Alstroemeria 'Konpride' Compact Habit Breeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Alstroemeria cultivars lack compact, early-flowering, and freely flowering varieties with attractive foliage and flower coloration, which limits their garden performance and aesthetic appeal.
Innovation Solution
A new Alstroemeria hybrida cultivar 'Konpride' is developed through controlled breeding, exhibiting a compact mounding habit, sturdy plants, vigorous growth, bright pink flowers, and good garden performance, distinct from its parents and comparable cultivars like 'Koserin', achieved through asexual reproduction by root divisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional Alstroemeria cultivars are used, then they have larger plant size and more extensive growth, but they lack compactness and early flowering characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding plants with modified growth parameters to achieve a compact habit. The cultivar 'Konpride' exhibits reduced plant height (30-40 cm) and compact mounding form through controlled breeding, transforming the typical Alstroemeria growth parameters while maintaining flowering capacity and vigor.
2Loss of time
If early flowering is achieved, then flowering time is reduced, but flower size and coloration may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent simultaneously optimizes multiple parameters including flowering time, flower size, and coloration through selective breeding. The 'Konpride' cultivar achieves early flowering while maintaining large flowers (5-6 cm diameter) and vibrant pink coloration with distinctive markings, demonstrating that multiple parameters can be improved together rather than traded off.
3Shape
If compact growth habit is selected, then plant size is reduced, but garden performance and vigor may be diminished
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the growth parameter set to achieve compactness while maintaining or enhancing garden performance. The 'Konpride' cultivar displays vigorous growth, disease resistance, and reliable flowering performance despite its compact 30-40 cm height, proving that compactness and reliability are not mutually exclusive when proper breeding selection is applied.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Konpride’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; sturdy and strong plants; vigorous growth habit; bright pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.