Patent Application
20200093048
Latin name of the genus and species: Petunia hybrid.
Variety denomination: ‘DAMORPURP’.
The new Petunia hybrid cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor, Gavriel Danziger in Moshav Mishmar Hashiva, Israel. The objective of the breeding program was to produce new Petunia varieties with interesting flower color patterns. The cross resulting in this new variety was made during January of 2015.
The seed parent is the unpatented, propriety variety referred to as Petunia ‘cv. 14-9229’. The pollen parent is the unpatented, propriety variety referred to as Petunia ‘cv. 14-9127’. The new variety was discovered in August of 2015 by the inventor in a group of seedlings resulting from the 2015 crossing, in a greenhouse in Moshav Mishmar Hashiva, Israel.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ was first performed by terminal vegetative cuttings during August of 2015, at a greenhouse in Moshav Mishmar Hashiva, Israel. Subsequent propagation by has shown that the unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type in more than 25 successive generations.
The cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 ‘DAMORPURP’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘DAMORPURP’ as a new and distinct Petunia cultivar:
1. Mounded growth habit.
2. Very branched with medium vigor.
3. Flowers color is purple-blue with white stripes (light intensity and weather conditions can influence the width of the stripes, creating shapes resembling hearts).
4. Flower size is large.
5. Abundant flowering.
Plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ are similar to plants of the seed parent, Petunia ‘cv. 14-9229’ in most horticultural characteristics, however, plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ differ in the following;
1. ‘Cv. 14-9229’ has semi trailing growth habit while ‘DAMORPURP’ has mounded growth habit.
2. ‘Cv. 14-9229’ is a branched plant with low vigor while ‘DAMORPURP’ is very branched with medium vigor.
3. ‘Cv. 14-9229’ flower color is magenta with white stripes while ‘DAMORPURP’ flowers color is purple-blue with white stripes.
4. ‘Cv. 14-9229’ flower size is medium while ‘DAMORPURP’ flower size is large.
5. ‘Cv. 14-9229’ has medium quantity of flowering while ‘DAMORPURP’ has abundant flowering.
Plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ are similar to plants of the pollen parent in most horticultural characteristics however, plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ differ in the following;
1. ‘Cv-14-9127’ has semi upright growth habit and is a tall plant, while ‘DAMORPURP’ has mounded growth habit.
2. ‘Cv-14-9127’ is vigorous with low branching, while ‘DAMORPURP’ is very branched with medium vigor.
3. ‘Cv-14-9127’ flower color is blue with white stripes while ‘DAMORPURP’ flowers color is purple-blue with white stripes.
4. ‘Cv-14-9127’ flower size is medium while ‘DAMORPURP’ flower size is large.
5. ‘Cv-14-9127’ has medium quantity of flowering while ‘DAMORPURP’ has abundant flowering.
Plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ can be compared to the unpatented commercial variety Petunia ‘DANCAS305’. These varieties are similar in most horticultural characteristics; however, ‘DAMORPURP’ differs in the following:
1. ‘DANCAS305’ flower size is smaller than ‘DAMORPURP’.
2. ‘DANCAS305’ Flower color is red-purple with white stripes, while ‘DAMORPURP’ has purple-blue flowers with white stripes.
3. ‘DANCAS305’ plant habit is semi-trailing, while ‘DAMORPURP’ has a mounded growth habit.
Plants of the new cultivar ‘DAMORPURP’ can also be compared to the commercial variety Petunia ‘DRAY67’, U.S. Plant Pat No. 25,906. These varieties are similar in most horticultural characteristics; however, ‘DAMORPURP’ differs in the following:
1. ‘DRAY67’ flower size is smaller than ‘DAMORPURP’.
2. ‘DRAY67’ flower color is black with yellow stripes, while ‘DAMORPURP’ has purple-blue flowers with white stripes.
3. ‘DRAY67’ is taller than ‘DAMORPURP’.
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In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Mini Colour Chart 2005 except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describe ‘DAMORPURP’ plants grown in greenhouse in Moshav Mishmar Hashiva, Israel, under natural lighting. Measurements were taken during April of 2015. The plants were approximately 60 days from a rooted cutting in a 13 cm pot. The growing temperature ranged from 20° C. to 35° C. during the days, 17° C. to 23° C. during the nights. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plant types.
