U.S. patent number PP16,588 [Application Number 10/990,883] was granted by the patent office on 2006-05-30 for petunia plant named `temari`.
Invention is credited to Fusako Goto, Koji Goto, Susumu Goto.
United States Patent |
PP16,588 |
Goto , et al. |
May 30, 2006 |
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Petunia plant named `Temari`
Abstract
A Petunia cultivar particularly distinguished by a purple flower
with a dark purple edge, decumbent growth habit and small flower
diameter.
Inventors: |
Goto; Koji (Fujisawa City,
Kanagawa Prefecture, JP), Goto; Fusako (Koza,
Kanagawa Prefecture, JP), Goto; Susumu (Koza,
Kanagawa Prefecture, JP) |
Family
ID: |
36388097 |
Appl.
No.: |
10/990,883 |
Filed: |
November 17, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/356.13 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/356 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jondle & Associates P.C.
Claims
We claim:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant as shown and
described herein.
Description
Genus and species: Petunia hybrida.
Variety denomination: `Temari`.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of
Petunia, botanically known as Petunia hybrida, and hereinafter
referred to by the cultivar name `Temari.` It is characterized by
having a purple flower with a dark purple edge, decumbent growth
habit and small flower size. The new cultivar originated from a
hybridization made in Kanagawa, Japan in 1995. The female parent
was a Petunia line of Brazilian origin, unnamed, with red, pink and
white flowers and the male parent was an unknown, unnamed Petunia
breeding line. From 1996 to 2000, evaluations of single-plant
selections from the F1 progeny of the initial cross were performed.
In 2000, a single-plant selection from those evaluations was
hybridized with a different Petunia breeding line (unnamed). The
hybridization took place in Kakegawa, Japan.
F1 seed from the final hybridization was evaluated and one F1 line
was selected based on its purple flower with a dark purple edge,
decumbent growth habit and small flower size. The line was then
asexually propagated through plant cuttings in both Kanagawa, Japan
and Salinas, Calif. The line was further evaluated in the
greenhouse from 2001 through 2003 to establish the uniformity and
stability of its characteristics. The line has been shown to
reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual
propagation.
DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS
This new Petunia plant is illustrated by the accompanying
photographs which show the plant form, foliage and flowers, the
colors shown being as true as can be reasonably obtained by
conventional photographic procedures.
FIG. 1. shows overall plant habit.
FIG. 2. shows the mature inflorescence.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR
The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive
characteristics of `Temari`. The data which define these
characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried
out in Kanagawa, Japan. The detailed description was taken from
plants grown under greenhouse conditions for approximately 4 months
from transplanting of rooted cuttings. Color references are to The
R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London
(R.H.S.), 4.sup.th Edition.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Classification: Family.--Solanaceae. Species.--Petunia hybrida f.
cv. `Temari`. Common name.--Petunia. Parentage: Male.--Unknown
Petunia breeding line of unknown origin (unnamed). Female.--Unknown
Petunia line of Brazilian origin (unnamed). Plant description: Life
cycle.--Tender Perennial. Form.--Decumbent (trailing).
Habit.--Freely branching. Height.--9.3 cm as measured from soil
level to top of plant. Spread.--62.3 cm. Propagation: Type
cuttings.--Vegetative cuttings. Time to produce a rooted
cutting.--4-5 weeks. Time to bloom from propagation.--4-6 weeks
after root development. Root description.--1 main taproot with many
fine branches, RHS 155A (white). Root habit.--Freely branching.
Environmental conditions for plant growth: Plants were propagated
from vegetative cuttings and grown individually in 15 cm diameter
plastic pots in a glass greenhouse located in Salinas, Calif. Pots
contained a peat moss-based growing medium. Soluble fertilizer
containing 18% nitrogen, 8% phosphorus and 18% potassium was
applied in four daily irrigations. The fifth irrigation was made
with non-fertilized water. Pots were top-dressed with a
slow-release fertilizer containing 18% nitrogen, 8% phosphorous and
18% potassium. The typical average air temperature was 24 C. Stems:
Stem color.--RHS 145C (yellow-green). Stem diameter.--3.5 mm. Stem
length.--About 2.0 cm from soil line to first node. Lateral
branches: Number.--About 4 per plant. Length.--58.3 cm.
