: US
Inventors: Jeremy Klettke
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-10-30
Filing date: 2019-10-30
Publication date: 2021-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-30
Also published as: US20210136973P1

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hemp (Cannabis) named ‘Painted Lady’ is disclosed, characterized by a 30:1 median ratio of Cannabidiol (CBD) to Tetrahydracannabinol (THC) at time of harvest, green hollow stem with red and purple hues, purple pistillate inflorescence with short white stigma, high yield potential, high frost tolerance, pest, disease, and mildew resistance, and low hermaphroditic potential in the female plant.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Botanical classification: Cannabis hybrid.

Variety denomination: ‘Painted Lady’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention comprises a new and distinct hemp cultivar, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name, ‘Painted Lady’. It is noted that “hemp” is a term used to describe varieties of Cannabis that contain 0.3% or less Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content by dry weight.

The inventor, Jeremy Klettke, discovered the new cultivar as a result of crossing two stabilized open source (unpatented) parents, hybridized from the species Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica. More specifically, ‘Painted Lady’ was discovered through a series of outdoor field trials carried out in 2016, 2017, and 2018, combined with a number of parallel indoor pollination projects at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg. ‘Painted Lady’ was the result of working with more than 12,000 individual variations of this hybrid.

Further developed in a closed environment breeding program, carried out indoors, ‘Painted Lady’ is characterized as a high yielding cultivar for Cannabidiol (CBD) production containing very low quantities of THC, Cannabigerol (CBG), Resorcinol, 2-(3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl)-5-pentyl, Cannabichromenic Acid (CBC-A), 5-hydroxy-2methyl-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-7-pentyl-chromene-6-carboxylic acid.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar has been done by stem propagation or cutting performed at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg. The unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type through successive generations. This is a cultivar bred for plant resin production, containing quantifiable amounts of cannabinoids and terpenes with little to no psychoactivity.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S. Colour Chart), 6^thedition, 2015, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

The term “cultivar” is used herein interchangeably with “variety” “strain,” and/or “clone.”

The cultivar ‘Painted Lady’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 ‘Painted Lady’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Painted Lady’ as a new and distinct hemp cultivar:

- 1. This plant is stable and quick growing.
- 2. This plant displays strong pest and disease resistance.
- 3. This plant is highly frost resistant, and resistant to powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii), grey mold or botrytis (Botrytis cinerea), and white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum).
- 4. This plant contains high quantities of the compound CBD and low quantities of THC or any other intoxicating compound, with a median CBD to THC ratio of 30:1. The range percentage by weight of the CBD content is 7-9%, and the range percentage by weight of the THC content is 0.2-0.3%.
- 5. This plant contains significantly higher quantities of the terpenes beta-Myrcene, beta-Caryophyllene, Ocimene Isomer II, alpha-Pinene, beta-Pinene, alpha-Humulene, alpha-Bisabolol, Limonene, and endo-fenchyl alcohol than either of its parents. As determined by liquid chromatography, the range percentages by weight of the terpenes are 0.75-3.5%.
- 6. This plant has low hermaphroditic potential in the female plant.
- 7. This plant displays strong tendencies to branch without traditional horticultural manipulation techniques.
- 8. This plant displays a unique non-alternating branching pattern in cloned plant examples.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Colors in the photographs may appear different from the color values that appear in the detailed botanical description which more accurately describe the new cultivar.

The photographs were taken using conventional techniques and, although colors may appear different from actual colors due to light reflectance, it is as accurate as possible by conventional photographic techniques.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a plant of ‘Painted Lady’, showing a developed water leaf.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a plant of ‘Painted Lady’, showing a cross-section of a cut stem.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a plant of ‘Painted Lady’, showing an immature, partially developed flower.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a plant of ‘Painted Lady’, showing a mature, developed flower.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a plant of ‘Painted Lady’, showing a whole, mature plant.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

This invention relates to a new hemp plant hybrid of Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica named ‘Painted Lady’. ‘Painted Lady’ is a plant bred for indoor and outdoor production of plant resin containing high quantities of the compound CBD and low quantities of THC or any other intoxicating compound. The present plant was developed over 3.5 years at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg., using parents selected from open source unstabilized dioecious seed and propagated cuttings. The plant can be grown in most climates through a normal summer growing season from 38-48 degrees of latitude either North or South of the equator. Although this plant is primarily dependent on the photoperiod for flowering, it can be grown throughout a large part of the year in latitudes within 10 degrees of the equator.

