U.S. patent number PP31,247 [Application Number 16/350,731] was granted by the patent office on 2019-12-17 for osteospermum plant named `bkostor`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Beekenkamp Plants B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp. Invention is credited to Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp.
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United States Patent |
PP31,247 |
Beekenkamp |
December 17, 2019 |
Osteospermum plant named `BKOSTOR`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named
`BKOSTOR`, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and
mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth rate; freely
branching growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering
habit; daisy-type inflorescences with yellow-colored ray florets
with greyed orange-colored longitudinal stripes; and good garden
performance.
Inventors: |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia
(Maasdijk, NL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia |
Maasdijk |
N/A |
NL |
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Assignee: |
Beekenkamp Plants B.V.
(Maasdijk, NL)
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Family
ID: |
68841292 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/350,731 |
Filed: |
December 27, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/360 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/14 (20180501); A01H 6/148 (20180501); A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/14 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/360 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Osteospermum plant named `BKOSTOR` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Osteospermum ecklonis.
Cultivar denomination: `BKOSTOR`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Osteospermum plant, botanically known as Osteospermum ecklonis and
hereinafter referred to by the name `BKOSTOR`.
The new Osteospermum plant is a product of a planned breeding
program conducted by the Inventor in Odense, Denmark. The objective
of the program is to create and develop new Osteospermum plants
with uniformly mounded plant habit, freely flowering habit and
attractive ray and disc floret coloration.
The new Osteospermum plant originated from a cross-pollination by
the Inventor in June, 2014 of a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis identified as code number 12-0002-01, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Osteospermum ecklonis identified as code number
15-0171-01, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Osteospermum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a
single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Odense,
Denmark in July, 2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new Osteospermum plant by terminal
cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Odense, Denmark
since November, 2015 has shown that the unique features of this new
Osteospermum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in
successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Osteospermum 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 `BKOSTOR`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `BKOSTOR` as a new and
distinct Osteospermum plant: 1. Upright to outwardly spreading and
mounding plant habit. 2. Moderately vigorous growth rate. 3. Freely
branching growth habit. 4. Dark green-colored leaves. 5. Freely
flowering habit. 6. Daisy-type inflorescences with yellow-colored
ray florets with greyed orange-colored longitudinal stripes. 7.
Good garden performance.
Plants of the new Osteospermum differ primarily from plants of the
female parent selection in ray floret color. Plants of the new
Osteospermum have yellow-colored ray florets with greyed
orange-colored longitudinal stripes whereas plants of the female
parent selection have clear yellow-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Osteospermum differ primarily from plants of the
male parent selection in ray floret color. Plants of the new
Osteospermum have yellow-colored ray florets with greyed
orange-colored longitudinal stripes whereas plants of the male
parent selection have light yellow-colored ray florets with darker
yellow-colored centers.
Plants of the new Osteospermum can be compared to plants of the
Osteospermum ecklonis `Sunny Cilia`, not patented. In side-by-side
comparisons, plants of the new Osteospermum differ from plants of
`Sunny Cilia` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Osteospermum are more vigorous than and not as compact as
plants of `Sunny Cilia`. 2. Plants of the new Osteospermum are
freely branching than plants of `Sunny Cilia`. 3. Plants of the new
Osteospermum flower later than plants of `Sunny Cilia`. 4. Plants
of the new Osteospermum and `Sunny Cilia` differ in ray floret
color as plants of the new Osteospermum have yellow-colored ray
florets with greyed orange-colored longitudinal stripes whereas
plants of `Sunny Cilia` have orange-colored ray florets.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of
the new Osteospermum 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 Osteospermum plant.
The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view
of a typical flowering plant of `BKOSTOR` grown in a container.
The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical
inflorescence of `BKOSTOR`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs, following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the spring and summer in
9-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Odense, Denmark
and under cultural practices typical of commercial Osteospermum
production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
ranged from 14.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. and night temperatures
averaged 14.degree. C. Plants were pinched one time and were 14
weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. In the
following description, color references are made to The Royal
Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where
general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
Botanical classification: Osteospermum ecklonis `BKOSTOR`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis identified as code number 12-0002-01, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis identified as code number 15-0171-01, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to
initiate roots, summer.--About twelve days at temperatures about
18.degree. C. Time to initiate roots, winter.--About 14 days at
temperatures about 18.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. Time to produce a
rooted cutting, summer.--About 20 days at temperatures about
18.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted cutting,
winter.--About 28 days at temperatures about 18.degree. C. Root
description.--Medium in thickness, fibrous; typically whitish in
color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate
composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate temperature and
physiological age of roots. Rooting habit.--Freely branching;
medium density. Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--Upright
to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; close to globular
to broadly obovate in overall shape; inflorescences positioned
above and beyond the foliar plane on moderately strong peduncles;
moderately vigorous growth habit; moderate growth rate. Plant
height, soil level to top of foliar plane.--About 15.4 cm. Plant
height, soil level to top of floral plane.--About 19.3 cm. Plant
diameter.--About 21.3 cm. Lateral branches.--Quantity per plant:
Freely branching habit with about five primary branches developing
per plant, primary branches each with about three secondary
branches; pinching enhances branching potential. Length: About 12.9
cm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Internode length: About 6 mm. Strength:
Moderately strong. Aspect: Primary branches, about 45.degree. from
vertical; secondary branches about 30.degree. from primary branch
axis. Texture and luster: Sparsely to moderately pubescent;
moderately glossy. Color, developing: Close to 145A to 145B. Color,
fully developed: Close to 143C. Leaf description.--Arrangement:
Alternate, simple; sessile. Length: About 6.1 cm. Width: About 2.4
cm. Shape: Obovate; moderately concave. Apex: Obtuse to bluntly
acute. Base: Long attenuate. Margin: Mostly entire with shallow and
divergent lobes; slightly undulate. Texture and luster, upper
surface: Smooth, glabrous; sparsely to moderately pubescent along
margins; matte. Texture and luster, lower surface: Rough, sparsely
to moderately pubescent; matte. Venation pattern: Pinnate, arcuate.
