Lobelia Sunlobe Torecama Cultivar Breeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Lobelia erinus cultivars lack desirable traits such as vigorous growth, dense branching, long flowering periods, and high temperature tolerance, which limits their garden performance and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A new Lobelia cultivar, 'Sunlobe Torecama', resulting from a controlled cross-pollination, exhibits an upright to trailing habit, vigorous growth, dense branching, large purple-violet flowers with white centers, and high temperature tolerance, distinguishing it from its parents and other cultivars like 'Lobmounlila'.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing Lobelia erinus cultivars are used, then basic flowering is achieved, but vigorous growth, dense branching, long flowering periods, and high temperature tolerance are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding plants with specific genetic traits that confer high temperature tolerance, vigorous growth habits, and extended flowering periods. The breeding program systematically altered genetic parameters to achieve superior garden performance and adaptability compared to existing cultivars.
2Shape
If existing Lobelia erinus cultivars are used, then flowering is achieved, but branching density and plant form are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by developing variations in branching patterns throughout the plant structure. The new cultivar exhibits dense, bushy growth with lateral branches developing at multiple nodes, creating a uniformly dense plant form rather than localized branching.
3Duration of action of moving object
If existing Lobelia erinus cultivars are used, then basic flowering occurs, but flowering period duration is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies continuity of useful action by breeding for continuous flowering capability. The new cultivar maintains flowering throughout the growing season with successive blooms, ensuring continuous aesthetic value and garden performance rather than discrete flowering periods.
4Adaptability or versatility
If existing Lobelia erinus cultivars are used, then standard growth is achieved, but temperature adaptability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parent plants with desirable traits including heat tolerance before crossing. The breeding program deliberately chose parents exhibiting vigorous growth and temperature resilience, ensuring these traits would be present in the progeny before environmental testing.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Sunlobe Torecama’, characterized by its upright to trailing and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large purple violet-colored flowers with white-colored centers; relative tolerance to high temperatures and good garden performance.