Parentage:
- - Seed.—Unnamed Cannabis hybrid ‘Oracle’ x ‘Otto II’ #103.
  - Pollen.—Unnamed Cannabis hybrid ‘Oracle’ x ‘Otto II’ #259.

The parent plants of ‘Painted Lady’ consist of a mother and a father developed from an elite, open source clone named ‘Oracle’ crossed with an unstabilized open source male named ‘Otto II’ which was selected from seed. ‘Oracle’ is a stable resin producing female with a CBD to THC ratio of 20:1 and has been available in limited circles of Cannabis cultivators and breeders. ‘Oracle’ is a short growing bushy plant with 1-1.5 inch internodal spacing with moderately broad leaf structure. ‘Otto II’ was developed and released in seed form as a CBD producing hemp cultivar for outdoor production. ‘Otto II’ contains small but measurable amounts of terpenes and very little THC with ratios of CBD to THC ranging from 15:1 through 25:1.

The claimed plant ‘Painted Lady’ has been stabilized and has a median CBD to THC ratio of 30:1. ‘Painted Lady’ also contains significantly higher quantities of terpenes than either of its parents and has been bred to avoid hermaphroditic potential in the female plant.

TABLE I

LATIN	Cannabis hybrid
NAME OF
THE
FAMILY,
GENUS AND
SPECIES
VARIETY	‘Painted Lady’
DENOMI-
NATION
MARKET	Hemp
CLASS
PROPAGA-	Typically propagated asexually via stem cuttings and
TION	F1 rootstock. Cloning is performed in a propagation
	chamber with low par reduced spectrum lighting.
	The propagation chamber has reduced environmental
	variablity to maintain a relative humidity at or about
	75% and a constant temperature of 72 degrees
	Fahrenheit.
PLANT	Bush-like structure. This branching of this structure
DESCRIP-	is further broadened by removing the terminal flower.
TION	The natural height of the plant at annual harvest
	(maturity) is 4-5 feet, and the width is 5.5-7 feet.
	The plant is primarily self supporting through its
	life cycle.
STEM	Hollow ribbed stem with some red and purple
DESCRIP-	striping on the more mature woody parts. Stem
TION	thickness is medium, stem depth of ribbing is
	medium, and stem pith in cross-section is medium.
	Stems are strong with a tendency to bend rather than
	snap. Texture is coarse due to sessile glands covering
	the surface. Color is wintergreen (RHS 128A)
	changing to emerald green (RHS N134C) at maturity.
BUD	Early flower development and resin production in
DESCRIP-	flowering, comparatively short broad stigmas that are
TION	consistently white (RHS N155C) in color. Finished
	buds or pistillate inflorescences range in size from
	16-24 inches in length on the primary branches, with
	broken internodal buds continuing down the
	branches for 3 feet toward the base of the plant with
	increased sparsity. Finished buds range in diameter
	from 2-3 inches at the top of the branch down to 0.5
	inches towards the base of the plant. Finished buds
	range in color from light green (RHS 140C) to
	purple (RHS N74A).
LEAF	Each leaf is compound and contains either 7 or 9
DESCRIP-	leaflets with uniform and mild serration. The leaflets
TION	are narrow with moderate separation at the base. The
	average leaf length is 3 inches, the central leaflet
	average length is 3.5-4 inches, and the central leaflet
	average width is ⅝ of an inch The leaf surface
	texture is rough on the top due to stiff hairs and both
	sides are covered with sessile glands. The leaf
	fragrance is lavender with fruity mango notes. The
	upper leaf surface color is strong yellowish green
	(RHS 134B) and the lower leaf surface color is
	strong yellow green (RHS 142A). The venation
	pattern is primarily palmate, serrated leaflets with
	no double serration only a single vein to each
	serrated tip. The leaf has unique exaggerated
	serrations.
	The petiole has an average length of 2 inches and
	an average diameter of 4 mm. The petiole trichome
	type is a sessile gland with limited to no capitate
	head. The petiole intensity of anthocyanin is weak,
	and the petiole color is brilliant yellowish green
	(RHS 134C). The stipule is 1/16-⅛ of an inch in
	size, and narrow and needle-like in shape. The stipule
	contains no visible trichomes. The stipule color is
	brilliant yellow green (RHS 142B).
FLOWER	The primary flowers when finished are large at 2.5-3
DESCRIP-	inches in diameter and 16-24 inches long on average,
TION	very dense or tight in structure, covered densely in
	trichomes. The flowers have a high calyx to leaf
	ratio which provides stronger cannabinoid production.
	The finished flower is highly resinous and aromatic.
