Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-14
2001-01-23
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011750
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 Ninda.
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 9302A as the female, or seed, parent and a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as 949314 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 9302A, in growth habit, inflorescence size and ray floret color.
Plants of the new Osteospermum are different from plants of the male parent, the selection 949314, in plant height, ray floret color and quantity 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 ‘Ninda’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Ninda’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact and upright plant habit.
2. Numerous inflorescences per plant.
3. White ray florets with pink lavender apices and a pink lavender base giving the appearance of a small ring around the blue disc.
4. Inflorescences that do not close at night.
The new cultivar can be compared to the Osteospermum cultivar Cape Daisy Nairobi, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,340. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Encinitas, Calif., plants of the new cultivar are more upright, slightly taller and more uniform; shorter and wider leaves; and larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Cape Daisy Nairobi. In addition, ray florets of the new Osteospermum are ligulate, entire and not spoon-shaped like ray florets of the cultivar Cape Daisy Nairobi.
The cultivar Ninda 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 970883, Osteospermum designated Ninda, 1997.
Campell Bruce R.
Kimball Melissa L.
Paul Ecke Ranch Inc.
Whealy C. A.
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