Scaevola Bonscablue Compact Growth and Dark Violet Flowers
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for new Scaevola cultivars with attractive flower coloration and improved growth habits, such as compactness, early flowering, and prolonged flowering periods, which existing cultivars like Cool Sapphire do not fully satisfy.
Innovation Solution
The cultivar 'Bonscablue' is developed through open-pollination of a proprietary selection of Scaevola aemula, exhibiting a compact, semi-trailing growth habit, freely branching, and dark violet-colored flowers, which are more compact and densely packed than the female parent and have larger flowers and shorter internodes compared to Cool Sapphire.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If existing Scaevola cultivars like Cool Sapphire are used, then they provide flowering characteristics, but they lack compactness and have longer internodes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding plants with specific genetic traits that result in shorter internode lengths and more compact growth habits. The cultivar 'Bonscablue' exhibits significantly shorter internodes compared to the Cool Sapphire cultivar, achieving a compact, mounded form while maintaining healthy flowering characteristics.
2Duration of action of moving object
If existing Scaevola cultivars are used, then they provide flowering, but they flower later and have shorter flowering periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action through selective breeding programs that pre-establish genetic traits for early flowering and extended blooming periods. The cultivar 'Bonscablue' was developed through controlled open-pollination and selection of parent plants with desirable flowering characteristics, resulting in a cultivar that flowers earlier and maintains blooms for longer periods compared to existing cultivars.
3Quantity of substance
If existing Scaevola cultivars are used, then they provide growth, but they lack dense branching and compact habit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by promoting extensive lateral branching from multiple nodes along the stem, creating a densely divided plant structure. The cultivar 'Bonscablue' exhibits freely branching habits with numerous lateral branches emerging at regular intervals, resulting in a compact, mounded form with high branch density that fills planting spaces efficiently.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Scaevola plant named ‘Bonscablue’, characterized by its compact, mounded and semi-trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; dark violet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.