U.S. patent number PP34,393 [Application Number 17/574,627] was granted by the patent office on 2022-06-28 for bidens plant named `fsk17s12`.
The grantee listed for this patent is Koichiro Nishikawa. Invention is credited to Koichiro Nishikawa.
United States Patent |
PP34,393 |
Nishikawa |
June 28, 2022 |
Bidens plant named `FSK17S12`
Abstract
A new cultivar of Bidens plant named `FSK17S12` that is
characterized by its medium sized inflorescences, its
inflorescences with ray floret colors that are bronze-yellow with
yellow markings towards the base of the ray florets, its moderately
vigorous plant habit, its moderately vigorous plant habit, and its
mounding to semi-trailing plant habit.
Inventors: |
Nishikawa; Koichiro
(Waddinxveen, NL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Nishikawa; Koichiro |
Waddinxveen |
N/A |
NL |
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Appl.
No.: |
17/574,627 |
Filed: |
January 13, 2022 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jul 21, 2021 [QZ] |
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PBR 2021/1905 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/410 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
6/14 (20180101); A01H 5/02 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/410 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Aguirre; Penny J.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Bidens plant named `FSK17S12` as
herein illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical classification: Bidens ferulifolia.
Variety Denomination: `FSK17S12`.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to European Community Plant
Variety Office (CPVO) Plant Breeder's Rights Application No.
2021/1905 filed on Jul. 21, 2021, under 35 U.S.C. 119(f), the
entire contents of which is incorporated by reference herein. There
have been no offers for sale anywhere in the world prior to the
effective filing date of this Application and no accessibility to
one of ordinary skill in the art could have been derived from the
printed plant breeder's rights documents.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Bidens ferulifolia plant, botanically known as Bidens ferulifolia
`FSK17S12` and will be referred to hereinafter by its cultivar
name, `FSK17S12`. The new cultivar of Bidens is an evergreen
perennial grown for landscape and container use.
The new cultivar was derived from a controlled breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Katsuta-Gun, Okayama-Pref., Nagi-chio
Gyoho, Japan. The new cultivar arose from a cross made in October
of 2013 between an unnamed and unpatented proprietary plants from
the Inventor's breeding program; reference no. F1211 as the female
parent and ref no. F1204 as the male parent. The Inventor selected
`FSK17S12` in October of 2014 as a single unique plant amongst the
seedlings that resulted from the above cross.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar was first accomplished by
stem cuttings in March of 2015 by the Inventor in Katsuta-Gun,
Okayama-Pref., Nagi-chio Gyoho, Japan. Asexual propagation by stem
cuttings has determined the characteristics of the new cultivar are
stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the characteristics of the new cultivar. These
attributes in combination distinguish `FSK17S12` as a unique
cultivar of Bidens. 1. `FSK17S12` exhibits medium sized
inflorescences. 2. `FSK17S12` exhibits inflorescences with ray
floret colors that are bronze-yellow with yellow markings towards
the base of the ray florets. 3. `FSK17S12` exhibits a moderately
vigorous plant habit. 4. `FSK17S12` exhibits a mounding to
semi-trailing plant habit.
The female parent differs from `FSK17S12` in having larger
inflorescences with ray florets that are red in color with some
yellow spots and a more mounding plant habit. The male parent
differs from `FSK17S12` in having inflorescences that are smaller
in size, ray florets that are red in color with yellow hues, and a
more vigorous growth habit. `FSK17S12` can also be compared to the
Bidens cultivar `Golden Empire` (not patented). `Golden Empire`
differs from `FSK17S12` in having a mounding to upright plant habit
and inflorescences that are yellow in color.
STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR
The Applicant asserts that no publications or advertisements
relating to sales, offers for sale, or public distribution occurred
more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this
application. Any information about the claimed plant would have
been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the
Inventor. The Applicant claims a prior art exemption under 35
U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing
date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.
Disclosure includes but may not be limited to a website listing by
Syngenta Flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying color photographs illustrate the overall
appearance and distinct characteristics of the new Bidens. The
photographs were taken of an 11-week-old plant of `FSK17S12` as
grown in a greenhouse in a 12-cm container in Andijk, The
Netherlands.
The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of the plant habit of
`FSK17S12` in bloom.
The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of an
inflorescence of `FSK17S12`.
