U.S. patent number PP29,169 [Application Number 15/530,290] was granted by the patent office on 2018-04-03 for tecoma plant named `sunhortedai`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers Limited. The grantee listed for this patent is Kenichi Arisumi, Yasuo Kobayashi. Invention is credited to Kenichi Arisumi, Yasuo Kobayashi.
United States Patent |
PP29,169 |
Arisumi , et al. |
April 3, 2018 |
Tecoma plant named `Sunhortedai`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Tecoma plant named `Sunhortedai`,
characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit;
vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely
flowering habit; flowering under high temperature conditions;
greyed orange-colored flowers; and low temperature tolerant.
Inventors: |
Arisumi; Kenichi (Kagoshima,
JP), Kobayashi; Yasuo (Fukuoka, JP) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Arisumi; Kenichi
Kobayashi; Yasuo |
Kagoshima
Fukuoka |
N/A
N/A |
JP
JP |
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Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers Limited (Tokyo,
JP)
|
Family
ID: |
61724987 |
Appl.
No.: |
15/530,290 |
Filed: |
December 19, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/226 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/226 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Tecoma plant named `Sunhortedai` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Tecoma hybrida.
Cultivar denomination: `SUNHORTEDAI`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Tecoma plant, botanically known as Tecoma hybrida and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Sunhortedai`.
The new Tecoma plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventors in Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka, Japan. The
objective of the breeding program is to create new compact and
upright Tecoma plants with freely branching habit and attractive
flower colors.
The new Tecoma plant originated from a cross-pollination in
Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka, Japan in September, 2013 of a proprietary
selection of Tecoma hybrida identified as code name TSTG#2, not
patented, as the female, or seed parent with a proprietary
selection of Tecoma hybrida identified as code name TSAG#1, not
patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Tecoma plant was
discovered and selected by the Inventors as a single flowering
plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a
controlled greenhouse environment in Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
in June, 2014.
Asexual reproduction of the new Tecoma plant by terminal vegetative
cuttings in Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka, Japan since June, 2014 has
shown that the unique features of this new Tecoma plant are stable
and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Tecoma 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 `Sunhortedai`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunhortedai` as a new
and distinct Tecoma plant: 1. Upright and relatively compact plant
habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely branching habit. 4.
Early and freely flowering habit. 5. Flowering under high
temperature conditions. 6. Greyed orange-colored flowers. 7. Low
temperature tolerant.
Plants of the new Tecoma can be compared to plants of the female
parent selection. Plants of the new Tecoma differ primarily from
plants of the female parent selection in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Tecoma are shorter than
plants of the female parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Tecoma
have smaller flowers than plants of the female parent
selection.
Plants of the new Tecoma can be compared to plants of the male
parent selection. Plants of the new Tecoma differ primarily from
plants of the male parent selection in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Tecoma have longer lateral
branches than plants of the male parent selection. 2. Plants of the
new Tecoma and the male parent selection differ in flower color as
plants of the male parent selection have yellow-colored
flowers.
Plants of the new Tecoma can be compared to plants of Tecoma
hybrida `Sunhorteaka`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,372.
Plants of the new Tecoma differ primarily from plants of
`Sunhorteaka` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Tecoma are more upright than plants of `Sunhorteaka`. 2. Leaves
of plants of the new Tecoma have more leaflets than leaves of
plants of `Sunhorteaka`. 3. Plants of the new Tecoma are more
freely flowering than plants of `Sunhorteaka`. 4. Plants of the new
Tecoma have longer flowers than plants of `Sunhorteaka`. 5. Plants
of the new Tecoma and `Sunhorteaka` differ in flower color as
plants of `Sunhorteaka` have orange red, vivid orange and vivid
reddish yellow-colored flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Tecoma 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 actual colors of the new Tecoma plant.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunhortedai` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical inflorescence of `Sunhortedai`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in
30-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan
and under cultural practices typical of commercial Tecoma
production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
averaged 28.degree. C. and night temperatures averaged 23.degree.
C. Plants were ten months old when the photographs and detailed
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: Tecoma
hybrida `Sunhortedai`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Tecoma hybrida identified as code
name TSTG#2, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary
selection of Tecoma hybrida identified as code name TSAG#1, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--By terminal vegetative cuttings. Time
to initiate roots, summer.--About 15 days at temperatures about
20.degree. C. to 30.degree. C. Time to initiate roots,
winter.--About 20 days at temperatures about 23.degree. C. to
28.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.--After
root initiation, about 25 days at temperatures about 20.degree. C.
to 30.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant,
winter.--After root initiation, about 30 days at temperatures about
23.degree. C. to 28.degree. C. Root description.--Fibrous;
typically 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. Plant description: Plant and
growth habit.--Upright and relatively compact plant habit; vigorous
growth habit; freely branching habit. Plant height.--About 113 cm.
