A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘MP209’, characterized by its compact, low mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; numerous small bright pink to light red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
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Botanical designation: Petunia×hybrida.
Cultivar denomination: ‘MP209’.
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant, botanically known as Petunia×hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name MP209.
The new Petunia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia. The objective of the breeding program is to create outwardly spreading Petunias with numerous small flowers with attractive flower colors.
The new Petunia originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in December, 2001 of a proprietary Petunia×hybrida selection identified as X01.85.1, not patented, as the female, or seed parent, with a proprietary Petunia×hybrida selection identified as X01.131.1, not patented, as the male, or pollen parent. The new Petunia was selected as a single plant from the resulting progeny of the cross-pollination by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia in October, 2002.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by vegetative cuttings in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia since October, 2002, has shown that the unique features of this new Petunia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
Plants of the cultivar MP209 have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature 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 ‘MP209’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘MP209’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
Plants of the new Petunia differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in petal coloration as plants of the female parent selection have pink-colored petals and plants of the male parent selection have red-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of the cultivar Red MP101, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,998. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new Petunia differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Red MP101 in petal coloration as plants of the cultivar Red MP101 had red-colored petals.
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new cultivar, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Petunia.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘MP209’ grown in a container.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a close-up view of typical leaves and flowers of ‘MP209’.
The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown in Lompoc, Calif., under commercial practice during the winter and early spring in a polycarbonate-covered greenhouse with day temperatures ranging from 21° C. to 24° C., night temperatures ranging from 16° C. to 18° C., and light levels ranging from 5,000 to 9,000 foot candles. Plants were grown for about 14 weeks with one plant per 14-cm container. Plants were pinched once about three weeks after planting. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
| Patent | Priority | Assignee | Title |
| PP22193, | Jan 15 2010 | Syngenta Crop Protection AG | Petunia plant named ‘Pic Amthe’ |
| Patent | Priority | Assignee | Title |
| PP12139, | Apr 09 2000 | Petunia plant named `Mariposa Rose` | |
| PP14998, | Sep 17 2003 | NuFlora International, Pty Ltd. | Petunia plant named `Red MP101` |
| PP15786, | Apr 05 2004 | Syngenta Crop Protection AG | Petunia plant named ‘Whip Rosein’ |
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