U.S. patent number PP19,708 [Application Number 12/079,288] was granted by the patent office on 2009-02-10 for torenia plant named `sunrenipink`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers Limited. Invention is credited to Kazunari Iwaki, Tetsuya Kako, Takeshi Kanaya, Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Kenichi Suzuki.
United States Patent |
PP19,708 |
Kako , et al. |
February 10, 2009 |
Torenia plant named `Sunrenipink`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Torenia plant named
`Sunrenipink`, characterized by its compact and mounding to
trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering
habit; long flowering period; purple-colored flowers; and good
garden performance.
Inventors: |
Kako; Tetsuya (Shiga,
JP), Miyazaki; Kiyoshi (Shiga, JP), Iwaki;
Kazunari (Kanagawa, JP), Kanaya; Takeshi (Shiga,
JP), Suzuki; Kenichi (Osaka, JP) |
Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers Limited (Tokyo,
JP)
|
Family
ID: |
40343029 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/079,288 |
Filed: |
March 25, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/487 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/00 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/487 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Torenia plant named `Sunrenipink` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Torenia sp.
Cultivar denomination: `Sunrenipink`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Torenia, botanically known as Torenia sp. and hereinafter referred
to by the name `Sunrenipink`.
The new Torenia is a whole plant mutation of a proprietary
selection of Torenia sp. identified as code number TH1, not
patented. The new Torenia was discovered and selected by the
Inventors as a single plant in a controlled green house environment
in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan in March, 2006.
Asexual reproduction of the new Torenia by vegetative cuttings in a
controlled environment in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan since October,
2006, has shown that the unique features of this new Torenia are
stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Sunrenipink 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 `Sunrenipink`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunrenipink` as a new
and distinct cultivar of Torenia: 1. Compact and mounding to
trailing plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit. 3. Freely
flowering habit. 4. Long flowering period. 5. Purple-colored
flowers. 6. Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Torenia differ primarily from plants of the
parent selection in flower color as plants of the parent selection
have violet-colored flowers. In addition, plants of the new Torenia
are smaller than plants of the parent selection.
Plants of the new Torenia can also be compared to plants of the
cultivar Sunrenirirepa, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,302.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan,
plants of the new Torenia and the cultivar Sunrenirirepa differed
in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Torenia were
smaller than plants of the cultivar Sunrenirirepa. 2. Plants of the
new Torenia and the cultivar Sunrenirirepa differed in flower color
as plants of the cultivar Sunrenirirepa had red purple-colored
flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Torenia, 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 Torenia.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunrenipink` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical flower of `Sunrenipink`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown in Higashiomi, Shiga,
Japan, under commercial practice during the autumn in a
polyethylene-covered greenhouse with day temperatures averaging
20.degree. C. and night temperatures averaging 10.degree. C. Plants
had been growing for about five months 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: Torenia
sp. cultivar Sunrenipink. Parentage: Whole plant mutation of a
proprietary selection of Torenia sp. identified as code number TH1,
not patented. Propagation: Type.--By vegetative cuttings. Time to
initiate roots.--About one week at 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C.
Time to produce a rooted young plant roots.--About three to four
weeks at 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C. Root description.--Fine,
fibrous and fleshy; brown in color. Rooting habit.--Freely
branching. Plant description: Plant form/habit.--Compact and
mounded to trailing plant habit; outwardly spreading; vigorous
growth habit. Freely branching habit; pinching enhances branching;
about 17 lateral branches develop per plant. Plant height.--About
20.3 cm. Plant width (spread).--About 50 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 20.5 cm. Diameter: About 1.8 mm. Internode
length: About 3.6 cm. Aspect: Decumbent. Texture: Smooth, glabrous.
Color: Close to N199A. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Opposite,
simple. Length.--About 2.7 cm. Width.--About 1.7 cm. Shape.--Ovate.
Apex.--Acute. Base.--Cordate. Margin.--Serrate. Texture, upper
surface.--Pubescent. Texture, lower surface.--Smooth, glabrous.
Venation pattern.--Pinnate; reticulate. Color.--Developing and
fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137C; venation,
close to 144D. Developing and fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 146B; venation, close to 144D. Petiole.--Length: About 6
mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 148D. Flower
description: Flower type/habit.--Single flowers borne in upper leaf
axils; corolla bilabiate and calyx tubular; flowers face obliquely
upright. Freely flowering habit with about 62 open flowers per
plant. Fragrance.--None detected. Natural flowering season.--Long
flowering period; continuously flowering from early summer to late
autumn in Japan. Flowers not persistent. Postproduction
longevity.--Flowers last about four days on the plant. Flower
buds.--Height: About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 4.2 mm. Shape:
Lenticular. Color: N78A. Flower diameter.--About 3.2 cm by 2.6 cm.
Flower depth.--About 4 cm. Throat diameter.--About 9.5 mm. Tube
diameter, base.--About 2.5 mm. Tube length.--About 2.6 cm.
Petals.--Quantity per flower: One upper or banner petal, two
lateral petals and one lower petal in a single whorl, fused. Upper
petal: Length: About 1.1 cm. Width: About 1.7 cm. Shape: Elliptic.
Apex: Mucronate to truncate. Margin: Entire; slightly undulating.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety.
Color: Developing petals, upper surface: Close to N78A; towards the
throat, close to N81D. Developing petals, lower surface: Close to
N78A. Fully developed petals, upper surface: Close to N78C; towards
the throat, close to 84D. Fully developed petals, lower surface:
Close to N78C. Lateral petals: Length: About 1.1 cm. Width: About
1.2 cm. Shape: Elliptic. Apex: Mucronate. Margin: Entire. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Color:
Developing petals, upper surface: Close to N79C. Developing petals,
lower surface: Close to N78A. Fully developed petals, upper and
lower surfaces: Close to N78C. Lower petal: Length: About 9.4 mm.
Width: About 1.3 cm. Shape: Elliptic. Apex: Rounded. Margin:
Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous;
velvety. Color: Developing petals, upper surface: Close to N79C;
towards the throat, close to N78D. Developing petals, lower
surface: Close to N78A. Fully developed petals, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to N78C. Throat color: Close to N78C; lines, close
to 77A. Tube color: Close to N78A to N78B. Sepals.--Quantity per
flower: Typically five fused into two lobes. Calyx length: About
1.6 cm. Calyx diameter: About 5.6 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close
to 145D. Peduncles.--Length: About 1.7 cm. Diameter: About 1.3 mm.
Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 144A. Reproductive
organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Typically four; two pairs of
fused anthers. Filament length: About 4.5 mm to 12 mm. Anther
shape: Ellipsoidal. Anther length: About 3.9 mm. Anther color:
Close to N77B. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pollen color: Close to 11B.
Pistils: Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 2.6 cm.
Stigma shape: Elliptic. Stigma color: Close to 77D. Style color:
Close to 77D. Ovary color: Close to 138A. Seed/fruit.--Seed and
fruit development have not been observed. Disease/pest resistance:
Plants of the new Torenia have not been noted to be resistant to
pathogens and pests common to Torenia. Garden performance: Plants
of the new Torenia have been observed to have good garden
performance and to tolerate rain, wind and temperatures from about
5.degree. C. to about 30.degree. C.
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