Osteospermum SUNOST1501 Compact Mounded Habit and Orange-Red Florets
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new cultivar of Osteospermum plants with a compact, uniformly mounded habit and attractive flowering characteristics that differ from existing varieties in terms of plant size, leaf color, and ray floret coloration, while maintaining stability across various environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
A new cultivar, 'SUNOST1501', is developed through controlled cross-pollination of Osteospermum ecklonis 'SUNOST1103' and a proprietary selection, resulting in a compact, freely branching plant with orange-red ray florets and good garden performance, differing from its parents and other cultivars in leaf size and floret color.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If existing Osteospermum varieties are used, then they have established growth habits, but they lack compact, uniformly mounded plant habit and distinctive coloration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by creating a new cultivar with specific morphological parameters (compact growth habit, smaller leaves, mounded form) and color parameters (orange-red ray florets with purple base) that differ from parent plants and existing varieties, thereby achieving the desired plant habit and coloration
2Volume of moving object
If Osteospermum plants are bred for compact growth habit, then plant size is reduced, but flowering characteristics and coloration may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by achieving compact overall plant size while maintaining specific local characteristics including freely branching growth habit, smaller dark green leaves, and large daisy-type inflorescences with distinctive orange-red ray florets that are purple toward the base, ensuring both compactness and flowering performance
3Adaptability or versatility
If new cultivars are developed through cross-pollination, then unique characteristics are created, but stability across environmental conditions must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by demonstrating that the new cultivar 'SUNOST1501' maintains its unique characteristics (compact mounded habit, freely branching, orange-red ray florets with purple base) through asexual reproduction by terminal cuttings in controlled greenhouse environments, with features proving stable and reproducing true to type in successive generations
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘SUNOST1501’, characterized by its compact, broadly upright and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large daisy-type inflorescences with orange red-colored ray florets that are purple in color towards the base; and good garden performance.