Buddleja Botex 003 Cultivar Compact Habit White Flowers

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for new cultivars of Buddleja davidii that combine compact plant habits with unique flower colors and floriferous blooming characteristics, which existing varieties do not adequately address.

Innovation Solution

The development of a new cultivar, 'Botex 003', which exhibits a compact and upright growth habit, white flowers, a neat oblong shape, and a floriferous blooming habit with a pleasant fragrance, achieved through asexual propagation by stem cuttings from a specific cross between proprietary plants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing Buddleja varieties are used, then they provide basic ornamental value, but they lack the combination of compact plant habit with unique flower colors and floriferous blooming characteristics

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecombination of compact habit with unique flower colors and floriferous bloomingVSAvoidplant variety complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding plants to modify specific characteristics including plant height (reducing to compact sizes), flower color (introducing unique colors), and blooming frequency (increasing to floriferous levels). This systematic modification of multiple parameters simultaneously creates the desired combination of traits in the new cultivars.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Shape

If new cultivars with unique flower colors are developed, then ornamental value is improved, but plant habit compactness may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplant habit compactnessVSAvoidflower color variety

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating specific parts of the plant - maintaining compactness in the overall plant habit while introducing unique and varied flower colors in the inflorescences. This allows different regions of the plant to have optimized characteristics, with the plant structure remaining compact while the flowers display diverse colors.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Stability of the object's composition

If asexual propagation by stem cuttings is used, then genetic stability is achieved, but propagation time and effort are increased

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegenetic stabilityVSAvoidpropagation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing asexual propagation through stem cuttings during the optimal growing season (August 2019) when conditions favor rapid root development. By conducting propagation at this predetermined optimal time, the process is accelerated while maintaining genetic stability, reducing the overall time required compared to less favorable propagation timing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUSPP34525P3<i>Buddleja </i>plant named ‘BOTEX 003’

Publication Date: 2022.08.30 BOTANIC EXPERIENCE BV

AI summary

A new cultivar of Buddleja plant named, ‘Botex 003’, that is characterized by its compact and upright plant habit, its flowers that are white in color, its neat and naturally oblong plant shape, its very floriferous blooming habit, and its flowers that have a pleasant fragrance.