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US20220232795A1 US17/489,119 US202117489119A US2022232795A1 US 20220232795 A1 US20220232795 A1 US 20220232795A1 US 202117489119 A US202117489119 A US 202117489119A US 2022232795 A1 US2022232795 A1 US 2022232795A1
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to the field of ornamental Calibrachoa plants, and provides new, distinct, and stable cultivars of Calibrachoa plants having inflorescence with a unique radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins.
  • the radially symmetric pattern has not been observed in any wild species of Calibrachoa , but was discovered through Applicants' breeding process.
  • the present disclosure relates generally to the field of ornamental Calibrachoa plants.
  • the genus Calibrachoa belongs to the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, closely related to Petunias. Many published plant taxonomies do not recognize Calibrachoa as a separate genus, and instead place it under the genus Petunia.
  • Calibrachoa species can generally be found in South America, in southern Brazil, Peru, and Chile, in much the same regions as Petunias are found.
  • Calibrachoa are considered perennials in areas that experience light frost, and annuals in other areas.
  • While Calibrachoa produce seed the resultant progeny generally display a range of characteristics, and so the plants are vegetatively propagated to ensure reproductions that are true-to-type of the originally selected plant.
  • a Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
  • the radially symmetric pattern is yellow, white, or cream.
  • the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
  • the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to less than halfway towards the edge of the petals, more than halfway towards the edge of the petals, or any distance between the center of the inflorescence and the edge of the petals.
  • the radially symmetric pattern has a color that is not the same as the petal color.
  • the Calibrachoa plant is produced from tissue having ATCC Deposit Accession No. ______.
  • a method for producing a Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, comprising (a) crossing, as the male or female parent, a first Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern, with a second Calibrachoa plant that does not comprise an inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern, and (b) selecting progeny that have said radially symmetric pattern
  • the method provides a Calibrachoa plant, wherein tissue from said plant can be asexually propagated to produce a Calibrachoa plant comprising inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern.
  • a method for asexually reproducing a Calibrachoa plant having at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins comprising (a) obtaining a tissue cutting from said plant, (b) culturing said tissue cutting under conditions sufficient to produce a plantlet with roots and shoots; and (c) growing said plantlet to produce a plant, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
  • the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
  • FIG. 1 shows a close-up view of typical inflorescences of ‘Cherry Star’.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Cherry Star’.
  • FIG. 3 shows a front view perspective of the prior art example variety ‘Salmon Star’.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of the progeny variety ‘Scarlet Punch Star’.
  • FIG. 5 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of the progeny variety ‘Blackberry Punch Star’.
  • the present inventors discovered a new Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
  • the radially symmetric pattern manifests in several different colors, such that the pattern is not the same color as petal color and thereby contrasts intensely against petal color.
  • the petal colors of Calibrachoa are determined through the interaction of two layers of color pigment, carotenoid and anthocyanin.
  • the carotenoid color may be yellow and the anthocyanin color may be pink, purple, or blue.
  • the present radially symmetric pattern is a result of a mutation and may be controlled by a single half-dominant gene. Regardless of the genetics, the radially symmetric inflorescence pattern can be reproducibly and predictably introgressed into diverse genetic backgrounds of Calibrachoa to create new varieties.
  • a radially symmetric pattern refers to a pigmentation pattern that appears during the bud stage and produces a clearly delineated star along each crease in the petals of each flower.
  • the star pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals.
  • the pattern extends all of the way to the edge of the petals.
  • the pattern may extend some distance towards the edge of the petals, but not entirely to the edge.
  • a radially symmetric pattern may extend less than halfway to the petals edge, more than halfway to the petals edge, or any distance between the center of the inflorescence and the edge of the petals.
  • An exemplary radially symmetric pattern can be seen in FIG. 1 .
  • the radially symmetric pattern can manifest as one of several different colors, including but not limited to yellow, white, or cream.
  • the radially symmetric pattern is not the same color as petal color.
  • the petals are not yellow, but could be pink, purple, blue, red, scarlet, orange, black, or other non-yellow color.
  • the petals are not white, but could be pink, purple, blue, red, scarlet, orange, black, or other non-white color.
  • Plant includes plant cells, plant protoplasts, plant cells of tissue culture from which Calibrachoa plants can be regenerated from plant calli, plant clumps and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants such as pollen, flowers, pistils, anthers, seeds, leaves, stems, and the like.
