Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Osteospermum
Plant Patent
1999-04-14
2002-08-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Osteospermum
Plant Patent
active
PP012877
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant, botanically known as
Osteospermum ecklonis
and referred to by the cultivar name Bamba.
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 compact Osteospermum cultivars with interesting ray floret colors.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1995 of a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as 9512 as the female, or seed, parent and a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as 9520 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 cultivar are different from plants of the female parent, the selection 9512, primarily in plant habit.
Plants of the new Osteospermum are different from plants of the male parent, the selection 9520, in plant size, number of ray florets and color of lower surface of ray florets.
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 ‘Bamba’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bamba’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact and uniform plant habit.
2. Ray florets that are initially lavender in color and darken to red purple with development.
3. Dark purple-tipped disc florets.
4. Numerous inflorescences per plant.
The new cultivar can be compared to the Osteospermum cultivar Cape Daisy Lusaka, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,337. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Aabyhoj, Denmark, and Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new cultivar are smaller, less vigorous and more uniform in plant habit; have smaller but more numerous inflorescences; have slightly shorter peduncles; and have a more saturated ray floret color than plants of the cultivar Lusaka.
The cultivar Bamba 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.
REFERENCES:
UPOV CD-ROM, PBR 961164, Osteospermum designated Bamba, 1996.
Campell Bruce R.
Hwu June
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