U.S. patent number PP31,612 [Application Number 16/350,643] was granted by the patent office on 2020-03-31 for mandevilla plant named `sunpa 5223`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers, Limited. The grantee listed for this patent is Tomoya Misato, Masahiro Yamada. Invention is credited to Tomoya Misato, Masahiro Yamada.
United States Patent |
PP31,612 |
Misato , et al. |
March 31, 2020 |
Mandevilla plant named `Sunpa 5223`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named `Sunpa
5223`, characterized by its climbing plant habit; vigorous growth
habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit;
long flowering period; and small bright red-colored flowers.
Inventors: |
Misato; Tomoya (Shiga,
JP), Yamada; Masahiro (Shiga, JP) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Misato; Tomoya
Yamada; Masahiro |
Shiga
Shiga |
N/A
N/A |
JP
JP |
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Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers, Limited
(Tokyo, JP)
|
Family
ID: |
69951406 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/350,643 |
Filed: |
December 14, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/232 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/088 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/08 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/232 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named `Sunpa 5223` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Mandevilla hybrida.
Cultivar denomination: `SUNPA 5223`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Mandevilla plant, botanically known as Mandevilla hybrida and
hereinafter referred to by the name `Sunpa 5223`.
The new Mandevilla plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventors in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan. The
objective of the breeding program is to create new freely branching
Mandevilla plants with freely flowering habit and attractive
flowers.
The new Mandevilla plant originated from a cross-pollination in
Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan in May, 2014 of a proprietary selection of
Mandevilla hybrida identified as code number 07M-9-1, not patented,
as the female, or seed parent with a proprietary selection of
Mandevilla hybrida identified as code number MH43, not patented, as
the male, or pollen, parent. The new Mandevilla plant was
discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant
from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a
controlled greenhouse environment in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan in
September, 2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new Mandevilla plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan since March, 2016
has shown that the unique features of this new Mandevilla plant are
stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Mandevilla 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 `Sunpa 5223`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunpa 5223` as a new
and distinct Mandevilla plant: 1. Climbing plant habit. 2. Vigorous
growth habit. 3. Freely branching habit. 4. Early and freely
flowering habit. 5. Long flowering period. 6. Relatively small
bright red-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the
female parent selection. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ
primarily from plants of the female parent selection in flower
color as plants of the new Mandevilla have bright red-colored
flowers whereas plants of the female parent selection have
pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the male
parent selection. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily
from plants of the male parent selection in plant habit as plants
of the new Mandevilla have a climbing plant habit whereas plants of
the male parent selection have a semi-climbing plant habit.
Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the
Mandevilla amabilis X Mandevilla boliviensis `Sunmandecrim`,
disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,539. In side-by-side
comparisons, plants of the new Mandevilla differ from plants of
`Sunmandecrim` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Mandevilla have a climbing plant habit whereas plants of
`Sunmandecrim` have a semi-climbing habit. 2. Plants of the new
Mandevilla have shorter internodes than plants of `Sunmandecrim`.
3. Plants of the new Mandevilla have darker green-colored leaves
than plants of `Sunmandecrim`. 4. Plants of the new Mandevilla have
smaller flowers than plants of `Sunmandecrim`. 5. Flowers of plants
of the new Mandevilla do not fade with development whereas flowers
of plants of `Sunmandecrim` fade with development.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Mandevilla 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 Mandevilla
plant.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunpa 5223` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical flower and flower buds of `Sunpa 5223`.
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 Mandevilla
production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
averaged 25.degree. C. and night temperatures averaged 15.degree.
C. Plants were six 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:
Mandevilla hybrida `Sunpa 5223`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Mandevilla hybrida identified as
code number 07M-9-1, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Mandevilla hybrida identified as
code number MH43, not patented. Propagation: Type.--By terminal
vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer and
winter.--About two weeks at temperatures about 23.degree. C. to
25.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer and
winter.--About five to six weeks at temperatures about 23.degree.
C. to 25.degree. C. Root description.--Fibrous; typically light
brown 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; medium density. Plant description: Plant
and growth habit.--Climbing plant habit; vigorous growth habit;
freely branching habit. Plant height.--About 114 cm. Lateral branch
description.--Length: About 78 cm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Internode
length: About 4.1 cm. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture: Smooth,
glabrous. Color, developing: Close to 151A slightly tinged with
close to N167A. Color, fully developed: Close to 177B. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Opposite, simple. Length.--About 6 cm.
