Phalaenopsis Orchid Cultivar PHA191366 Concave Flower Shape
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new Phalaenopsis cultivar with attractive, large white flowers featuring yellow-green and white lips, suitable for potted plant production, which has not been previously available in the market.
Innovation Solution
The development of the Phalaenopsis hybrid 'PHA191366' through cross-pollination of proprietary parents, resulting in plants with concave flower shape and strong lip curvature, achieved through asexual reproduction by meristem tissue culture, which reproduces true to type.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If cross-pollination of proprietary parents is performed to create new Phalaenopsis cultivars, then flower attractiveness and size are improved, but breeding time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by conducting cross-pollination of specifically selected proprietary parent plants to create the new cultivar 'PHA191366' with desired flower characteristics before market release. The breeding program was planned and executed in advance to develop the unique concave flower shape and lip curvature features, allowing the inventor to secure proprietary rights before competitors could develop similar varieties.
2Stability of the object's composition
If asexual reproduction by meristem tissue culture is used, then true-to-type reproduction is achieved, but propagation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle through meristem tissue culture, where small portions of meristem tissue are taken from the parent plant and cultured in vitro to produce multiple genetically identical copies. This allows the new cultivar 'PHA191366' to be propagated true-to-type, ensuring that all commercial plants retain the exact same concave flower shape and lip curvature characteristics as the original selected plant.
3Adaptability or versatility
If large white flowers with yellow-green and white lips are developed, then market attractiveness is improved, but selection criteria become more specific and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by focusing on specific local characteristics of the flower that enhance market appeal: the concave shape of the flower in lateral view, the strong curvature of the lateral lobe of the lip, and the specific coloration pattern of yellow-green and white on the lip. These localized features were deliberately selected and bred for in the new cultivar 'PHA191366' to create distinctive visual appeal that differentiates it from other Phalaenopsis varieties.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The new cultivar 'PHA191366' produces large, white flowers with yellow-green and white lips, exhibiting strong lip curvature and concave shape, meeting the demand for visually appealing potted orchids and demonstrating stability through successive generations.
Implementation Method 1
Asexual reproduction of the new Phalaenopsis plant by meristem tissue culture since 2019 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.
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AI summary
A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHA191366’, particularly characterized by having large white flowers with yellow-green and white lips, flowers that are concave in lateral view, strong lip curvature of lateral lobe, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.