Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Flora’

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2003-12-22

2004-10-19

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Osteospermum

Plant Patent

active

PP015250

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Osteospermum ecklonis
cultivar Sunny Flora.
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 ‘Sunny Flora’.
The new Petunia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Odense, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program is to create new compact
Osteospermums
with continuous flowering, good postproduction longevity and attractive flower coloration.
The new
Osteospermum
originated from a self-pollination made by the Inventor in 2001 of the
Osteospermum ecklonis
cultivar Sunny Alex, not patented.
The new
Osteospermum
was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the resulting progeny from the self-pollination in a controlled environment in Odense, Denmark.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Osteospermum
by terminal vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Odense, Denmark. Asexual reproduction by cuttings 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 cultivar Sunny Flora 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.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Sunny Flora’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Sunny Flora’ as a new and distinct
Osteospermum:
1. Compact, upright and mounded plant habit.
2. Dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Large inflorescences.
5. Red purple-colored ray florets and dark purple-tipped disc florets.
Compared to plants of the parent, the cultivar Sunny Alex, plants of the new
Osteospermum
are more compact, have lighter green-colored leaves, and have shorter and stronger peduncles.
Plants of the new
Osteospermum
can be compared to plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,353. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fyn, Denmark, plants of the new
Osteospermum
differed from plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Osteospermum
were more compact and denser than plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady.
2. Plants of the new
Osteospermum
were more upright and not as outwardly spreading as plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady.
3. Plants of the new
Osteospermum
had lighter green-colored foliage than plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady.
4. Plants of the new
Osteospermum
and the cultivar Sunny Lady differed in ray floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady had lighter-colored ray florets.
5. Plants of the new
Osteospermum
had longer and sturdier peduncles than plants of the cultivar Sunny Lady.


REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM, Plant Variety Database, 2004/01, GTI jouve Retrieval Software, Citation forOsteospermum‘Sunny Flora’.

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