Plant width (or plant spread).--About 78 cm. Lateral branch
description.--Length: About 49 cm. Diameter: About 5.4 mm.
Internode length: About 5.4 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Smooth,
glabrous. Color: Close to 144A, becoming closer to 146A with
development. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Opposite; pinnately
compound with five or seven leaflets per leaf. Leaf length.--About
14.5 cm. Leaf width.--About 13.5 cm. Leaflet length.--About 7.6 cm.
Leaflet width.--About 2.9 cm. Leaflet shape.--Elliptic. Leaflet
apex.--Acuminate. Leaflet base.--Attenuate. Leaflet
margin.--Serrate. Leaflet texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous. Leaflet venation pattern.--Pinnate,
reticulate. Leaflet color.--Developing leaflets, upper surface:
Close to 144A. Developing leaflets, lower surface: Close to 146C.
Fully expanded leaflets, upper surface: Close to 137B; venation,
close to 145B. Fully expanded leaflets, lower surface: Close to
147C; venation, close to 145C. Leaf petioles.--Length: About 4.1
mm. Diameter: About 1.7 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower
surface: Close to 145A. Leaflet petioles.--Length: About 1.3 cm.
Diameter: About 2.3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous. Color, upper surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower
surface: Close to 145A. Flower description: Flower type and
habit.--Single salverform flowers arranged in terminal panicles;
flowers face upright to outwardly; freely flowering habit with
about 35 flowers per inflorescence and about 16 inflorescences
developing per plant. Natural flowering season.--Early flowering
habit, plants begin flowering about six to nine weeks after
planting; plants flower in the garden from late spring until autumn
in Japan. Flower longevity.--Flowers last about two to three days
on the plant; flowers not persistent. Fragrance.--None detected.
Inflorescence height.--About 16.4 cm. Inflorescence
diameter.--About 14.2 cm. Flower buds.--Height: About 3.7 cm.
Diameter: About 1.1 cm. Shape: Club-shaped. Color: Towards the
apex, close to 34B; towards the base, close to 26A and 20A.
Flowers.--Appearance: Salverform; flared trumpet, corolla fused and
five-parted. Diameter: About 3 cm. Height: About 2.9 cm. Throat
diameter: About 9.3 mm. Tube length: About 2.7 cm. Tube diameter:
About 6.6 mm. Corolla.--Quantity and arrangement: Five petals
arranged in a single whorl and fused towards the base into an
elongated tube; two upper lobes and three lower lobes. Petal lobe
length: About 1 cm. Petal lobe width: About 1.3 cm. Petal lobe
shape: Orbicular. Petal lobe apex, upper lobes: Rounded to
emarginate. Petal lobe apex, lower lobes: Rounded to truncate.
Petal lobe margin: Entire; slightly undulate. Petal lobe texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Throat
texture: Smooth, glabous. Tube texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color:
Upper petal lobes, when opening, upper and lower surfaces: Close to
N163B. Lower petal lobes, when opening, upper and lower surfaces:
Close to N163A. Upper petal lobes, fully opened, upper surface:
Close to N163A to N163B; towards the throat, close to N163C;
longitudinal stripes, close to N163A; with development, color
becoming closer to 26A and 7A. Lower petal lobes, fully opened,
upper surface: Close to N163C; stripes, close to N163A; with
development, color becoming closer to 7A. Upper petal lobes, fully
opened, lower surface: Close to 169B to 169C. Lower petal lobes,
fully opened, lower surface: Close to N163B. Throat: Close to N163B
and 13A; stripes, close to N163A. Tube: Close to 26A and 20A.
Calyx.--Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a single
whorl, fused at the base. Sepal length: About 1.6 mm. Sepal width:
About 0.9 mm. Sepal shape: Triangular. Sepal apex: Acute. Sepal
margin: Entire. Sepal texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous. Sepal color: When developing and fully opened, upper
surface: Close to N144C. When developing and fully opened, lower
surface: Close to N144C; towards the base, close to 166A.
Peduncles.--Length: About 3.1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture:
Pubescent. Aspect: Mostly upright. Color: Close to 144A.
Pedicels.--Length: About 2.3 mm. Diameter: About 0.7 mm. Texture:
Smooth, glabrous. Aspect: Upright to outwardly. Color: Close to
144C. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Typically
four. Filament length: About 2.6 cm to 3 cm. Filament color: Close
to 4D. Anther size: About 3.7 mm by 4.2 mm. Anther shape: Variable.
Anther color: Close to 8C. Pollen amount: Very scarce. Pistils:
Quantity: Typically one. Pistil length: About 2.5 cm. Style color:
Close to 154D. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
151D. Ovary color: Close to 144D. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit
production have not been observed on plants of the new Tecoma.
Disease & pest resistance: Plants of the new Tecoma have not
been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Tecoma
plants. Garden performance: Plants of the new Tecoma have been
observed to tolerate wind, rain and temperatures ranging from about
-5.degree. C. to about 35.degree. C.
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