U.S. patent number PP27,696 [Application Number 14/756,459] was granted by the patent office on 2017-02-21 for new guinea impatiens plant named `duessplavaur`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Dummen Group B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Ruth Kobayashi. Invention is credited to Ruth Kobayashi.
United States Patent |
PP27,696 |
Kobayashi |
February 21, 2017 |
New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Duessplavaur`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named
`Duessplavaur` characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading
and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching
habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit;
light lavender-colored flowers with purple-colored petal centers
and margins and red purple-colored petal bases; and good garden
performance.
Inventors: |
Kobayashi; Ruth (Carlsbad,
CA) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Kobayashi; Ruth |
Carlsbad |
CA |
US |
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Assignee: |
Dummen Group B.V. (De Lier,
NL)
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Appl.
No.: |
14/756,459 |
Filed: |
September 8, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/318.6 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/318.6 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Impatiens plant named `Duessplavaur` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Impatiens.times.hybrida.
Cultivar denomination: `DUESSPLAVAUR`.
CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY RELATED APPLICATIONS
Title: New Guinea Impatiens Plant Named `Duesspsal`
Applicant: Ruth Kobayashi
Filed: Sep. 8, 2015; concurrently with this application having
application Ser. No. 14/756,469
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of New
Guinea Impatiens plant, botanically known as
Impatiens.times.hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name
`Duessplavaur`.
The new Impatiens plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Encinitas, Calif. The objective of the
breeding program is to create new uniform Impatiens plants with
numerous attractive flowers and good garden performance.
The new Impatiens plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant
mutation of a proprietary selection of Impatiens.times.hybrida
identified as code number NN-1163-X0000, not patented. The new
Impatiens plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a
single flowering plant from within a population of plants of the
parent selection in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Encinitas, Calif. on Dec. 8, 2014.
Asexual reproduction of the new Impatiens plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Encinitas, Calif. since Jan. 9, 2015 has shown that the unique
features of this new Impatiens plant are stable and reproduced true
to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Impatiens have not been observed under all
possible combinations of 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 `Duessplavaur`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Duessplavaur` as
a new and distinct Impatiens plant: 1. Upright, outwardly spreading
and mounding plant habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely
branching habit. 4. Dark green-colored leaves. 5. Early and freely
flowering habit. 6. Light lavender-colored flowers with
purple-colored petal centers and margins and red purple-colored
petal bases. 7. Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Impatiens can be compared to plants of the parent
selection. Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from plants
of the parent selection in flower color as plants of the parent
selection have light pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Impatiens can be compared to plants of
Impatiens.times.hybrida `Duesspsal`, disclosed in a U.S. Plant
Patent application filed concurrently having application Ser. No.
14/756,469. Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from
plants of `Duesspsal` in flower color as plants of `Duesspsal` have
salmon orange-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Impatiens can be compared to plants of Impatiens
hawkeri `Kialdan`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,029. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of
the new Impatiens differed primarily from plants of `Kialdan` in
the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Impatiens were
more compact than plants of `Kialdan`. 2. Plants of the new
Impatiens flowered two weeks earlier than plants of `Kialdan`. 3.
Plants of the new Impatiens and `Kialdan` differed in flower color
as plants of `Kialdan` have light lavender-colored flowers with
white-colored centers.
Plants of the new Impatiens can also be compared to plants of
Impatiens.times.hybrida `Sakimp006`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat.
No. 19,501. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas,
Calif., plants of the new Impatiens differed primarily from plants
of `Sakimp006` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Impatiens were more compact than plants of `Sakimp006`. 2.
Plants of the new Impatiens and `Sakimp006` differed in flower
color as plants of `Sakimp006` have lavender-colored flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Impatiens 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 Impatiens plant.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Duessplavaur` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical flowering plant of `Duessplavaur`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in
15.25-cm containers in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse in
Encinitas, Calif. and under cultural practices typical of
commercial New Guinea Impatiens production. During the production
of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 24.degree. C. to
27.degree. C., night temperatures averaged 18.degree. C. and light
levels averaged 4,000 foot-candles. Plants were ten weeks old when
the photographs and 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: Impatiens.times.hybrida `Duessplavaur`. Parentage:
Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of a proprietary selection
of Impatiens.times.hybrida identified as code number NN-1163-X0000,
not patented. Propagation: Type.--By terminal cuttings. Time to
initiate roots, summer and winter.--About five to seven days at day
temperatures about 27.degree. C. and night temperatures about
20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer and
winter.--About three weeks at day temperatures about 27.degree. C.
and night temperatures about 20.degree. C. Root description.--Fine,
fibrous; white in color, actual color of the roots is dependent on
substrate composition, water quality, fertilizer type and
formulation, substrate temperature and physiological age of roots.
