U.S. patent number PP18,446 [Application Number 11/509,539] was granted by the patent office on 2008-01-22 for antirrhinum plant named `sunkisupapu`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers Ltd.. Invention is credited to Kazunari Iwaki, Tomoya Misato, Yasunori Yomo.
United States Patent |
PP18,446 |
Iwaki , et al. |
January 22, 2008 |
Antirrhinum plant named `Sunkisupapu`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named
`Sunkisupapu`, characterized by its upright and mounded plant
habit; freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and bushy
plant form; numerous red purple-colored flowers; and long flowering
period.
Inventors: |
Iwaki; Kazunari (Shiga,
JP), Misato; Tomoya (Yamanashi, JP), Yomo;
Yasunori (Kanagawa, JP) |
Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers Ltd. (Tokyo,
JP)
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Family
ID: |
38950997 |
Appl.
No.: |
11/509,539 |
Filed: |
August 24, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/322 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/322 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent
Assistant Examiner: McCormick-Ewoldt; S. B.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Antirrhinum plant named `Sunkisupapu` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Antirrhinum majus.times.Antirrhinum
hispanicum.
Cultivar denomination: `Sunkisupapu`.
CROSS-REFERENCED TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Title: Antirrhinum Plant Named `Sunkisupin`; filed concurrently
First Named Applicant: Kazunari Iwaki
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Antirrhinum, botanically known as Antirrhinum
majus.times.Antirrhinum hispanicum and hereinafter referred to by
the name `Sunkisupapu`.
The new Antirrhinum is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventors in Shiga, Japan. The objective of the
breeding program is to create new freely flowering potted
Antirrhinums.
The new Antirrhinum originated from a cross-pollination in Shiga,
Japan in May, 2002 of a proprietary selection of Antirrhinum
majus.times.Antirrhinum hispanicum identified as code number
His13-4, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a
proprietary selection of Antirrhinum majus.times.Antirrhinum
hispanicum identified as code number His13-2, not patented. The
cultivar Sunkisupapu was discovered and selected by the Inventors
as a flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Shiga, Japan.
Asexual reproduction of the new Antirrhinum by cuttings in a
controlled environment in Shiga, Japan since April, 2004, has shown
that the unique features of this new Antirrhinum are stable and
reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Sunkisupapu has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with
variations in environment and cultural practices such as
temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in
genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Sunkisupapu`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunkisupapu` as a new
and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum: 1. Upright and mounded plant
habit. 2. Freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and
bushy plant form. 3. Numerous red purple-colored flowers. 4. Long
flowering period.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum differ from plants of the female
parent selection primarily in flower color as plants of the female
parent selection have pink-colored flowers. In addition, plants of
the new Antirrhinum have larger flowers and thicker lateral
branches than plants of the female parent selection.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum differ from plants of the male parent
selection primarily in flower size and lateral branch diameter as
plants of the new Antirrhinum have larger flowers and thicker
lateral branches than plants of the male parent selection.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum differ from plants of the cultivar
Sunkisupin, U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently,
primarily in flower color.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum can be compared to plants of the
cultivar Festa Red, not patented. Plants of the new Antirrhinum and
the cultivar Festa Red differ in the following characteristics: 1.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum are taller and broader than plants of
the cultivar Festa Red. 2. Plants of the new Antirrhinum have
longer and thicker lateral branches than plants of the cultivar
Festa Red. 3. Plants of the new Antirrhinum are more freely
branching than plants of the cultivar Festa Red. 4. Plants of the
new Antirrhinum have shorter leaf petioles than plants of the
cultivar Festa Red. 5. Plants of the new Antirrhinum have much
longer inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Festa Red. 6.
Plants of the new Antirrhinum and the cultivar Festa Red differ in
flower color as plants of the cultivar Festa Red have red-colored
flowers. 7. Plants of the new Antirrhinum are more freely flowering
than plants of the cultivar Festa Red.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Antirrhinum, showing the colors as true as it
is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this
type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color
values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately
describe the colors of the new Antirrhinum.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunkisupapu` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom or the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical inflorescence of `Sunkisupapu`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown in Shiga, Japan,
under commercial practice in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse with
day temperatures ranging from 10.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. and
night temperatures averaging 0.degree. C. Plants had been growing
for about four months in 15-cm containers when the photographs and
description were taken. In the following description, color
references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour
Chart, 2001 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary
dictionary significance are used. Botanical classification:
Antirrhinum majus.times.Antirrhinum hispanicum cultivar
Sunkisupapu. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary
selection of Antirrhinum majus.times.Antirrhinum hispanicum
identified as code number His 13-4, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Antirrhinum
majus.times.Antirrhinum hispanicum identified as code number His
13-2, not patented. Propagation: Type.--By cuttings. Time to
initiate roots.--About 10 days at 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C.