  • Petunias a close relative of Calibrachoa , do not have a carotenoid layer of pigment and so the potential for variation in Calibrachoa coloration is much wider than in Petunias.
  • the instant and novel Calibrachoa are most similar to known Calibrachoa variety ‘Salmon Star’, which also exhibits a radially symmetric pattern along the fused petal margins of the inflorescence.
  • the coloration in the ‘Salmon Star’ variety fades over the life of the inflorescence due to differences in the intensity of the anthocyanin layer of coloration.
  • the coloration in ‘Salmon Star’ is inconsistent, not as pronounced, and does not always extend to the edge of the petals. See, for example, FIG. 3 .
  • ‘CJ06-13’ was further crossed with the varieties ‘CJ06-02’ and ‘C413-10’ in 2006. Neither ‘CJ06-02’ nor ‘C413-10’ displayed the instant pattern trait.
  • the cross between ‘CJ06-13’ and ‘C413-10’ produced the variety ‘Salmon Star’, which displays some evidence of the instant pattern trait as discussed above.
  • ‘Salmon Star’ was crossed as the female parent with the variety ‘C580-02’ (breeder reference, unpatented) as the male parent to produce the variety ‘CJ08-61’, a variety with cherry pink flowers and a red pattern. ‘C580-02’ did not display the instant pattern trait.
  • the instant radially-symmetric pattern can be stably and predictably introgressed into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
  • the instant Calibrachoa can be used as a male or female parent in crosses for introducing the trait into new Calibrachoa plants, thereby creating diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
  • Calibrachoa plants can be reproduced asexually by vegetative propagation or other clonal method known in the art.
  • a Calibrachoa plant having at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins can be reproduced by (a) obtaining a tissue cutting from said plant, (b) culturing said tissue cutting under conditions sufficient to produce a plantlet with roots and shoots; and (c) growing said plantlet to produce a plant, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
  • ‘Cherry Star’ shows an intense contrast between the coloration of the petals and the radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • the radially symmetric pattern color contrasts with petal color.
  • the radially-symmetric coloration pattern does not fade over time, it persists from the time of the appearance of the flower buds through the flower's life span.
  • the radially-symmetric coloration pattern consistently extends along the fused petal margins towards the edges of the petals.
  • ‘Salmon Star’ does not display as an intense difference between the coloration of the pattern and the coloration of the petals in general. Additionally, and as discussed above and shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in ‘Cherry Star,’ the radially-symmetric coloration pattern can extend all of the way along the fused petal margins to the edges of the petals, whereas in ‘Salmon Star’ ( FIG. 3 ) the coloration pattern does not consistently extend the same length along the fused petal margins or consistently extend to the petal edges.
  • the instant radially-symmetric pattern can be stably and predictably introgressed into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
  • the instant Calibrachoa can be used as a male or female parent in crosses for introducing the trait into new Calibrachoa plants.
  • the discussion below provides examples of the introgression of the instant trait into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
  • the Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the claimed radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow.
  • a similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Grape Punch’ exhibits large grape-purple colored petals with a deep velvet ring and yellow eye. ‘Grape Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • the variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Grape Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Grape Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the claimed trait.
  • the resulting progeny ‘Grape Punch Star’ exhibits a large dark blue flower, deep velvet ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow.
  • the Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow.
  • a similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ exhibits large red colored petals with a deep velvet red ring and yellow eye. ‘Pomegranate Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • the variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Scarlet Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the instant trait.
  • the resulting progeny ‘Scarlet Punch Star’ exhibits a large scarlet flower, deep velvet ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow.
  • a photograph of the progeny example ‘Scarlet Punch Star’ is presented as FIG. 4 .
  • the Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow.
  • a similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Blackberry Punch’ exhibits purple-pink colored petals with a deep velvet black ring and yellow eye. ‘Blackberry Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • the variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Blackberry Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the instant trait.
  • the resulting progeny ‘Blackberry Punch Star’ exhibits a purple-pink flower, deep velvet black ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow.
  • a photograph of the progeny example ‘Blackberry Punch Star’ is presented as FIG. 5 .

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The present invention relates to Calibrachoa plants displaying at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.

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    CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • The present application claims priority to Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights application no. 11-7221, filed Mar. 15, 2011, Community Plant Variety Office Application No. 2011/2462 filed Oct. 17, 2011, and U.S. application Ser. No. 13/135,599, filed Jul. 8, 2011. Each application in its entirety is incorporated herein by reference.
