Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-14
2001-02-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011768
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 Beira.
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 Osteospermum cultivars with interesting ray floret colors and heat-tolerance.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1995 of the nonpatented
Osteospermum ecklonis
cultivar Ivory as the female, or seed, parent and a proprietary selection of
Osteospermum ecklonis
identified as 949339 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 cultivar Ivory, in plant habit, ray floret color and inflorescence form.
Plants of the new Osteospermum are different from plants of the male parent, the selection 949339, in plant habit, ray and disc color and inflorescence form.
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 ‘Beira’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Beira’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact, upright and very uniform plant habit.
2. Large and numerous inflorescences per plant.
3. White ray florets with a red purple base giving the appearance of a red purple radiating ring around blue disc.
4. Inflorescences that do not close at night.
5. Tolerance to high temperatures.
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 uniform; have larger leaves; larger inflorescences; entire and more numerous ray florets; and more numerous disc florets than plants of the cultivar Cape Daisy Nairobi. In addition, plants of the cultivar Cape Daisy Nairobi do not have the red purple radiating ring surrounding the disc that plants of the new Osteospermum exhibit and also differ in coloration of ray floret lower surfaces.
The cultivar Beira 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 970699, Osteospermum designated Beira, 1997.
Campell Bruce R.
Kimball Melissa L.
Paul Ecke Ranch Inc.
Whealy C. A.
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