Tecoma Cultivar With Color-Gradient Flowers and Compact Growth
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Tecoma cultivars lack distinct flower color transitions and compact growth habits, as well as adequate temperature tolerance, limiting their ornamental and horticultural applications.
Innovation Solution
Development of a new Tecoma cultivar 'TEC60109107' with reddish-orange flowers featuring a gradual transition from throat to petal color and enhanced temperature tolerance, derived from a mutation of Tecoma 'Sparky', exhibiting a compact growth habit and improved heat resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If traditional Tecoma cultivars are used, then they have simple flower color patterns, but they lack distinct color transitions and compact growth habits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating distinct color zones within the flower structure - the throat region has a different color (yellow) than the petal regions (reddish-orange), with a gradual transition between them. This local differentiation of color properties creates the distinctive bicolored appearance and gradation pattern that characterizes the new cultivar.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent directly applies color changes by developing a cultivar with reddish-orange petals that gradually transition to a yellow throat region. This color gradation is a key distinguishing feature of the new cultivar and represents a deliberate modification of the flower's coloration pattern from traditional single-color or abrupt-transition varieties.
2Reliability
If traditional Tecoma cultivars are used, then they have standard temperature tolerance, but they lack enhanced temperature resistance for extreme conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and propagating a mutation that exhibits altered physiological parameters - specifically, enhanced temperature tolerance. The new cultivar has demonstrated ability to withstand temperatures from 28°F to 116°F, representing a shifted temperature tolerance parameter range compared to parent cultivars.
3Shape
If a mutation with unique characteristics is selected, then distinct flower color and compact growth are achieved, but the characteristics must be stabilized through reproduction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by using vegetative propagation (cuttings) to reproduce the new cultivar. This method allows the plant to essentially copy itself asexually, maintaining identical genetic composition and trait expression across generations without the variability introduced by sexual reproduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the typical plant propagation approach by using asexual reproduction (cuttings) rather than sexual reproduction (seeds). This inversion ensures that the unique mutant characteristics are preserved exactly as they occur in the parent plant, avoiding genetic recombination that would otherwise occur in seed production.
Data Source
AI summary
A new cultivar of Tecoma plant named ‘TEC60109107’ that is characterized by reddish-orange flowers, a compact habit. and self cleaning flowers.