Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a spreading habit. The Petunia plant has abundant branching, and great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and slightly small size, the petals having vivid red color. The bottom color of the corolla throat is moderate red and the outside of the corolla tube is grayish yellowish pink. The plant exhibits high resistance to rain, heat, cold and disease.
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Botanical/commercial classification: Petunia hybrida/Petunia Plant.
Varietal denomination: cv. ‘Sunpatire’.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of petunia plant originated from the crossing a seedling called ‘Baccarat Red’ (♀) (unpatented) and a Petunia hybrid variety Petunia hybrida Vlim. called ‘PF038-1’ (♂) unpatented.
The Petunia is a very popular plant that is used for flower bedding and potting in the summer season. There are only a few Petunia varieties which do not have an upright growth habit and which have a high resistance to rain, heat, and diseases. The Petunia plant that we previously filed, i.e. the ‘Revolution’ series {‘Revolution Purple pink’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,915), ‘Revolution Brilliant pink’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,914), ‘Revolution Brilliant pink-mini’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,899), and ‘Revolution Blue vein’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,322)} are decumbent type plants having long stems, a lower plant height, abundant branching, and a high resistance to heat, rain and disease. However, there are only a few Petunia varieties having a great profusion of flowers, vivid colored flower petals and a high resistance to rain, heat, cold and diseases. Accordingly, this invention was aimed at obtaining a new variety having vivid red colored petals, many branching and slightly small plant size together with the above features.
The new variety of petunia plant according to this invention originated from crossing a seedling called ‘Baccarat Red’ (♀) and a Petunia hybrid variety called ‘PF038-1’ (♂). The seed of ‘Baccarat Red’ was bought from Sakata Seed Corp. ‘PF038-1’ is our Petunia breeding line and grown at Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan.
In April 2000, crossing ‘Baccarat Red’ as female parent and ‘PF038-1’ as pollen parent was conducted at Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan. In September 2000, 120 seedlings were obtained from that crossing. These seedlings were grown in pots in glasshouses and tested. One new variety was selected in view of their decumbent growth habit and their flower color. That seedling was propagated by cutting from November 2000, and carried out a trial by flower potting and bedding from April 2001, at Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan. The botanical characteristics of that plant were then examined, using similar varieties ‘Fantasy Crystal Red’ and ‘Suncomi’ for comparison. As a result, it was concluded that this petunia plant is distinguishable from any other variety, whose existence is known to us, and uniform and stable in its characteristics. Then the new variety of petunia plant was named ‘Sunpatire’.
In the following description, the color-cording is in accordance with the Horticultural Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England (R.H.S. Colour Chart). A color chart based on The Japan Color Standard for Horticultural Plants (J.H.S. Color Chart) is also added for reference.
The female parent used in the crossing of ‘Sunpatire’ called ‘Baccarat Red’ having medium habit while that of the new variety is spreading. The branching is fewer than the new variety. It has medium single flowers and petals having deep reddish orange (near R.H.S. 46A). The bottom color of the corolla throat is dark reddish brown (near R.H.S. 53A) and outside color of the corolla tube is pale purplish pink (near R.H.S. 56B).
The main botanical characteristics of the ‘Baccarat Red’ are as follows:
The male parent ‘PF038-1’ used in the crossing of ‘Sunpatire’ is one of our own Petunia breeding line. The Petunia plant ‘PF038-1’ has spreading habit with many branching. It has slightly small single flower, the petals having vivid reddish purple (near R.H.S. 74A). The bottom color of the corolla throat is moderate purple (near R.H.S. 83B) and outside color of the corolla tube is strong purple (near R.H.S. 83D).
The main botanical characteristics of the ‘PF038-1’ are as follows:
The main botanical characteristics of similar variety ‘Fantasy Crystal Red’ used for examination as comparison are as follows:
The main botanical characteristics of similar variety ‘Suncomi’ used for examination as comparison are as follows:
The new variety of the petunia plant has a spreading growth habit, abundant branching and great profusion blooms with the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and slightly small size. The petal color is vivid red. The plant has a high resistance to rain, cold, heat and diseases.
The botanical characteristics of the new and distinct variety of Petunia plant named ‘Sunpatire’ grown in Yakaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan (corresponding to U.S. Hardiness Zone 9 ), are as follows.
This new variety of Petunia plant is most suitable for flower bedding, potting and large planters. Pinching of old blossoms will enhance the formation of new blossoms.
Iwaki, Kazunari, Miyazaki, Kiyoshi, Ishihara, Takuro
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