Time to produce a rooted young plant.--About 20 days at 20.degree.
C. to 25.degree. C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous and fleshy;
white in color. Rooting habit.--Freely branching. Plant
description: Plant form/habit.--Upright and mounded plant habit;
inverted triangle. Freely branching habit with short internodes;
dense and bushy plant form; about nine lateral branches develop per
plant; pinching will enhance branching. Plant height.--About 42.6
cm. Plant weight (spread).--About 27 cm. Lateral branches.--Length:
About 32.8 cm. Diameter: About 3.3 mm. Internode length: About 1.7
cm. Strength: Moderately strong. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color:
146B overlain with N186C. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Before
flowering, opposite; after flowering, alternate; simple.
Length.--About 3.8 cm. Width.--About 1.1 cm. Shape.--Lanceolate.
Apex.--Acute to obtuse. Base.--Cuneate. Margin.--Entire. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous. Venation
pattern.--Pinnate; reticulate. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: 137A, towards the margins, N186A. Developing leaves, lower
surface: 146B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: 137A;
venation, 144A. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: 146B;
venation, 144A. Petiole.--Length: About 3.2 mm. Diameter: About 1.5
mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color,
upper and lower surfaces: 144A. Flower description: Flower
type/habit.--Single bi-labiate flowers arranged in terminal and
lateral racemes; flowers face obliquely upright to outward. Freely
flowering habit with about 27 flowers per inflorescence and about
16 inflorescences per plant. Fragrance.--None detected. Natural
flowering season.--Continuously flowering from early autumn until
early summer in Japan. Flowers not persistent. Postproduction
longevity.--Flowers last about five days on the plant. Flower
buds.--Height: About 2.7 cm. Diameter: about 1.1 cm. Shape:
Obovate. Color: 71A. Inflorescence height.--About 19 cm.
Inflorescence diameter.--About 7.5 cm. Flower diameter.--About 3.5
cm by 3.4 cm. Flower depth.--About 3.5 cm. Petals.--Quantity per
flower: Upper lip, two-lobed; lower lip, three-lobed; petals fused
at the base. Upper lip: Length: About 1.6 cm. Width: About 3.3 cm.
Shape: Broadly obovate. Apex: Rounded. Margin: Entire. Texture,
upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Texture, lower surface:
Sparsely pubescent. Color: When opening and fully opened, upper
surface: Close to 71A; towards the throat, 69D. When opening and
fully opened, lower surface: 71A. Lower lip: Length: About 1.6 cm.
Width: About 3.4 cm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Rounded. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Texture, lower
surface: Sparsely pubescent. Color: When opening and fully opened,
upper surface: 71A; towards the throat, 60B. When opening and fully
opened, lower surface: 71A. Tube/throat: Length: About 1.8 cm.
Diameter: About 1 cm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Sparsely
pubescent. Color: tube, 71B; throat, 69D. Sepals.--Quantity per
flower: Typically five in a single whorl. Length: About 7 mm.
Width: About 3.8 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous. Texture, lower surface:
Pubescent. Color: When opening, upper surface: 143B. When opening,
lower surface: 200B. Fully opened, upper surface: 144A. Fully
opened, lower surface: 200B. Pedicels.--Length: About 5.5 cm.
Diameter: About 1.6 mm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Smooth,
glabrous. Color: N186C. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity per
flower: Typically four. Anther size: About 3 mm by 3 mm. Anther
shape: Oval, bi-lobed. Anther color: 14C. Filament color: Close to
155D. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: 14A. Pistils: Quantity
per flower: One. Pistil length: About 1.5 cm. Stigma shape:
Club-shaped. Stigma color: N188C. Style length: About 1.4 cm. Style
color: N186D. Ovary color: 144C, towards the apex, 187B.
Seed/fruit.--Seed and fruit development have not been observed.
Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Antirrhinum have not
been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to
Antirrhinum. Garden performance: Plants of the new Antirrhinum have
been observed to have good garden performance and tolerate rain,
wind and temperatures ranging from about -10.degree. C. to about
30.degree. C.
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