Width.--About 4.2 cm. Shape.--Obovate. Apex.--Acuminate.
Base.--Obtuse. Margin.--Entire. Texture and luster, upper and lower
surfaces.--Slightly pubescent; slightly glossy. Venation
pattern.--Pinnate, reticulate. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 144A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to
146C. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to between 137B
and 146A; venation, close to 144B. Fully expanded leaves, lower
surface: Close to 147C; venation, close to 145C. Petioles.--Length:
About 1 cm. Diameter: About 1.8 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Slightly pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces:
Close to 144C. Flower description: Flower type and habit.--Single
salverform flowers arranged in axillary racemes; flowers face
upright to outwardly; freely flowering habit with about three to
five flowers per inflorescence and about 48 flowers developing per
plant. Natural flowering season.--Early flowering habit, plants
begin flowering about six weeks after planting; long flowering
period, plants flower continuously from early summer until late
autumn in Japan. Flower longevity on the plant.--About seven to ten
days; flowers not persistent. Fragrance.--None detected. Flower
buds.--Height: About 5.5 cm. Diameter: About 9.1 mm. Shape:
Obtrullate. Color: Distally, close to 53A; mid-section, close to
150C tinged with close to 50A; proximally, close to 8D.
Flowers.--Appearance: Salverform; flared trumpet, corolla fused and
five-parted; flowers roughly star-shaped. Diameter: About 5 cm.
Depth (length): About 5.4 cm. Throat diameter: About 1.4 cm. Tube
length: About 1.7 cm. Tube diameter, proximally: About 2.7 mm.
Corolla.--Quantity and arrangement: Five petals arranged in a
single whorl and fused towards the base into an elongated tube;
petal lobes imbricate. Petal lobe length: About 2.2 cm. Petal lobe
width: About 1.9 cm. Petal lobe shape: Obovate, asymmetrical. Petal
lobe apex: Acute. Petal lobe margin: Entire; moderately undulate;
slightly recurved. Petal lobe texture and luster, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety; matte. Throat texture: Smooth,
glabrous. Tube texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Petal lobe, when
opening, upper surface: Close to 53A; at the margin, flushed with
close to 187B. Petal lobe, when opening, lower surface: Close to
46A. Petal lobe, fully opened, upper surface: Close to N45A;
venation, close to N45A; color does not fade with development.
Petal lobe, fully opened, lower surface: Close to 46A; venation,
close to 46A; color does not fade with development. Throat: Close
to 53A and 34B; proximally, close to 28A; venation, close to N30B.
Tube: Close to 53B; proximally, close to 4C; venation, close to 53B
and 4C. Calyx.--Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a
single whorl, fused at the base; calyx, star-shaped. Sepal length:
About 7.8 mm. Sepal width: About 2.6 mm. Sepal shape: Lanceolate.
Sepal apex: Acuminate. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal texture, upper
and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Sepal color, upper surface:
Distally, close to N45C; proximally, close to 145C. Sepal color,
lower surface: Distally, close to N45C; proximally, close to 145D.
Peduncles.--Length: About 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 2.2 mm. Texture:
Pubescent. Aspect: Upright to outwardly. Color: Close to 144B.
Pedicels.--Length: About 1.6 cm. Diameter: About 1.7 mm. Texture:
Pubescent. Aspect: Upright to outwardly. Color: Close to 144C.
Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity and arrangement: Typically
five; filaments fused to corolla; anthers, connivent. Anther size:
About 1.6 mm by 8.7 mm. Anther shape: Lanceolate. Anther color:
Close to 12B. Pollen amount: None observed. Pistils: Quantity:
Typically one. Pistil length: About 1.8 cm. Style color: Close to
145D. Stigma shape: Globose. Stigma color: Close to 145B. Ovary
color: Close to 145A. Seeds and fruits.--To date, seed and fruit
production have not been observed on plants of the new Mandevilla.
Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new
Mandevilla have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and
pests common to Mandevilla plants. Garden performance: Plants of
the new Mandevilla have been observed to tolerate wind, rain and
temperatures ranging from about 4.degree. C. to about 30.degree.
C.
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