U.S. patent number PP24,433 [Application Number 13/506,498] was granted by the patent office on 2014-05-06 for calibrachoa plant named `suncalwine`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers Limited. The grantee listed for this patent is Takeshi Kanaya. Invention is credited to Takeshi Kanaya.
United States Patent |
PP24,433 |
Kanaya |
May 6, 2014 |
Calibrachoa plant named `Suncalwine`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named
`Suncalwine`, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly
spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely
branching and flowering plant habit; early and long flowering
period; numerous single purple-colored flowers with darker
purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Kanaya; Takeshi (Chiba,
JP) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Kanaya; Takeshi |
Chiba |
N/A |
JP |
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Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers Limited (Tokyo,
JP)
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Family
ID: |
50553016 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/506,498 |
Filed: |
April 23, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/413 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/413 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Calibrachoa plant named `Suncalwine` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Calibrachoa sp.
Cultivar denomination: `SUNCALWINE`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Calibrachoa plant, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp. and
hereinafter referred to by the name `Suncalwine`.
The new Calibrachoa plant is a product of a planned breeding
program conducted by the Inventor in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan. The
objective of the breeding program is to develop new compact,
mounding and freely branching Calibrachoa plants with attractive
and uniquely colored flowers.
The new Calibrachoa plant is a naturally-occurring branch mutation
of a proprietary selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified as code
number 2572-2, not patented. The new Calibrachoa plant was
discovered and selected by the Inventor on a single flowering plant
within a population of plants of the mutation parent selection in a
controlled greenhouse environment in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan in
September, 2008.
Asexual reproduction of the new Calibrachoa plant by vegetative
cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Higashiomi,
Shiga, Japan since September, 2008 has shown that the unique
features of this new Calibrachoa plant are stable and reproduced
true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Calibrachoa have not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions and cultural practices. The
phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental
conditions 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 `Suncalwine`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Suncalwine` as a new
and distinct Calibrachoa plant: 1. Compact, upright, outwardly
spreading and mounding plant habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3.
Freely branching and flowering plant habit. 4. Early and long
flowering period. 5. Numerous single purple-colored flowers with
darker purple-colored venation. 6. Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa can be compared to plants of the
mutation parent selection. Plants of the new Calibrachoa differ
primarily from plants of the mutation parent selection primarily in
flower color as plants of the mutation parent selection have red
purple-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa can also be compared to plants of
Calibrachoa `Sunbelao`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,391. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan,
plants of the new Calibrachoa and `Sunbelao` differed primarily in
the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Calibrachoa had
smaller leaves than plants of `Sunbelao`. 2. Plants of the new
Calibrachoa had smaller flowers than plants of `Sunbelao`. 3.
Plants of the new Calibrachoa and `Sunbelao` differ in petal lobe
shape. 4. Plants of the new Calibrachoa and `Sunbelao` differed in
flower color as plants of `Sunbelao` had purple violet-colored
flowers with dark purple-colored venation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Calibrachoa plant 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 Calibrachoa plant.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Suncalwine` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical flowering plant of `Suncalwine`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in
15-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan
and under cultural practices typical of commercial Calibrachoa
production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
averaged 23.degree. C. and night temperatures averaged 13.degree.
C. Plants were four months old when the photographs and the
description were taken. In the following description, color
references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour
Chart, 2007 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary
dictionary significance are used. Botanical classification:
Calibrachoa sp. `Suncalwine`. Parentage: Naturally-occurring branch
mutation of a proprietary selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified
as code number 2572-2, not patented. Propagation: Type.--By
vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer.--About one
week at 15.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted
young plant, summer.--About three weeks at 15.degree. C. to
20.degree. C. Root description.--Fibrous; white in color. Rooting
habit.--Freely branching. Plant description: Plant and growth
habit.--Compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant
habit; freely branching habit with numerous lateral branches
developing per plant; pinching enhances lateral branch development;
vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 18.6 cm. Plant
diameter.--About 53.2 cm. Lateral branch description:
Length.--About 25.3 cm. Diameter.--About 1.4 mm. Internode
length.--About 1.6 cm. Strength.--Strong. Aspect.--Upright to
outwardly. Texture.--Pubescent. Color.--Close to 144B. Foliage
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 3.2
cm. Width.--About 1.1 cm. Shape.--Narrowly elliptic. Apex.--Obtuse.
