Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-10-22
2001-12-11
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012262
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant, botanically known and
Osteospermum ecklonis
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Aksullo.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Aabyhoj, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program was to create new Osteospermum cultivars with interesting ray floret colors and spoon-shaped ray florets.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor of a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as code number 9524 as the female, or seed, parent and a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as code number 9518, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Osteospermum was selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of this cross in a controlled environment in Aabyhoj, Denmark, in 1996.
Plants of the new Osteospermum are more compact and have more ray florets that are darker in color than plants of the female parent, the selection 9524. Compared to ray florets of plants of the male parent, the selection, 9518, ray florets of plants of the new Osteospermum have a more distinct spoon-shape and differ in color.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings at Aabyhoj, has shown that the unique features of this new Osteospermum 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 unique characteristics of ‘Aksullo’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Aksullo’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact and mounding growth habit.
2. Very freely branching.
3. Freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant.
4. Large, dark purple, spoon-shaped ray florets and purple disc florets.
5. Good post-production longevity.
The new cultivar can be compared to the Osteospermum cultivar Sunny Sonja, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,341. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the cultivar Sunny Sonja in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Osteospermum are larger, more vigorous and have a more spreading plant habit than plants of the cultivar Sunny Sonja.
2. Plants of the new Osteospermum are much more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar Sunny Sonja.
3. Ray and disc florets of plants of the new Osteospermum are darker in color than ray and disc florets of plants of the cultivar Sunny Sonja.
The new cultivar can also be compared to the Osteospermum cultivar Pemba, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/291,105. In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Aabyhoj, Denmark, plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the cultivar Pemba in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Osteospermum are more compact than plants of the cultivar Pemba.
2. Ray florets of plants of the new Osteospermum are shorter, broader and darker in color than ray florets of plants of the cultivar Pemba.
The cultivar Aksullo has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
Campell Bruce R.
McCormick Susan B.
Ranch Paul Ecke
Whealy C. A.
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