Phlox Ruby Riot Hybrid Cultivar Drought Resistance and Flowering
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of a Hybrid Creeping Phlox cultivar that combines the desired traits of vigorous growth, dense spreading habit, long-lasting reddish-purple to purplish-red flowers with darker eye and notched petals, and resistance to dry conditions, which are not found in existing Phlox varieties.
Innovation Solution
The development of Phlox 'Ruby Riot', a new hybrid cultivar resulting from crossing Phlox nivalis var. hentzii 'Caswell Pink Eye' as the female parent and a proprietary hybrid as the male parent, exhibiting unique characteristics such as dense spreading habit, branched panicles, and resistance to dry conditions, achieved through asexual propagation and stable in successive generations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing Hybrid Creeping Phlox varieties are used, then they have basic flowering and growth properties, but they lack the combination of vigorous spreading habit, long-lasting reddish-purple flowers with darker eye and notched petals, and resistance to dry conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting specific parental varieties with desired traits and controlling hybridization parameters to produce offspring with enhanced adaptability to dry conditions while maintaining or improving flower color intensity and pattern complexity. The hybridization process modifies genetic parameters to achieve the combination of drought resistance and vibrant reddish-purple flowers with darker eyes and notched petals.
2Duration of action of moving object
If existing Hybrid Creeping Phlox varieties are used, then they have basic flowering properties, but they lack prolonged flowering period with completely covering plants at peak flowering
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges traits from two different parental varieties - Phlox nivalis var. hentzii 'Caswell Pink Eye' and proprietary hybrid 14-308-1 - to combine prolonged flowering duration with extensive plant coverage. The hybridization process integrates the long flowering period trait from one parent with the vigorous spreading habit and coverage capability from the other, achieving both extended bloom time and complete plant coverage at peak flowering.
3Productivity
If existing Hybrid Creeping Phlox varieties are used, then they have basic growth habits, but they lack vigorous spreading habit with dense foliage and branched panicles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by developing a highly branched stem structure where each stem divides into multiple branches that form panicles. This segmentation of the stem system increases the overall spreading capability and foliage density while maintaining organized growth patterns. The branched panicle structure allows the plant to cover more area with vigorous growth without creating unmanageable complexity.
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AI summary
A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Ruby Riot’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright-green, shiny, linear leaves. Flowering begins in late-April and continuing for up to five weeks in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season.Petals are reddish-purple to purplish-red with darker eye marks and a small notch and the tips of the petals. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.