Petunia plant named ‘Wespequeen’

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2004-01-16

2004-11-16

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Petunia

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PP015321

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Petunia×hybrida
cultivar Wespequeen.
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 ‘Wespequeen’.
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, not patented, as the female, or seed parent, identified as code number 99P078 with a proprietary
Petunia
seedling selection not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent, identified as code number 99P048. 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 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 ‘Wespequeen’ 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 ‘Wespequeen’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wespequeen’ as a new and distinct
Petunia
cultivar:
1. Cascading growth habit.
2. Freely flowering habit.
3. Single bicolored flowers that are purple in color with white-colored margins.
4. Light bluish violet-colored anthers.
5. Large sepals.
Plants of the new
Petunia
produce flowers that are larger and darker in color than plants of the female parent, a proprietary selection. Plants of the new
Petunia
have a more cascading plant habit and have larger and darker colored flowers than plants of the male parent, a proprietary selection.
Plants of the cultivar Wespequeen can be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Brevt, described in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,679. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Brevt, differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
had shorter internodes than plants of the cultivar Brevt.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had larger flowers with larger sepals than plants of the cultivar Brevt.
3. Flower color of plants of the new
Petunia
was different than flower color of plants of the cultivar Brevt.
4. Plants of the new
Petunia
had longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Brevt.
5. Flowers of the new
Petunia
had anthers of a different color than flowers of the cultivar Brevt.
Plants of the cultivar ‘Wespequeen’ can also be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Bresh, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/592,379, now abandoned. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Bresh differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
had shorter internodes than plants of the cultivar Bresh.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had larger flowers with larger sepals than plants of the cultivar Bresh.
3. Flower color of plants of the new
Petunia
was more intense than flower color of plants of the cultivar Bresh.
4. Flowers of the new
Petunia
had anthers of a different color than flowers of the cultivar Bresh.

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