USPP33213P3

USPP33213P3 - Cannabis plant named ‘Honey H-2018’

Info

Publication number: USPP33213P3
Application number: US16/501,982
Authority: US
Inventors: Kevin Sullivan
Original assignee: MJ Brain Bank LLC
Current assignee: MJ Brain Bank LLC
Priority date: 2019-07-15
Filing date: 2019-07-15
Publication date: 2021-06-29
Also published as: US20210022280P1

Abstract

‘Honey H-2018’ is new Cannabis plant variety that has a combination of beneficial characteristics that include high potency, sweet aroma, greater tolerance for fungal diseases, and high vigor.

Description

Genus and species: The Cannabis variety of this invention is botanically identified as Cannabis sativa.

Variety denomination: The variety denomination is ‘Honey H-2018’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention refers to a new plant variety of Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) named ‘Honey H-2018’. The new Cannabis variety is product of a planned and controlled breeding program for new Cannabis varieties. The objective of the breeding program is to select new Cannabis varieties with a combination of desired vigor, potency, aroma, bud structure/form, yield, and tolerance or resistance to fungal diseases.

The new Cannabis variety is a product of a planned breeding program intended to combine some of the desirable characteristics of two existing varieties: G-13x Hashplant (a.k.a., “Retro Boogie”) (Cannabis indica) and SFV OG Kush x Jack's Cleaner 2 (a.k.a., “Long Bottom Leaf”) (Cannabis sativa). The variety arose from a cross between the parental varieties; using Long Bottom Leaf as the pollen donor. The parental cross was made in April 2017. Single plants were selected and reproduced by cuttings using traditional horticultural plugs, trays and domes. One of the reproduced plants showed pronounced vigor and was selected as and named ‘Honey H-2018’. This plant was transferred to the production on July 2017 and has been asexually reproduced by cuttings since that time. The distinctive characteristics of the variety are stable through successive generations.

The plant was asexually reproduced in Denver, Colo. For asexual reproduction, axillary branches of the plant were excised from the mother plant. The cuttings were treated with indole 3 butyric acid; the cuttings were allowed to root over a period of three weeks at a temperature of 77 degrees F., relative humidity of 60%-80% and constant illumination at an intensity of 100 PPFD.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be unique characteristics of ‘Honey H-2018’ which in combination distinguish this Cannabis plant as a new and distinct variety, as compared to the parents, the closet varieties:

- 1. The new variety has higher potency as compared to the parents, the closest varieties.
- 2. The new variety has a sweet aroma as compared to the earthy or spicy aroma in the parents.
- 3. The new variety has a greater tolerance for fungal diseases such as powdery mildew.
- 4. The new variety has more vigor as compared to the parents, the closest varieties.

The traits of the new variety was tested at 2600 West Barberry Pl. Denver, Colo., U.S.A.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the appearance of the new Cannabis variety when the plants were at 63 days after flower initiation. The colors in the photographs are depicted as nearly true as is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors as shown in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description.

FIG. 1 shows a branch of a plant of the new variety.

FIG. 2 shows a single plant of the new variety.

FIG. 3 shows flowers of a plant of the new variety.

FIG. 4 shows a dried bud of a plant of the new variety.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The following description is based on observations made in February of 2016 on plants produced according to an ordinary growth cycle. However, the new Cannabis variety ‘Honey H-2018’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new variety may vary with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature, light intensity and day length without any change in the genotype of the plant.

The photographs and description are taken from plants grown at the 2600 West Barberry Pl. in Denver, Colo., U.S.A. Following rooting, the cuttings were transplanted into the growth medium, Hydroton®, and were grown for approximately 6 weeks or until roots emerged. The plants were then allowed to grow additional 9 weeks. During growth, all plants were fed and watered with nutrients from the Botanicare® Kind® line. Carbon dioxide concentration was measured and supplemented as required, between 900-1500 ppm. Vegetative growth was at a temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and relative humidity of 45 with constant illumination of 600 PPFD provided by 600 W Metal Halide grow lights. After adequate vegetative growth had been attained, flowering was induced by changing the photoperiod to 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness.

Plants were observed on day 63 after the flower induction and the botanical description thereof is provided below. Characteristics described represent those which are typical for the new variety. Measurements and numerical values represent averages for 12 typical plants and plant parts. The actual measurements of any individual plant of plant parts, or any group of plants of plant parts, may vary from the stated averages.