Rooting habit.--Freely branching; dense. Plant description: Plant
and growth habit.--Upright to outwardly spreading and mounding
plant habit; freely branching habit with about ten to twelve
lateral branches developing per plant; vigorous growth habit. Plant
height.--About 23 cm. Plant diameter.--About 45 cm. Lateral branch
description: Length.--About 20 cm. Diameter.--About 1.2 cm.
Internode length.--About 4.7 cm. Strength.--Strong.
Aspect.--Initially upright to outwardly spreading.
Texture.--Smooth, glabrous. Color.--Close to N186C. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Opposite or in whorls; simple.
Length.--About 8.8 cm. Width.--About 4.5 cm. Shape.--Elliptical.
Apex.--Acuminate. Base.--Attenuate. Margin.--Serrulate with
ciliation. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous.
Luster, upper surface.--Somewhat glossy. Luster, lower
surface.--Matte. Venation pattern.--Pinnate; arcuate.
Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to N137A.
Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 187B. Fully opened
leaves, upper surface: Slightly darker than N137A; venation, close
to 185B. Fully opened leaves, lower surface: Close to 187B;
venation, close to 185A. Petiole length.--About 2.2 cm. Petiole
diameter.--About 4 mm. Petiole texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous. Petiole color, upper and lower
surfaces.--Close to 185A. Flower description: Flower type and
flowering habit.--Single rounded and flat axillary flowers; freely
flowering habit, typically about 46 flower buds and open flowers
per plant at one time; flowers positioned above and beyond the
foliar plane, flowers typically face mostly upright to outwardly.
Flower longevity.--Flowers typically last about one to two days on
the plant under greenhouse conditions; petals self-cleaning,
gynoecium persistent. Fragrance.--None detected. Natural flowering
season.--Year-round under greenhouse conditions; in the garden,
flowering from spring until fall in temperate regions; early
flowering habit, plants typically begin flowering about eight weeks
after planting. Flower buds.--Length: About 2.3 cm. Diameter: About
1.6 cm. Shape: Ovoid, pointed. Color: Close to 77C and 59B. Flower
diameter.--About 4 cm. Flower depth.--About 2 cm. Petals.--Quantity
and arrangement: Five per flower in a single whorl; one upper
banner petal, two lateral petals and two lower petals. Length,
banner petal: About 1.8 cm. Width, banner petal: About 2.4 cm.
Length, lateral petals: About 2 cm. Width, lateral petals: About
1.5 cm. Length, lower petals: About 2.5 cm. Width, lower petals:
About 2.3 cm. Shape: Cordate. Apex: Cordate; emarginate. Base:
Attenuate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Color: When opening, upper surface:
Close to 77C to 77D. When opening, lower surface: Close to 77C.
Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 75B; centers (especially on
banner petals) and margins, close to 77B; towards the base, close
to N74B; color becoming closer to 75C to 75D with development.
Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 77C; central stripes, close
to N74A to N74B; color does not change with development.
Sepals.--Quantity and arrangement: Three in a single whorl; one
modified into an elongated spur. Length: About 2 cm. Width: About 5
mm. Shape: Narrowly deltoid. Apex: Apiculate. Base: Attenuate.
Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145C to 145D.
Spur length: About 4.8 cm. Spur diameter: At the flower, about 3
mm; towards the apex, about 1 mm. Spur texture: Smooth, glabrous.
Spur color: Close to 145C to 145D. Peduncles.--Length: About 4 cm.
Diameter: About 2 mm to 3 mm. Angle: About 45.degree. from stem
axis. Strength: Strong; flexible. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color:
Close to 145B. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity: Five fused
at anthers; filaments free. Filament length: Less than 1 mm.
Filament color: Close to 1D. Anther size: About 4 mm by 5 mm.
Anther shape: Oblong. Anther color: Close to 67A. Pollen amount:
Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 158B. Pistils: Quantity per
flower: One. Pistil length: About 6 mm. Stigma shape: Rounded.
Stigma color: Close to 186B. Style color: Close to 146A. Ovary
color: Close to 146A. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit production
has not been observed on plants of the new Impatiens. Disease &
pest resistance: Plants of the new Impatiens have not been observed
to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Impatiens plants.
Garden performance: Plants of the new Impatiens have been observed
to have good garden performance and tolerate temperatures ranging
from about 5.degree. C. to about 40.degree. C.
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