Base.--Cuneate. Margin.--Entire. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Pubescent. Venation pattern.--Pinnate; reticulate.
Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137D. Developing
leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, upper
surface: Close to N138B; venation, close to 144B. Fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to N138C; venation, close to 138B.
Petiole.--Length: About 3.5 mm. Diameter: About 0.5 mm. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to 143B. Flower description: Flower arrangement and
habit.--Single salverform flowers arising from upper leaf axils;
freely flowering habit with usually about 80 flowers developing per
plant; flowers face upright or outwardly. Fragrance.--None
detected. Natural flowering season.--Early flowering habit, plants
of the new Calibrachoa initiate and develop flowers about three to
four weeks after planting; long flowering period, flowering
commences naturally during the spring and plants flower
continuously throughout the summer until late autumn in Japan.
Flower longevity.--Individual flowers last about seven to ten days
on the plant; flowers not persistent. Flower diameter.--About 3.2
cm. Flower length (depth).--About 2.7 cm. Throat diameter.--About
7.4 mm. Tube length.--About 1.8 cm. Tube diameter, base.--About 3.1
mm. Flower bud.--Shape: Cylindrical. Length: About 2.5 cm.
Diameter: About 1.1 cm. Color: Towards the apex, close to 72B;
mid-section, close to 4B; towards the base, close to 150A.
Corolla.--Arrangement: Five petals fused at the base and opening
into a flared trumpet. Petal length from throat: About 1.3 cm.
Petal width: About 1.4 cm. Petal shape: Spatulate. Petal apex:
Rounded. Petal margin: Entire. Petal texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Throat texture: Smooth, glabrous. Tube
texture: Pubescent. Color: Petal, when opening, upper surface:
Close to N78A. Petal, when opening, lower surface: Close to N78D.
Petal, fully opened, upper surface: Close to N78A; color becoming
closer to N78C with development; venation, close to N79C. Petal,
fully opened, lower surface: Close to N80D; venation, close to
N80B. Throat: Close to 7B; venation, close to N78A. Tube: Close to
8B; venation, close to N80B. Calyx.--Arrangement: One star-shaped
calyx tube with five sepals fused at the base. Sepal length: About
7 mm to 11 mm. Sepal width: About 2.4 mm. Sepal shape: Lanceolate.
Sepal apex: Acute. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal texture, upper and
lower surfaces: Pubescent. Sepal color: Immature, upper surface:
Close to 143B. Immature, lower surface: Close to 143C. Mature,
upper surface: Close to 143A. Mature, lower surface: Close to 143B.
Peduncles.--Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 0.6 mm. Angle:
Upright to outwardly. Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent. Color:
Close to 143C. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity: Five per
flower. Stamen length: About 8 mm to 10 mm. Anther shape:
Ellipsoidal. Anther size: About 0.9 mm by 1.3 mm. Anther color:
Close to 1C. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pollen color: Close to 5A.
Pistils: Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About 10.6 mm.
Style color: Close to 145C. Stigma shape: Transversely ellipsoidal.
Stigma color: Close to 144C. Ovary color: Close to 144B. Seeds and
fruits.--Seed and fruit development have not been observed on
plants of the new Calibrachoa. Garden performance: Plants of the
new Calibrachoa have been observed to have good garden performance
and to tolerate wind, rain and temperatures ranging from about
-5.degree. C. to about 35.degree. C. Pathogen & pest
resistance: Plants of the new Calibrachoa have not been observed to
be resistant to pests and pathogens common to Calibrachoa
plants.
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