A New Eustoma 'Jewel Blue' with Blue Color for Cut Flower

A new eustoma F1 cultivar, ‘Jewel Blue’ was made by crossing of two inbred lines ‘Wonkyo A6-6’ and ‘Wonkyo A6-28’, and was released in 2003. Inbred line ‘Wonkyo A6-6’ originated from the selfing of ‘Tall Heidi Yellow’, and ‘Wonkyo A6-28’ was made by crossing between ‘Tall Lilac Rose’ and ‘Royal Lavender’. ‘Jewel Blue’ is 81 cm tall and has good plant shape with 6.4 nodes and 2.6 branches. Leaf shape is narrow ovate and long. It blooms earlier than check cultivar with blue color and wide funnel shape, and shows medium vase life.