Plant Description

TABLE 1

General

		Parental	Parental	Check
		variety	variety	Variety
		(Female	(Pollen	(Cannabis
Characteristic	New Variety	plant)	donor)	Sativa)

Plant life forms	Herba-	Herba-	Herba-	Herba-
	ceous Plant	ceous Plant	ceous Plant	ceous Plant
Plant growth habit	Upright,	Upright,	Upright,	Upright,
	tap-rooted	tap-rooted	tap-rooted	tap-rooted
	annual	annual	annual	annual
	plant	plant	plant	plant
Plant origin	F1 hybrid	F1 Cannabis	F1 hybrid	F1 hybrid
	between two	Subspecies	between	between
	Cannabis	(G-13 x	two	two
	Subspecies	Hashplant)	Cannabis	Cannabis
	((G-13 x		Subspecies	Subspecies
	Hashplant) x		(SFV	(Lambs
	(SFV OG		OG Kush x	Bread x
	Kush x Jack's		Jack's	Sour
	Cleaner 2)		Cleaner 2)	Diesel)
Plant propagation	Asexual	Asexual	Asexual	Asexual
Propagation ease	Easy¹	Easy	Moderate²	Moderate
Height	Variable; 1	Variable; 1	Variable;	Variable;
(Unit: m or cm)	meter	meter	1 meter	1 meter
Width	Variable;	Variable;	Variable;	Variable;
(Unit: m or cm)	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
	meters	meters	meters	meters
Plant vigor	High	High	Medium	High
Time to Harvest	18-20	18-20	18-20	18-20
(Seed to Harvest)	weeks	weeks	weeks	weeks
Resistance to pests	No	No	No	No
or non-fungal
diseases?
Is this plant a	No	No	No	No
Genetically
Modified
Organism?

¹Easy refers to plants that don't require any special products, chemicals or hormones for rooting. Roots will also show up within 10-14 days.
²Moderate refers to plants that may take 14-21 days with an increase in rooting after additional hormone or nutrient has been introduced.

TABLE 2

Leaf/Foliage

		Parental	Parental
		variety	variety
	New	(Female	(Pollen	Check
Characteristic	Variety	plant)	donor)	Variety

Leaf	Alternate	Alternate	Alternate	Alternate
arrangement
(Phyllotaxy)
Leaf shape	Palmately	Palmately	Palmately	Palmately
	compound	compound	compound	compound
Leaf structure	Palmately	Palmately	Palmately	Palmately
	compound	compound	compound	compound
Leaf margins	Coarsely	Coarsely	Coarsely	Coarsely
	serrated	serrated	serrated	serrated
	pointing	pointing	pointing	pointing
	towards tip	towards tip	towards tip	towards tip
	of leaflet	of leaflet	of leaflet	of leaflet
Leaf hairs	Absence	Absence	Absence	Absence
(Presence
or absence)
Leaf length	20	16	16	18
with petiole
at maturity
(Unit: cm)
Petiole length	12	10	11	12
at maturity
(Unit: cm)
Stipule length	1	1	1	1
at maturity
(Unit: cm)
Stipule shape	Long,	Long,	Long,	Long,
	bulbous	bulbous	bulbous	bulbous
	bases with	bases with	bases with	bases with
	acuminate	acuminate	acuminate	acuminate
	(tapering	(tapering	(tapering	(tapering
	concave to	concave to	concave to	concave to
	apex) shape	apex) shape	apex) shape	apex) shape
Number of	5-9	5-9	5-9	5-9
leaflets
Middle largest	8	6	8	8
(longest)
leaflet length
(Unit: cm)
Middle largest	2	2	2	2
(longest)
leaflet width
(Unit: cm)
Middle largest	4:1	3:1	4:1	4:1
(longest)
leaflet
length/width
ratio
Number teeth	12	13	11	13
of middle
leaflet
(average)
Leaf (upper	141C	141C	141C	141C
side) color
(RHS³No.)
Leaf (lower	143A	143A	143A	143A
side) color
(RHS No.)
Leaf glossiness	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Vein/midrib	Even, not	Even, not	Even, not	Even, not
shape	alternate.	alternate.	alternate.	alternate.
(general	Slightly points	Slightly	Slightly	Slightly
description)	towards tip just	points	points	points
	like the	towards tip	towards tip	towards tip
	serrations	just like the	just like the	just like the
		serrations	serrations	serrations
Vein/midrib	Light green	Light green	Light green	Light green
color	(RHS 140B)	(RHS 140B)	(RHS 140B)	(RHS
				140B)
Aroma	Sweet	Earthy	Herbal/Spicy	Gas/Fuel,
(general				Earthy
description)

