Buddleja Botex 007 Compact Floriferous Cultivar

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for new cultivars of Buddleja davidii with compact plant habits and unique flower colors that are also floriferous and fragrant, as existing cultivars may lack desired compactness, flower intensity, or fragrance.

Innovation Solution

The development of 'Botex 007', a new cultivar with a dense, upright, and compact plant habit, cherry pink flowers, a sweet fragrance, and a floriferous blooming habit, achieved through asexual propagation by stem cuttings, distinguishing it from other Buddleja cultivars like 'Peakeep' and 'Botex 005'.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing Buddleja cultivars are used, then they may have certain plant habits or flower colors, but they lack the desired combination of compactness, floriferous blooming, and strong fragrance

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecombination of compact habit, floriferous blooming, and fragranceVSAvoidbreeding complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple desirable traits (compact plant habit, floriferous blooming, strong fragrance, and unique cherry pink flower color) into a single cultivar through controlled breeding programs, merging previously separate selection criteria into one integrated variety that satisfies all requirements simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding process involved systematic variation and selection of key parameters including plant height, inflorescence compactness, flower color intensity, and fragrance strength, ultimately stabilizing these parameters in the final cultivar to achieve the desired combination of traits

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If selection is made from seedlings, then genetic diversity is explored, but the exact parentage remains unknown and selection precision is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegenetic diversity explorationVSAvoidparentage identification accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses asexual propagation by stem cuttings to create genetically identical copies of the selected plant, ensuring that the desirable traits are precisely replicated and maintained across generations without the uncertainty of sexual reproduction, while still allowing initial exploration of genetic diversity through controlled crosses

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Stability of the object's composition

If asexual propagation by stem cuttings is used, then stable and true-to-type characteristics are achieved, but propagation time and effort are increased

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharacteristic stabilityVSAvoidpropagation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary selection of the optimal plant from seedlings before propagation, ensuring that only the most desirable individual with the perfect combination of traits is selected for asexual propagation, thereby preventing the need for repeated selection cycles and reducing overall time investment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUSPP36348P2<i>Buddleja </i>plant named ‘Botex 007’

Publication Date: 2024.12.31 BOTANIC EXPERIENCE BV

AI summary

A new cultivar of Buddleja plant named ‘Botex 007’ that is characterized by its dense, very compact and upright plant habit, its flowers that are cherry pink in color, its neat and naturally round plant shape, its very floriferous blooming habit, and its flowers that have a sweet fragrance.