    • TECHNICAL FIELD
  • The present disclosure relates generally to the field of ornamental Calibrachoa plants, and provides new, distinct, and stable cultivars of Calibrachoa plants having inflorescence with a unique radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins. The radially symmetric pattern has not been observed in any wild species of Calibrachoa, but was discovered through Applicants' breeding process.
    • INTRODUCTION
  • The present disclosure relates generally to the field of ornamental Calibrachoa plants. The genus Calibrachoa belongs to the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, closely related to Petunias. Many published plant taxonomies do not recognize Calibrachoa as a separate genus, and instead place it under the genus Petunia. Calibrachoa species can generally be found in South America, in southern Brazil, Peru, and Chile, in much the same regions as Petunias are found. Depending on frost conditions, Calibrachoa are considered perennials in areas that experience light frost, and annuals in other areas. While Calibrachoa produce seed, the resultant progeny generally display a range of characteristics, and so the plants are vegetatively propagated to ensure reproductions that are true-to-type of the originally selected plant.
    • SUMMARY
  • In one aspect there is provided a Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence. In one embodiment, the radially symmetric pattern is yellow, white, or cream. In another embodiment, the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals. In other embodiments, the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to less than halfway towards the edge of the petals, more than halfway towards the edge of the petals, or any distance between the center of the inflorescence and the edge of the petals. In another embodiment, the radially symmetric pattern has a color that is not the same as the petal color. In another embodiment, the Calibrachoa plant is produced from tissue having ATCC Deposit Accession No. ______.
  • In another aspect, there is provided a method for producing a Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, comprising (a) crossing, as the male or female parent, a first Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern, with a second Calibrachoa plant that does not comprise an inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern, and (b) selecting progeny that have said radially symmetric pattern
  • wherein said radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence. In one embodiment, the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals. In another embodiment, the method provides a Calibrachoa plant, wherein tissue from said plant can be asexually propagated to produce a Calibrachoa plant comprising inflorescence with said radially symmetric pattern.
  • In another aspect, provided herein is a method for asexually reproducing a Calibrachoa plant having at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, comprising (a) obtaining a tissue cutting from said plant, (b) culturing said tissue cutting under conditions sufficient to produce a plantlet with roots and shoots; and (c) growing said plantlet to produce a plant, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence. In one embodiment, the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
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  • FIG. 1 shows a close-up view of typical inflorescences of ‘Cherry Star’.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Cherry Star’.
  • FIG. 3 shows a front view perspective of the prior art example variety ‘Salmon Star’.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of the progeny variety ‘Scarlet Punch Star’.
  • FIG. 5 shows a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of the progeny variety ‘Blackberry Punch Star’.
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  • The present inventors discovered a new Calibrachoa plant comprising at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence. The radially symmetric pattern manifests in several different colors, such that the pattern is not the same color as petal color and thereby contrasts intensely against petal color.
  • The petal colors of Calibrachoa are determined through the interaction of two layers of color pigment, carotenoid and anthocyanin. The carotenoid color may be yellow and the anthocyanin color may be pink, purple, or blue. The present radially symmetric pattern is a result of a mutation and may be controlled by a single half-dominant gene. Regardless of the genetics, the radially symmetric inflorescence pattern can be reproducibly and predictably introgressed into diverse genetic backgrounds of Calibrachoa to create new varieties.
  • As used herein, a radially symmetric pattern refers to a pigmentation pattern that appears during the bud stage and produces a clearly delineated star along each crease in the petals of each flower. The star pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals. In some embodiments, the pattern extends all of the way to the edge of the petals. In other embodiments, the pattern may extend some distance towards the edge of the petals, but not entirely to the edge. For example, and non-limiting, a radially symmetric pattern may extend less than halfway to the petals edge, more than halfway to the petals edge, or any distance between the center of the inflorescence and the edge of the petals. An exemplary radially symmetric pattern can be seen in FIG. 1.
  • As discussed above, the radially symmetric pattern can manifest as one of several different colors, including but not limited to yellow, white, or cream. Notably, the radially symmetric pattern is not the same color as petal color. For example, if the pattern is yellow (e.g. RHS 13B), then the petals are not yellow, but could be pink, purple, blue, red, scarlet, orange, black, or other non-yellow color. Similarly, if the pattern is white, then the petals are not white, but could be pink, purple, blue, red, scarlet, orange, black, or other non-white color.