³RHS stands for Royal Horticultural Colour Chart, which can be found at: rhscforgfree.com

TABLE 3

Stem

		Parental	Parental
		variety	variety
		(Female	(Pollen	Check
Characteristic	New Variety	plant)	donor)	Variety

Stem shape	hollow, large,	hollow,	hollow, large,	hollow, large,
(general	rugose,	large, rugose,	rugose,	rugose,
description)	punctuate,	punctuate,	punctuate,	punctuate,
	minutely	minutely	minutely	minutely
	glandular,	glandular,	glandular,	glandular,
	ribbed with	ribbed with	ribbed with	ribbed with
	ribs running	ribs running	ribs running	ribs running
	parallel	parallel to	parallel to	parallel
	to stem	stem	stem	to stem
Stem	1.25	1	1.5	1
diameter
at base
(Unit: cm)
Stem color	144D	144D	144D	144D
(RHS No.)

TABLE 4

Inflorescence (Female/Pistillate Flowers)

		Parental	Parental
	New Variety	variety	variety
Charac-	(Female	(Female	(Pollen	Check
teristic	plant)	plant)	donor)	Variety

Flowering	Dioecious.	Dioecious.	Dioecious.	Dioecious.
(blooming)	Forms a tall	Forms a tall	Small
habit	intercon-	intercon-	inflores-
(General	nected	nected	cences,
description)	cola or	cola or	tightly
	terminal	terminal	packed
	bud	bud	against
			stem and
			separated all
			along plants
			branches.
Proportion	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
of female
plants
(50%
or less?)
Inflores-	Above	Above	Above	Above
cence
position
Flower	Over-	Over-	Over-	Over-
arrange-	lapping*	lapping*	lapping*	lapping*
ment
Number of	240	190	210	200
flowers
per plant
Flower	sessile	sessile	sessile	sessile
shape	and are	and are	and are	and are
	borne in	borne in	borne in	borne in
	racemes.	racemes.	racemes.	racemes.
	Each	Each	Each	Each
	flower has a	flower has a	flower has a	flower has a
	small green	small green	small green	small green
	bract	bract	bract	bract
	enclosing	enclosing	enclosing	enclosing
	the ovary	the ovary	the ovary	the ovary
	with	with	with	with
	two long,	two long,	two long,	two long,
	slender	slender	slender	slender
	stigmas	stigmas	stigmas	stigmas
	projecting	projecting	projecting	projecting
	well	well	well	well
	above	above	above	above
	the bract.	the bract.	the bract.	the bract.
	And the	And the	And the	And the
	flower	flower	flower	flower
	looks	looks	looks	looks
	urceolate	urceolate	urceolate	urceolate
	(urn-	(urn-	(urn-	(urn-
	shaped).	shaped).	shaped).	shaped).
Flower	3	3	3	3
(individual
pistillate)
length
(Unit: mm)
Flower	2	2	1.5	2
(Racemes)
diameter
(Unit: cm)
Bract shape	Round at the	Round at the	Round at the	Round at the
(general	base but	base but	base but	base but
description)	tapered	tapered	tapered	tapered
	towards	towards	towards	towards
	the tip	the tip	the tip	the tip
Bract color	142C	142C	142C	142C
(RHS No.)
Calyx shape	Round	Round	Round	Round
(general
description)
Calyx color	142C	142C	142C	142C
(RHS No.)
Stigma	Curved and	Curved and	Curved and	Curved and
shape	wavy, thin	wavy, thin	wavy, thin	wavy, thin
(general
description)
Stigma	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
length
(Unit: cm)
Stigma	closely	closely	closely	closely
color	resembling	resembling	resembling	resembling
(RHS No.)	an	an	an	an
	off white or	off white or	off white or	off white or
	NN155D	NN155D	NN155D	NN155D
Trichome	Glandular,	Glandular,	Glandular,	Glandular,
shape	thus	thus	thus	thus
(general	it has a stalk	it has a stalk	it has a stalk	it has a stalk
description)	that supports	that supports	that supports	that supports
	secretory	secretory	secretory	secretory
	head	head	head	head
Trichome	Mature	Mature	Mature	Mature
color	cap =	cap =	cap =	cap =
(RHS No.)	N172C	N172C	N172C	N172C
	Stalk =	Stalk =	Stalk =	Stalk =
	Clear/	Clear/	Clear/	Clear/
	Translucent	Translucent	Translucent	Translucent
	closely	closely	closely	closely
	resembling	resembling	resembling	resembling
	an	an	an	an
	off white or	off white or	off white or	off white or
	NN155D	NN155D	NN155D	NN155D
Terminal	Rounded top	Large inter-	Small,	Round but
bud shape	buds with	connected	rounded	with
(general	slightly fox	cola or	and	textured
description)	tailing	terminal	slightly flat	projections
		bud.	on top.	(fox tails).
		Conical		Spikey
Terminal	142C	142C	142C	142C
bud color
(RHS No.)
Pedicel	absence	absence	absence	absence
(Presence
or absence)
Staminate	N/A	N/A	Round sacks	N/A
shape			of modular
			composition
			like the
			hand of a
			banana but
			originating
			from a set
			of stems
			similar to
			grapes
Pollen	N/A	N/A	Typical	N/A
description			yellow
			pollen with
			musty smell
Seed	Starts off	Starts off	N/A	Starts off
description	white and	white and		white and
	turns to	turns to		turns to
	Brown with	Brown with		Brown with
	black or	black or		black or
	dark brown	dark brown		dark brown
	stripes	stripes		stripes
Petal	absence	absence	absence	absence
description
Tetra-	25-28%	22-24%	N/A (male)	20-24%
hydrocan-	THC	THC		THC
nabinolic
acid (THC)
content**

