Delosperma DDLPI02-0 Cultivar Cold Tolerance and Summer Flowering
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new Delosperma cultivar that exhibits improved cold tolerance and increased summer flowering, while maintaining drought tolerance and a distinct flower color, as existing varieties like 'WOWDRY1' and 'WOWDRW5' lack these specific traits.
Innovation Solution
The cultivar 'DDLPI02-0' is developed through open pollination, characterized by large, round bright pink flowers with a yellow eye, drought tolerance, and excellent garden performance in summer, with stable traits reproduced through terminal vegetative cuttings, showing better cold tolerance and more prolific summer flowering compared to similar varieties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing Delosperma varieties like 'WOWDRY1' and 'WOWDRW5' are used, then drought tolerance is maintained, but cold tolerance and summer flowering performance are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding plants with specific genetic traits that modify physiological parameters for cold tolerance and flowering behavior. The new cultivar 'DDLPI02-0' exhibits altered parameters including enhanced cold hardiness and increased summer flowering propensity compared to parent varieties, while maintaining drought tolerance through inherited adaptive traits.
2Ease of manufacture
If existing Delosperma varieties like 'WOWDRY1' and 'WOWDRW5' are used, then drought tolerance is maintained, but flower color distinctiveness is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by developing a cultivar with distinct local characteristics in flower coloration. The new cultivar 'DDLPI02-0' possesses a unique pink flower color with a contrasting yellow eye, creating a distinctive local quality feature that differentiates it from parent varieties while maintaining the overall drought-tolerant physiology inherited from the parent Delosperma species.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Delosperma plant named ‘DDLPI02-0’ is disclosed, characterized by large, pink flowers with a yellow eye. Plants have a low, mounded habit, flower well during Summer and are tolerant to cold and drought. The new variety is a Delosperma, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.