	The appearance of the dried flower is sparkling with
	trichomes. The leafy parts of the flower (primarily
	sugar leaves) retain green as a base color mixed with
	red, purple, and blue hues. The pistillate inflorescence
	is moderate purplish red (RHS 186B) and the stigma
	remains white until maturity. The immature stigma
	color is light yellow green (RHS 144D), and the
	mature stigma color is dark greenish yellow (RHS
	152C). The average length of the stigma is 4 mm.
	The flowering season is May through October. The
	average bract size is 1-1.5 cm, and the bract quantity
	per flower is several dozen (the flower size can vary
	significantly depending upon the flower location on
	the plant as well as the overall size of the plant).
	The bract shape is oval, and the bract trichome type
	is sessile. The bract color is strong yellowish green
	(RHS 141C). The average bracteole size is 2-3 mm,
	and the bracteole quantity per flower is 4-6. The
	bracteole has a sessile trichome type. The bracteole
	shape is arrow-like, and the bracteole color is
	brilliant green (RHS 128A). The average sugar leaf
	size is 10 cm. The sugar leaf has both glandular and
	non-glandular trichome types. The sugar leaf color
	is strong yellowish green (RHS 141C).
FRUIT	The fruit type is pistillate inflorescence. The fruit
DESCRIP-	shape is a tall and fat pinecone shape. The average
TION	size of the fruit is 4 inches in diameter and 7 inches
	in length. The fruit color is deep purplish red (RHS
	187D).
ROOT	Short taproot from seed that is generally not deeper
DESCRIP-	than 30 cm at maturity. There are dense subsurface
TION	lateral roots spreading out to 70 cm from the base
	of the plant.
SEED	The seeds are 2.5-3 mm long with a slightly oval
DESCRIP-	shape that has a depression at one end and a rounded
TION	point at the opposite end. The seeds are dark purple
	to black in color. With veins throughout the leaf
	surface when closely observed. The seed color of
	testa is greyish yellow green (RHS 198A), and seed
	marbling is medium. The average weight per 1000
	seeds is low (less than 10 grams).
FRAGRANCE/	Sharp astringent tropical fruit odor with notes of
TASTE	blueberries and anise in the ripe flower/bud. The
	stem also produces a sour aroma with notes of
	blueberry when rubbed.
GROWTH	Annual, dioecious, erect herb. Unique internodal
HABIT	spacing consisting of two nodes 1 inch apart
	separated by a 2.5-3 inch gap then followed again
	by 2 nodes separated by 1 inch.
DISEASE	Naturally pest and disease resistant. Bred from pest,
RESISTANCE	pathogen, and virus free mother stock to reduce the
	potential for any predisposition for a virus or
	pathogen to influence the genetic material.
	The plant has shown resistance to the pests fall
	armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalh), two spotted
	spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), and broad mite
	(Polyphagotarsonemus latus). The plant is resistant
	to most common molds, including Botrytis cinerea,
	and powdery mildews, such as Podosphaera xanthii.
	In addition, the plant has shown some resistance to
	Hyphomycetes such as Fusarium spp.
PRODUC-	The plant is grown annually in a moderate climate
TIVITY	with a growing season of 5 to 6 months. Over an
	average growing summer, the plant will yield 1.5-2.5
	lbs. of dried plant material. Average time from
	planting to harvest is 4.5-5.5 months. The shipping
	quality is high. The market use is for oil production
	and smokable flower production. The storage life is
	3-6 months depending on storage climate.
TEMPER-	Frost resistance down to 28° Fahrenheit as a young
ATURE	sapling. Frost resistance down to 22° Fahrenheit as
TOLERANCE	a mature flowering plant
GROWTH	Outdoor: Annual from March to October. Indoor:
CYCLE	Photoperiod dependent vegetative cycle with an
	approximate 50 day flowering cycle.

COMPARISON TO RELATED KNOWN CULTIVAR

‘Painted Lady’ is distinguished from ‘Eighty Eight’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 16/602,563) in that the plant of ‘Painted Lady’ is slightly taller in height than the plant of ‘Eighty Eight’. Further, the flowers of ‘Painted Lady’ have internode spacing that is more spread out, which provides the flowers with a longer appearance than the flowers of ‘Eighty Eight’. In addition, the overall color palette of ‘Painted Lady’ is lighter than the overall color palette of ‘Eighty Eight’.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A new and distinct cultivar of hemp plant named ‘Painted Lady’ as illustrated and described.