*overlapping refers to the stacking of the bud structure.
**THC content was determined using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (“HPLC”) with Diode-Array Detection (“DAD”).

TABLE 5

Other Characteristics and culture

	New	Parental	Parental
	Variety	variety	variety
	(Female	(Female	(Pollen	Check
Characteristic	plant)	plant)	donor)	Variety

Time	Blooms in	Blooms in	Blooms in	Blooms in
period	9-11 weeks	9-11 weeks	9-11	9-11
and	after cutting-	after cutting-	weeks after	weeks after
condition of	and-rooting	and-rooting	cutting-and-	cutting-and-
flowering/	when more	when more	rooting when	rooting when
blooming	than 12	than 12	more than 12	more than 12
	hours light	hours light	hours light is	hours light
	is applied	is applied to	applied to	is applied
	to induce	induce	induce	to induce
	flowering	flowering	flowering	flowering
Hardiness	High	High	Medium	Medium
of plant⁵
Breaking	High	High	Medium	Medium
action⁴
Rooting rate	9 days	9 days	9 days	9 days
after
cutting/cloning
(under certain
or specific
condition)

⁴refers to how strong the stem is against the breakage such as fibrous, strong, flexible, resistant to breakage, etc.
⁵A high hardiness refers to drought resistant; low nutrient requirement/demand; wind resistant due to strong branching and turgidity, along with above average rooting ability (anchoring).

Additional Characteristics

The plant has high vigor. As one example, 1,750.8 lbs of usable plant matter were harvested in 2020, of which 1,311.1 lbs were bud and 439.7 lbs were trim.

Main stem grooves are shallow. Internode length is medium. Average terminal bud size is medium (4″-5″). Aroma is spicy and floral, with a hint of musk. Flowers are light green, lime, orange, or white.

Shipping quality: This strain can be stored for 6 months prior to final packaging. Plant materials can be used include, for example, raw flower, prerolled joints. Plant materials can also be used in concentrates.

Average width of the leaf is 4.5″. Fragrance is a mix of creeping thyme and tricolor sage. Petiole surface is punctuated with farinose trichomes. Stipule's surface is glabrous. Anthocyanin coloration on the petiole—very strong. Stipule's color is green.

Average size of bract is ¼ inch and the average size of bracteoles is ¼ inch.

Trichomes are clear, begin to turn translucent/milky white around day 50 of flowering stage.

Types of glandular trichomes include a) Bulbous, b) Capitate-sessile, and c) Capitate-stalked. Types of non-glandular trichomes present include a) Cystolith hairs and b) Tear-drop shaped.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A new and distinct variety of Cannabis plant named ‘Honey H-2018’ having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.