The colors in the photographs are as close as possible with the
photographic and printing technology utilized and the color values
cited in the detailed botanical description accurately describe the
colors of the new Bidens.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The following is a detailed description of 16-week-old plants of
`FSK17S12` as grown in 12-cm containers in a greenhouse in Andijk,
The Netherlands. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with
variations in environmental, climatic, and cultural conditions, as
it has not been tested under all possible environmental conditions.
The color determination is in accordance with The 2001 Colour Chart
of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where
general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
General description: Blooming period.--Blooms continuously from
spring through summer in Andijk, The Netherlands. Plant
type.--Evergreen perennial, grown as an annual. Plant
habit.--Mounding to semi-trailing. Height and spread.--An average
of 13 cm in height and 33 cm in width as a 16-week-old plant.
Hardiness.--At least to U.S.D.A Zones 9 to 11, grown as an annual.
Diseases and pests.--No susceptibility and resistance to pests and
diseases has been observed. Root description.--Fine, freely
branching, 155B in color. Propagation.--Stem cuttings. Root
development.--About 3 weeks to produce a rooted cutting and 8 weeks
to produce a blooming plant from a rooted cutting. Growth
rate.--Moderately vigorous. Stem description: Shape.--Rounded, very
slightly angled. Stem color.--148A. Stem size.--10 to 13 cm in
length and 3 mm in diameter. Stem surface.--Strongly pubescent with
some anthocyanin presence. Stem strength.--Strong. Internode
length.--1 to 2.5 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branched, 6 to 8
stems per plant. Foliage description: Leaf division.--Simple. Leaf
arrangement.--Opposite. Leaf attachment.--Petiolate. Leaf
petioles.--5 mm to 1.5 cm in length, 1.5 mm in diameter, 138B in
color, surface slightly pubescent. Leaf shape.--Ovate overall. Leaf
margins.--3-lobed, with lobe margins entire. Leaf margins.--Entire.
Leaf size.--1.5 cm to 4 cm in length, 2 cm to 3.5 cm in width. Leaf
base.--Cuneate. Leaf apex.--Acute. Leaf venation.--Pinnate, 138A in
color on upper and lower surface. Leaf surface.--Upper and lower
surface smooth. Leaf color.--Young upper surface 138A, young lower
surface 138B, mature upper surface N138A, mature lower surface
N137A. Flower description: Inflorescence type.--Terminal and
axillary capitulums, daisy-type. Lastingness of
inflorescence.--Average of 7 to 8 days, disc florets persistent,
ray florets self-cleaning. Fragrance.--Sweet, a bit spicy. Quantity
of inflorescences.--Free flowering, with an average of 60 open
inflorescences and 10 buds per plant. Inflorescence size.--An
average of 8 mm in height and 4 cm in diameter. Inflorescence
buds.--Ovate in shape, an average of 1.2 cm in depth and 5 mm in
diameter, pubescent surface, color; 147A, top 26A.
Peduncle.--Rounded in shape, strong, 4 cm in length and 2 mm in
diameter, 147C in color, surface is densely pubescent covered with
short soft hairs. Involucral bracts: Involucral number.--22.
Involucral arrangement.--Spirally placed around involucrum.
Involucral size.--4 mm to 6 mm in length, 1.5 mm to 2 mm in width.
Involucral color.--Upper and lower surface 147A. Involucral
texture.--Upper surface smooth, lower surface truncate. Involucral
apex.--Acute. Involucral base.--Truncate. Involucral
shape.--Lanceolate. Ray florets (no reproductive organs):
Number.--7 to 8. Shape.--Ovate. Size.--An average of 1.8 cm in
length and 1 cm in width. Apex.--Tridentate. Base.--Cuneate.
Margins.--Entire. Surface.--Both surfaces smooth. Color.--When
opening and fully open upper surface; N172A, base 17A, when opening
and fully open lower surface; 26A with a hue of 17A, just before
senescence; upper surface 22A, base 12A, lower surface 14A. Disc
Florets: Number.--An average of 80. Shape.--Tubular. Size.--Average
of 7 mm in length and 8 mm in width. Apex.--Five-pointed.
Margins.--Entire. Surface.--Both surfaces smooth. Color.--Upper and
lower surface when opening and fully open; 21A. Reproductive
organs: Presence.--Disc florets only. Gynoecium.--1 Pistil, an
average of 4 mm in length, stigma; decurrent, 14A in color, style;
2.5 mm in length, ovary; 145D in color. Androecium.--5 stamens,
anther; basifixed, linear, 1 mm to 1.5 mm in length, 200A in color,
filament; 1 cm in length, pollen; moderate, 17A in color. Seed.--No
seed development has been observed to date.
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