  • “Plant” includes plant cells, plant protoplasts, plant cells of tissue culture from which Calibrachoa plants can be regenerated from plant calli, plant clumps and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants such as pollen, flowers, pistils, anthers, seeds, leaves, stems, and the like.
  • Petunias, a close relative of Calibrachoa, do not have a carotenoid layer of pigment and so the potential for variation in Calibrachoa coloration is much wider than in Petunias.
  • The instant and novel Calibrachoa are most similar to known Calibrachoa variety ‘Salmon Star’, which also exhibits a radially symmetric pattern along the fused petal margins of the inflorescence. However, the coloration in the ‘Salmon Star’ variety fades over the life of the inflorescence due to differences in the intensity of the anthocyanin layer of coloration. Further, the coloration in ‘Salmon Star’ is inconsistent, not as pronounced, and does not always extend to the edge of the petals. See, for example, FIG. 3. Whereas ‘Salmon Star’ has a weaker level of anthocyanin coloration, and thus a weaker presentation of the pattern, the varieties disclosed herein have a stronger contrast between the two layers of coloration, making for a more intense presentation of the pattern, as well as long-lasting coloration that does not fade over time.
    • A. Breeding History
  • The radially symmetric inflorescence pattern was first noticed in Spring of 2006 in the seedlings of the Calibrachoa variety ‘CJ06-13’ (breeder reference, unpatented). ‘CJ06-13’ was developed from a cross between ‘C322-2’ (breeder reference, unpatented) as the female parent and ‘CJ05-52’ (breeder reference, unpatented) as the male parent. Neither ‘CJ06-13’ nor ‘CJ05-52’ displayed the instant radially symmetric pattern trait.
  • ‘CJ06-13’ was further crossed with the varieties ‘CJ06-02’ and ‘C413-10’ in 2006. Neither ‘CJ06-02’ nor ‘C413-10’ displayed the instant pattern trait. The cross between ‘CJ06-13’ and ‘C413-10’ produced the variety ‘Salmon Star’, which displays some evidence of the instant pattern trait as discussed above. In 2007, ‘Salmon Star’ was crossed as the female parent with the variety ‘C580-02’ (breeder reference, unpatented) as the male parent to produce the variety ‘CJ08-61’, a variety with cherry pink flowers and a red pattern. ‘C580-02’ did not display the instant pattern trait.
  • Also in 2007, the cross of ‘CJ06-13’ and ‘CJ06-02’ which was designated ‘C590-08B’ (breeder reference, unpatented) and which displayed some evidence of the instant pattern trait, was crossed with the variety ‘C403-02’ (breeder reference, unpatented) to produce the variety ‘CJ08-38’, (breeder reference, unpatented), which has a yellow flower color. ‘C590-08B’ is the product of the cross of ‘CJ06-13’ and ‘C106-02’. Neither ‘C403-02’ nor ‘CJ08-38’ displayed the instant pattern trait.
  • In 2008, a cross was made between the variety ‘CJ08-61’ as the male parent, and ‘CJ08-38’ as the female parent to produce the instant variety ‘09C10-01’ or ‘Cherry Star’, which displays the disclosed radially symmetric inflorescence pattern trait with color intensity and longevity over the life of the inflorescence.
    • B. Stable and Predictable Introgression of the Radially-Symmetric Pattern
  • The instant radially-symmetric pattern can be stably and predictably introgressed into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds. The instant Calibrachoa can be used as a male or female parent in crosses for introducing the trait into new Calibrachoa plants, thereby creating diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
  • Additionally, and as known in the art, Calibrachoa plants can be reproduced asexually by vegetative propagation or other clonal method known in the art. For example, and in no way limiting, a Calibrachoa plant having at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, can be reproduced by (a) obtaining a tissue cutting from said plant, (b) culturing said tissue cutting under conditions sufficient to produce a plantlet with roots and shoots; and (c) growing said plantlet to produce a plant, wherein said pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence towards the edge of the petals and does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
  • The following Examples are illustrative and do not limit the disclosure.
    • Example 1: Botanical Description of ‘09C10-01’ (‘Cherry Star’) Botanical Classification:
      • Calibrachoa sp.
    Parentage:
      • Female, or seed, parent: Proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified as code name CJ08-5 61, not patented.
      • Male, or pollen, parent: Proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified as code number CJ08-38, not patented.
    Propagation:
      • Type: By terminal cuttings.
      • Time to initiate roots, summer: About four days at temperatures ranging from 17° C. to 29° C.