Color: Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to between 141A and
143A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 143B. Fully
expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to NN137A; venation, close to
138B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B;
venation, close to 138B. Inflorescence description:
Appearance.--Daisy-type inflorescence form with oblanceolate-shaped
ray florets; inflorescences terminal and axillary and positioned
above and beyond the foliar plane on moderately strong peduncles;
disc and ray florets developing acropetally on a capitulum;
inflorescences face mostly upright to slightly outwardly. Flowering
habit.--Freely flowering habit with about 20 inflorescences
developing per plant. Fragrance.--None detected. Flowering
response.--In Denmark, plants of the new Osteospermum flower
continuously from autumn into the winter; plants begin flowering
about ten to twelve weeks after pinching. Inflorescence
longevity.--Inflorescences of plants of the new Osteospermum last
about ten days on the plant; inflorescences persistent.
Inflorescence buds.--Height: About 1.2 cm. Diameter: About 1.3 cm.
Shape: Roughly globular. Texture and luster: Immature ray florets,
smooth and glabrous; immature involucral bracts, moderately
pubescent; matte. Color: Immature ray florets, close to 150A to
150B; immature involucral bracts, close to 138B. Inflorescence
size.--Diameter: About 6.1 cm. Depth (height): About 1.7 cm. Disc
diameter: About 1.7 cm. Receptacles.--Diameter: About 3 mm. Height:
About 2 mm. Shape: Reniform. Color: Close to 157A. Ray
florets.--Quantity per inflorescence and arrangement: About 25 to
32 ray florets arranged in about two whorls. Length: About 2.8 cm.
Width: About 1 cm. Shape: Oblanceolate; slightly carinate. Apex:
Shallowly and finely praemorse. Base: Attenuate. Margin: Entire;
not undulate. Aspect: Slightly upright; slightly to moderately
reflexed. Texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;
velvety; matte. Texture and luster, lower surface: Smooth,
glabrous; slightly velvety; moderately glossy. Color: When opening,
upper surface: Close to between 12A to 13B; fading towards the base
to close to 9C. When opening, lower surface: Close to 3B; venation,
close to N144C and close to 197B to 197C. Fully opened, upper
surface: Close to 12B to 12C; distally flushed and longitudinally
striped with close to 166D and N167C; towards the base, close to
N170B; venation, similar to lamina color; color does not change
with development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 165C;
longitudinal stripes, close to 172B; venation, close to 166C; color
does not change with development. Disc florets.--Quantity per
inflorescence and arrangement: About 150 disc florets spirally
arranged in about five whorls at the center of the receptacle.
Length: About 8 mm. Diameter, apex: About 2.5 mm. Diameter, base:
About 1 mm. Shape: Tubular; apex dentate, five-pointed. Texture and
luster, inner surface: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Texture and
luster, outer surface: Sparsely pubescent; glossy. Color, immature,
inner and outer surfaces: Apex: Close to 146D; tip, close to 202A.
Mid-section and base: Close to 157D. Color, mature, inner and outer
surfaces: Apex: Close to 153D; tip, close to 148A. Mid-section:
Close to 150D. Base: Close to 157D. Phyllaries.--Quantity per
inflorescence and arrangement: About 32 phyllaries arranged in
about two whorls. Length: About 9 mm. Width: About 1 mm. Shape:
Lanceolate. Apex: Narrowly acute. Base: Cuneate. Margin: Entire.
Texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately
glossy. Texture and luster, lower surface: Moderately pubescent;
matte. Color, upper surface: Close to 138C; venation, close to
138A. Color, lower surface: Close to 138A. Peduncles.--Length:
About 3.1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Strength: Moderately strong.
Aspect: Mostly upright. Texture and luster: Moderately to densely
pubescent; moderately glossy. Color: Close to 144A to 144B.
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Present on disc florets only.
Quantity per floret: About five. Filament length: About 3 mm.
Filament color: Close to N157D. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong.
Anther size: About 2 mm by 0.5 mm. Anther color: Close to darker
than 200A. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close to 25A.
Gynoecium: Present on ray and disc florets. Pistil length: About 4
mm. Stigma diameter: About 2 mm. Stigma shape: Cleft. Stigma color:
Close to 200A. Style length: About 2.5 mm. Style color: Close to
200A. Ovary color: Close to 157D. Seeds and fruits.--To date, seed
and fruit development has not been observed on plants of the new
Osteospermum. Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of
the new Osteospermum have not been shown to be resistant to
pathogens and pests common to Osteospermum plants. Garden
performance: Plants of the new Osteospermum have been observed to
have good garden performance and to tolerate rain, wind, high
temperatures about 35.degree. C. and to be suitable for USDA
Hardiness Zones 9 to 11.
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