1.Institute of Botany，Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences，Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem.Sun Yat-sen，Nanjing，Jiangsu 210014； 2.Institute of Pot Flower of Dafeng City in Jiangsu Province，Dafeng，Jiangsu 224100
With seven Calceolaria herbeohybrida cultivars as experiment materials，the growth period，botanical characteristics，flower number，cold resistance，heat resistance at seeding stage，disease resistance，sales rate，sales ranking，sales evaluation and comprehensive evaluation indexes were compared and analyzed.The results showed that ‘Shulaibao’ was the best resistance，short growth period，large number of flowers and flower colors，most suitable for New Year’s Day and Spring Festival as early flowering varieties supply.‘Datuanyuan’ was growing strong，large number of flowers，the best comprehensive characters，should be regarded as the main varieties before and after the Spring Festival market.‘Sichuan’ and ‘Henan’ cultivars were the worst in uniformity，flower color and plant type，couldn’t be used for scale production.