Diameter.--2.0-3.0 mm. Internode length: 5.2 cm. Texture.--Densely
pubescent. Anthocyanin color.--None observed. Color.--RHS 144A
(yellow-green). Leaves: Leaf arrangement--Alternate. Leaf
shape--Obovate. Leaf apex.--Mucronate. Leaf base.--Attenuate. leaf
margin.--Entire. Leaf surface.--Densely pubescent.
Venation.--Pinnate. Leaf length: 5.2 cm. Leaf width.--4.9 cm. Leaf
color.--Upper surface: RHS 137A (green). Lower surface: RHS 138C
(green). Petiole length: 7 mm. Petiole diameter: 2 mm at branch, 5
mm at base of leaf. Petiole color: RHS 143B (green). Inflorescence:
Flowering habit.--Many blooms per plant; flowers face all
directions; flowers and buds produced concurrently. Flower
type.--Single, one flower per peduncle; 5 petals arranged
circularly and roughly bell-shaped. Flowering requirements.--Late
Spring through early Fall seasons; greater than 12 hours of light
per day; temperature above 13.degree. C. Duration of
flowers.--About 5 days. Fragrance.--Slight. Corolla description:
Bud length.--3.1 cm. Bud diameter.--1 mm. Bud shape.--Ovoid to
cylindrical. Flower depth.--4 cm. Flower tube length.--2.8 cm.
Flower tube diameter.--1 cm. Flower diameter.--5.6 cm. Petal
shape.--Spatulate. Petal length.--2.1 cm. Petal width.--2.6 cm.
Petal apex.--Mucronate. Petal margin.--Entire, crinkled. Petal
texture.--Glabrous. Petal color.--Upper surface: RHS 67C
(red-purple) with RHS 74A (purple) edge. Lower surface: RHS 186D
(grayed-purple) with RHS 155A (white) midvein streak, RHS 186B
(grayed-purple) edges, and RHS 144B (yellow-green) midvein and
veins. Corolla tube color.--Inner: RHS 78C (purple) with RHS 77A
(purple) veins. Outer: RHS 18D (grayed-purple) with RHS 144B
(yellow-green) midvein and RHS 77A (purple) veins. Calyx
description: Arrangement.--5 sepals circularly arranged at base of
corolla. Length.--1.4 cm. Width.--3 mm. Shape.--Ovate.
Apex.--Mucronate. Base.--Bottom 1/4 of sepals are fused; cuneate
shape above fuse point. Margin.--Entire. Texture.--Densely
pubescent. Color.--Upper surface: RHS 137A (green). Lower surface:
RHS 137C (green). Peduncle description: Length.--2.5 cm.
Diameter.--3 mm. Texture.--Densely pubescent. Color.--RHS 141A
(green). Reproductive organs: Stamen number.--5, arranged adjacent
to pistil. Anther length.--1.6 cm. Pollen color.--RHS 155A (white).
Pistil number.--1 per inflorescence. Pistil length.--1.8 cm. Stigma
color.--RHS 144C (yellow-green). Style length.--1.7 cm. Style
color.--144D (yellow-green). Ovary.--Superior.
Disease and Insect Resistance
No unique or distinguishing resistance or susceptibility to common
Petunia pathogens or pests observed.
Comparison with Known Cultivars
Petunia `Temari` is a unique variety of Petunia due to its purple
flower with a dark purple edge, decumbent growth habit and small
flower diameter. `Temari` is most similar to the Petunia variety
`Kakegawa S59` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,979); however, there are
differences as noted in Table 1 below.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Characteristic `Temari` `Kakegawa S59` Petal
color, RHS 67C (red-purple) with RHS 74B (red-purple) upper surface
RHS 74A (purple) edge Petal color, RHS 186D (grayed-purple) RHS 73A
(red-purple) lower surface with RHS 186B (grayed-purple) edges, RHS
144B (yellow-green) midveins and veins, and RHS 155A (white)
midvein streak Inner corolla RHS 78C (purple) with RHS 73C
(red-purple) tube color RHS 77A (purple) veins Outer corolla RHS
18D (grayed-purple) RHS 69C with 141C tube color with RHS 77A
(purple) (green) veins veins and RHS 144B (yellow-green) midvein
Flower 5.6 cm 6.0-7.0 cm diameter
`Temari` is distinguished from its female parent, unknown Petunia
line of Brazilian origin (unnamed), mainly by flower color.
`Temari` has a red-purple flower with a dark purple edge while the
unnamed female parent has red, pink and white flowers. A comparison
with the male parent, unknown Petunia breeding line of unknown
origin (unnamed), is not possible because the male parent is
unknown.
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