Lavandula ‘IB510-17’ Cultivar With Dense, Compact Flowering
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for new Lavandula plants with dense and freely-flowering characteristics, attractive flower coloration, relatively short peduncles, and good garden performance, which existing Lavandula varieties do not adequately provide.
Innovation Solution
The development of a new Lavandula plant, designated as 'IB510-17', with compact and upright growth habit, dense and bushy appearance, violet-colored sterile flower bracts, and relatively short peduncles, achieved through a controlled breeding program and asexual reproduction by softwood terminal cuttings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional Lavandula varieties are used, then they have simple growth habits and shorter flowering periods, but they lack dense bushy appearance, compact upright habit, and freely-flowering characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding for specific morphological parameters including compact upright plant habit, dense bushy appearance, freely-branching growth pattern, and relatively short peduncles. These parameter modifications create a new Lavandula variety with superior garden performance while maintaining the species' fundamental characteristics
2Length of moving object
If existing Lavandula varieties with longer peduncles are used, then they have simpler flower arrangements, but they lack attractive flower coloration and dense flowering habit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the peduncle length parameter to be relatively short compared to conventional varieties, while simultaneously increasing flower density and attractiveness. This parameter change creates a compact flower arrangement that enhances the overall dense and freely-flowering habit of the plant
3Quantity of substance
If Lavandula varieties with less dense growth are used, then they have simpler appearances, but they lack bushy compact form and attractive sterile flower bract coloration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the growth density parameter to create a dense bushy appearance with compact upright form. This parameter modification is combined with selection for attractive sterile flower bract coloration, producing a plant that exhibits both dense foliage and appealing floral characteristics
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘IB510-17’, characterized by its relatively compact and upright to somewhat outwardly plant habit; freely branching growth habit, dense and bushy appearance; freely flowering habit; violet-colored flowers with large light purple-colored sterile flower bracts arranged on short terminal spikes; relatively short peduncles; and good garden performance.