Geranium TUITSKI Cultivar Deep Blue Double Flowers
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new and distinct cultivar of Geranium pratense that exhibits unique and stable characteristics, such as deep blue, large, fully double flowers, which are not found in existing cultivars like 'Summer Skies' and 'Cloud 9'.
Innovation Solution
The cultivar 'TUITSKI' is a chance seedling with deep blue, large, fully double flowers, which has been successfully propagated through division and tissue culture, showing stability in successive generations and distinct from its probable parent 'Fiore Plena' and similar cultivars like 'Summer Skies' and 'Cloud 9'.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If existing Geranium pratense cultivars like 'Summer Skies' and 'Cloud 9' are used, then they have double flowers, but they differ in color (violet blue with white hint, pale blue respectively) and not deep blue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves a distinct deep blue flower color in Geranium pratense by changing the color parameter through selective breeding and mutation, differentiating it from existing cultivars that exhibit violet blue or pale blue hues. This parameter change creates a novel visual characteristic that satisfies the demand for deeper blue tones in garden geraniums.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a new cultivar is developed with unique characteristics, then it offers distinct ornamental value, but it requires stable propagation to maintain characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs tissue culture techniques to create precise copies of the new Geranium cultivar, ensuring that each propagated plant is genetically identical and maintains the distinctive deep blue, large, fully double flower characteristics. This copying method guarantees characteristic stability while enabling efficient multiplication of the cultivar for commercial distribution.
3Shape
If Geranium pratense is bred for large, fully double flowers, then ornamental value increases, but flower development complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes preliminary selection and breeding actions to establish the genetic foundation for large, fully double flowers before final cultivar development. By pre-selecting parent plants with desirable traits and performing preliminary crosses, the complex flower development is achieved more efficiently, reducing the overall breeding time and complexity required to produce the final cultivar with its distinctive large, fully double floral structure.
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AI summary
A new cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘TUITSKI’ that is characterized by its flowers that are deep blue in color, its flowers that are large in size, and its fully double flowers.