Petunia plant named ‘Wespecapink’

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2004-01-16

2004-11-16

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Petunia

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PP015343

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Petunia×hybrida
cultivar Wespecapink.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Petunia
plant, botanically known as
Petunia×hybrida
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Wespecapink’.
The new
Petunia
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany. The new
Petunia
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor of a proprietary
Petunia
seedling selection identified as code number 98K8463-332, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
Petunia
seedling selection identified as code number 98K66384-562, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Petunia
was selected by the Inventor in 2000 in a controlled environment in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany since 2001, has shown that the unique features of this new
Petunia
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Wespecapink have 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 ‘Wespecapink’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wespecapink’ as a new and distinct
Petunia
cultivar:
1. Cascading and roughly spherical growth habit.
2. Freely branching plant habit.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Finely textured foliage.
5. Single pastel pink-colored flowers with purple-colored venation.
Plants of the new
Petunia
are more trailing, more freely branching and have larger flowers than plants of the female parent. Plants of the new
Petunia
produce flowers that are larger, open fully and are of a different color than plants of the male parent.
Plants of the cultivar Wespecapink can be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Wespemab, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,165. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Wespemab, differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
were shorter than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had smaller leaves than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
3. Flowers of the new
Petunia
were larger than flowers of the cultivar Wespemab.
4. Plants of the new
Petunia
had shorter sepals and longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
5. Flower color of the new
Petunia
is different from flower color of the cultivar Wespemab.
Plants of the cultivar Wespecapink can also be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Wespesoro, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,184. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Wespesoro differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
had smaller leaves than plants of the cultivar Wespesoro.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had smaller sepals and shorter peduncles than plants of the cultivar Wespesoro.
3. Flowers of the new
Petunia
were smaller than flowers of the cultivar Wespesoro.
4. Flowers of the new
Petunia
had a different color than flowers of the cultivar Wespesoro.
5. Anther color of flowers of the new
Petunia
differed from anther color of flowers of the cultivar Wespesoro.

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