Angelonia Lotrablu Trailing Habit and Flowering Traits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Angelonia plant cultivars lack a trailing and freely-flowering habit with attractive flower coloration, and there is a need for improved garden performance under varying environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
A new cultivar, Angelonia hybrida 'Lotrablu', with a trailing plant habit, freely branching and flowering habit, and large purple violet-colored flowers, bred through cross-pollination of proprietary selections, demonstrating stability in asexual reproduction and good garden performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If existing Angelonia cultivars are used, then they have upright plant habit and later flowering, but they lack trailing habit and early flowering characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding plants with specific genetic parameters that produce trailing growth habit and early flowering. The cross-pollination between parent plants with different characteristics resulted in offspring exhibiting the desired trailing habit and early flowering trait, demonstrating change in growth parameters through selective breeding.
2Productivity
If parent selections are used, then they have limited branching habit, but the new cultivar achieves freely branching and freely flowering characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by promoting extensive lateral branching that divides the plant into multiple flowering segments. The freely branching habit creates numerous independent flowering units along the stems, increasing overall flowering frequency and duration while distributing the plant's productive capacity across multiple branches.
3Reliability
If conventional Angelonia cultivars are used, then they have average garden performance, but the new cultivar achieves improved garden performance and tolerance to environmental variations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by breeding a cultivar that performs reliably across multiple environmental conditions and garden applications. The 'Lotrablu' cultivar demonstrates universal adaptability to different light conditions, temperature ranges, and soil types while maintaining consistent trailing habit and flowering performance, making it suitable for various garden settings.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named ‘Lotrablu’ characterized by its trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large purple violet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.