Nephrolepis exaltata-- Eleanor cultivar

Abstract

The invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Nephrolepis exaltata which is believed to be a whole plant mutation of Curly Boston. The new variety is exceptionally good for growing as a houseplant or in a hanging basket. When compared with Curly Boston the new variety commonly exhibits a faster growth, fronds of a more oblong configuration, larger serrations on the pinnae margins, larger pinnae, fewer pinnae per frond, diagonally disposed pinnae, and fewer fronds per plant.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Nephrolepis exaltata which is believed to be a whole plant mutation of the Curly Boston variety, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by (a) a faster growth habit than the Curly Boston variety, (b) a mature 1-pinnate frond configuration which tends to be more oblong than that of the Curly Boston variety wherein the frond configuration is more tapered, (c) considerably more pronounced serrations on the pinnae margins than the Curly Boston variety, (d) larger pinnae than the Curly Boston variety, (e) when fully developed fewer pinnae per frond than the Curly Boston variety, (f) pinnae which tend to be slightly diagonally disposed along the midrib of the frond while the pinnae of the Curly Boston variety tend to be disposed at substantially right angles to the midrib of the frond, and (g) when fully developed bears fewer fronds per plant than the Curly Boston variety.