A new Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by having a primrose-yellow flower color when opening and changing to an apricot-pink flower color over 2 to 4 days as the flower ages and a fairly compact and very well-branching plant growth habit, is disclosed.
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Genus and species: Osteospermum hybrida.
Variety denomination: ‘SAKOST8365’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Osteospermum, botanically known as Osteospermum hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘SAKOST8365’. ‘SAKOST8365’ originated from a hybridization in Marslev, Denmark of the female commercial Osteospermum variety ‘SAKOST8202’, also commercially known as CAPE DAISY™ ‘Softly Pink’ (U.S. application Ser. No. 13/134,031) having light pink flowers (young flowers have a pinkish-white flower color) and the male Osteospermum proprietary breeding line ‘207011’ (unpatented) having pink flowers and yellow disc florets.
In May 2008, the two Osteospermum lines ‘SAKOST8202’ and ‘207011’ were crossed and seeds were obtained. The seeds were sown and plants were grown in pots for evaluation. In February 2009, a line was selected which had a highly unique primrose-yellow flower color when opening and changes to an apricot-pink flower color over 2 to 4 days as the flower ages. This line also has a fairly compact and very well-branching plant growth habit.
In February 2009, the line was vegetatively propagated by cuttings and re-evaluated in an open field and a greenhouse. The line was given the breeder code number ‘209142’ and the stability of the distinct characteristics of this variety was confirmed.
In June 2009, plants from ‘209142’ were evaluated again in pots and in an open field. Line ‘209142’ was subsequently designated ‘SAKOST8365’ and was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation via vegetative cuttings.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Salinas, Calif.
This new Osteospermum plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show the plant's overall plant habit including form, foliage, and flowers. The photographs are of a plant grown twelve months from transplant into 8-inch pots from rooted cuttings in Salinas, Calif. under greenhouse conditions in the fall of 2012. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘SAKOST8365’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Salinas, Calif. Data was collected on plants grown approximately twelve months from transplant into 8-inch pots under greenhouse conditions in Salinas, Calif. in the fall of 2012. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.), 4th edition. Anatomic labels are from The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms, by M. Hickey and C. King, Cambridge University.
‘SAKOST8365’ is a distinct variety of Osteospermum having a primrose-yellow flower color when opening and changing to an apricot-pink flower color over 2 to 4 days as the flower ages and a fairly compact and very well-branching plant growth habit. ‘SAKOST8365’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1 (color references are to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 4th edition).
TABLE 1
Comparison with Parental Lines
Female Parent
Male Parent
Characteristic
‘SAKOST8365’
‘SAKOST8202’
‘207011’
Ray floret
RHS 18C
RHS 62C
Pink
(ligule) color,
(Yellow-Orange) with
(Red-Purple) with
upper surface
RHS 75A (Purple)
young flowers of
stripes and streaks;
RHS 155B (White)
RHS 75A (Purple) at
the base and RHS 10A
(Yellow) at the tip
Disc floret
RHS 97C (Violet-Blue)
RHS N187A
Yellow
color
(Greyed-Purple)
‘SAKOST8365’ is a distinct variety of Osteospermum having a primrose-yellow flower color when opening and changing to an apricot-pink flower color over 2 to 4 days as the flower ages and a fairly compact and very well-branching plant growth habit. ‘SAKOST8365’ is most similar to the Osteospermum plant named ‘SAKOST3586’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,522). Differences between the two varieties are described in Table 2 (color references are to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 4th edition).
TABLE 2
Comparison with Similar Variety
Characteristic
‘SAKOST8365’
‘SAKOST3586’
Ray floret
RHS 18C (Yellow-Orange)
Yellow-Orange (RHS 18A)
(ligule) color,
with RHS 75A (Purple)
at tip and Purple (RHS
upper surface
stripes and streaks; RHS
N78B) at base and streaks of
75A (Purple) at the base
Purple (RHS N78B) from
and RHS 10A (Yellow) at
base to tip (fading out closer
the tip
to tip)
Ray floret
RHS 11A (Yellow) with
Yellow (RHS 12B) with
(ligule) color,
RHS 165A (Greyed-
Purple (N77D) streaks
lower surface
Orange) stripes and streaks
mostly at center from base to
tip. Petal is White (RHS
155A) at base only.
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