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Petunia plant named `Sunsurfmictrout` |
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Petunia plant named `Sunsurfmictrout`
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| Patent Drawings: | |
| Inventor: |
Kanaya, et al. |
| Date Issued: |
February 12, 2008 |
| Application: |
11/583,582 |
| Filed: |
October 19, 2006 |
| Inventors: |
Kanaya; Takeshi (Shiga, JP)
Iwaki; Kazunari (Shiga, JP)
Isobe; Yasuko (Shiga, JP)
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| Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
| Primary Examiner: |
Bell; Kent |
| Assistant Examiner: |
McCormick-Ewoldt; S. B. |
| Attorney Or Agent: |
Whealy; C. A. |
| U.S. Class: |
PLT/356 |
| Field Of Search: |
PLT/356 |
| International Class: |
A01H 5/00 |
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| Abstract: |
A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named `Sunsurfmictrout`, characterized by its outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; long flowering period; and medium-sized light red-colored flowers. |
| Claim: |
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Petunia plant named `Sunsurfmictrout` as illustrated and described. |
| Description: |
Botanical designation:Petunia.times.hybrida.
Cultivar denomination: `Sunsurfmictrout`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Petunia, botanically known as Petunia.times.hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name `Sunsurfmictrout`.
The new Petunia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventors in Shiga, Japan. The objective of the breeding program is to create new Petunia cultivars with attractive foliage and flower coloration.
The new Petunia originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventors in September, 2003 in Shiga, Japan of a proprietary selection of Petunia.times.hybrida identified as code number PS105-3, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent witha proprietary selection of Petunia.times.hybrida identified as code number PS143-1, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Petunia was discovered and selected by the Inventors as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the statedcross-pollination in a controlled environment in Shiga, Japan.
Asexual reproduction of the new Petunia by terminal cuttings in a controlled environment in Shiga, Japan since September, 2005, has shown that the unique features of this new Petunia are stable and reproduced true to type in successivegenerations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Sunsurfmictrout has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and cultural practices 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 `Sunsurfmictrout`. These characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunsurfmictrout` as a new and distinct cultivar of Petunia: 1. Outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely branching and flowering plant habit. 4. Long flowering period. 5. Medium-sized light red-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the new Petunia differ from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Petunia are larger thanplants of the female parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Petunia have larger flowers than plants of the female parent selection.
Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of the male parent selection. Plants of the new Petunia differ from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Petunia are more compact andmounding than plants of the male parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Petunia and the male parent selection differ in flower color as plants of the male parent selection have light pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Petunia can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Sunpatire, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,756. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Shiga, Japan, plants of the new Petunia and the cultivar Sunpatire differedin the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Petunia were more compact than and not as spreading as plants of the cultivar Sunpatire. 2. Plants of the new Petunia had smaller flowers than plants of the cultivar Sunpatire. 3. Plants of thenew Petunia and the cultivar Sunpatire differed in flower color as plants of the cultivar Sunpatire had red purple-colored flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Petunia, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightlyfrom the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Petunia.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a top perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunsurfmictrout` grown in a container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a close-up of typical flowers of `Sunsurfmictrout`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown in Shiga, Japan, under commercial practice during the spring in an outdoor nursery day temperatures averaging 21.degree. C. and night temperaturesaveraging 14.degree. C. Plants grown for about four months with one plant per 13.5-cm container and pinched one time. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2001 Edition, except wheregeneral terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Botanical classification: Petunia.times.hybrida cultivar Sunsurfmictrout. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of Petunia.times.hybrida identified as code number PS105-3,not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of Petunia.times.hybrida identified as code number PS143-1, not patented,
Propagation: Type.--By terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots.--About one week at temperatures of 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant.--About three weeks at temperatures of 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C.Root description.--Fine, fibrous; light brown in color. Rooting habit.--Freely branching. Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--Outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit. Freely branching with lateral branches potentially developing at everynode; pinching enhances lateral branch development. Vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 11.2 cm. Plant diameter.--About 41.6 cm. Lateral branch description: Length.--About 19.8 cm. Diameter.--About 2.5 cm. Internode length.--About 1 cm. Strength.--Strong. Aspect.--Initially upright to outward. Texture.--Pubescent. Color.--144A. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Before flowering, alternate, simple; after flowering, opposite, simple. Length.--About 5.4 cm. Width.--About 2.4 cm. Shape.--Ovate. Apex.--Acute. Base.--Obtuse. Margin.--Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.--Pubescent; viscid. Venation pattern.--Pinnate; reticulate. Color.--Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper surface: 137B; venation, 144B. Developing and fully expanded foliage; lower surface: 137C; venation, 144B. Petiole.--Length: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 1.3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces: 144B. Flower description: Flowerarrangement and habit.--Single salverform flowers arising from leaf axils. Freely flowering habit with usually about 31 flowers developing per plant. Flowers not persistent. Flowers face upright or outwardly. Flowers not fragrant. Natural floweringseason.--Plants of the new Petunia initiate and develop flowers about two to three weeks after planting. Long flowering period; flowering commences naturally during the spring and plants flower continuously throughout the summer until the fall in Japan. Flower longevity.--Individual flowers last about five days on the plant. Flower diameter.--About 4.7 cm. Flower length (depth).--About 3 cm. Throat diameter.--About 7.7 mm. Tube diameter.--About 2.2 mm. Flower bud.--Shape: Cylindrical. Length:About 3.4 cm. Diameter: About 5.5 mm. Color: N77D. Corolla.--Arrangement: Five petals fused at the base and opening into a flared trumpet. Petal length from throat: About 1.7 cm. Petal width: About 2.2 cm. Petal shape: Broadly obovate. Petal apex:Mucronate. Petal margin: Entire; slightly undulate. Petal texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; satiny. Tube texture: Pubescent. Color: Petal, when opening, upper surface: 45B; venation, N199B. Petal, when opening, lower surface:181D. Petal, fully opened, upper surface: 51A; venation, N199C. Petal, fully opened, lower surface: 54C. Throat: 150D; venation, 183A. Tube: 184B. Calyx.--Arrangement: One star-shaped calyx tube with five sepals fused at the base per flower. Sepallength: About 1.2 cm. Sepal width: About 2.6 mm. Sepal shape: Narrowly elliptic. Sepal apex: Rounded. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: 137B. Color, lower surface: 137C. Peduncles.--Length: About 2.5 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Angle: About 45.degree. from vertical. Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent; viscid. Color: 144A. Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity/arrangement: Five per flower. Anther shape:Ellipsoidal. Anther size: About 2 mm by 2 mm. Anther color: 155B. Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: 155B. Pistils: Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About 1.7 cm. Style color: 144B. Stigma shape: Transversely ellipsoidal. Stigmacolor: 144B. Ovary color: 144A. Seed/fruit: Seed and fruit development have not been observed on plants of the new Petunia. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Petunia have been observed to tolerate temperatures from about 5.degree. C. to about35.degree. C. Pathogen/pest resistance: Plants of the new Petunia have not been observed to be resistant to pests and pathogens common to Petunia.
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