      • Time to initiate roots, winter: About six days at temperatures ranging from 17° C. to 21° C.
      • Time to produce a rooted plant, summer: About 22 days at temperatures ranging from 17° C. to 29° C.
      • Time to produce a rooted plant, winter: About 25 days at temperatures ranging from 17° C. to 21° C.
      • Root description: Medium in thickness, fibrous; white in color.
      • Rooting habit: Freely branching; medium density.
    Plant Description:
      • Plant and growth habit: Compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit 5 with about five primary lateral branches each with about three to four secondary lateral branches; pinching enhances branching; moderately vigorous, dense and bushy growth habit.
      • Plant height: About 16 cm.
      • Plant diameter: About 30 cm by 37 cm.
    Lateral Branch Description:
      • Length: About 15 cm.
      • Diameter: About 2 mm.
      • Internode length, vegetative: About 1 cm.
      • Internode length, reproductive: About 1.9 cm.
      • Strength: Strong.
      • Aspect: Initially upright to outwardly spreading.
      • Texture: Pubescent.
      • Color: Close to 146C.
    Foliage Description:
      • Arrangement: Before flowering, alternate; after flowering, opposite; leaves simple.
      • Length: About 2.6 cm.
      • Width: About 9 mm.
      • Shape: Oblanccolate.
      • Apex: Rounded.
      • Base: Attenuate.
      • Margin: Entire.
      • Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent.
      • Venation pattern: Pinnate; arcuate.
      • Color:
      • Developing leaves, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 137B.
      • Fully expanded leaves, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 137B; venation, close to 137C.
      • Petiole:
      • Length: About 4 mm.
      • Diameter: About 2 mm.
      • Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent.
      • Color, upper surface: Close to 146C.
      • Color, lower surface: Close to 146D.
    Flower Description:
      • Flower arrangement and habit: Single salverform flowers arising from leaf axils; freely flowering habit with usually about 25 to 27 open flowers and flower buds per lateral branch; flowers face upright and outwardly.
      • Fragrance: None detected.
      • Natural flowering season: Early flowering habit, plants of the new Calibrachoa begin flowering about six weeks after planting; plants flower continuously from spring though the autumn in California.
      • Flower longevity: Individual flowers last about five days on the plant; flowers persistent.
      • Flower diameter: About 3.6 cm.
      • Flower length (height): About 2.9 cm.
      • Flower throat diameter: About 8 mm by 10 mm.
      • Flower tube length: About 2 cm.
      • Flower tube diameter, base: About 2.5 mm.
      • Flower bud:
      • Shape: Elongated oblong.
      • Length: About 2.3 cm.
      • Diameter: About 6 mm.
      • Color: Close to 145D.
      • Corolla:
      • Arrangement: Five petals fused at the base and opening into a flared trumpet.
      • Petal lobe length (from throat): About 1.5 cm.
      • Petal lobe width: About 1.7 cm.
      • Petal shape: Roughly cordate.
      • Petal apex: Emarginate.
      • Petal margin: Entire.
      • Petal texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; velvety.
      • Petal texture, lower surface: Pubescent.
      • Throat texture: Smooth, glabrous.
      • Tube texture: Pubescent.
      • Color:
      • Petal lobe, when opening, upper surface: Close to N186D.
      • Petal lobe, when opening, lower surface: Close to 198D.
      • Petal lobe, fully opened, upper surface: Brighter than 71A; towards the throat, close to 187A; starshaped pattern, close to 13B; primary color becoming closer to 71C with development; venation, close to 71A.
      • Petal lobe, fully opened, lower surface: Close to N77B; venation, close to 187B.
      • Throat: Close to 12B; venation, 5 close to 145C.
      • Tube: Close to 195B; venation, close to 187C.
      • Calyx:
      • Arrangement: One calyx tube with five sepals in a single whorl and fused at the base.
      • Sepal length: About 1.6 cm.
      • Sepal width: About 3 mm.
      • Sepal shape: Ligulate to narrowly elliptical.
      • Sepal apex: Acute.
      • Sepal margin: Entire.
      • Sepal texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent.
      • Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146C.
      • Peduncles:
      • Length: About 1.5 cm.
      • Diameter: About 1 mm.
      • Angle: About 30° to 45° from stem axis.
      • Strength: Strong.
      • Texture: Pubescent.
      • Color: Close to 146D.
      • Reproductive organs:
      • Stamens:
      • Quantity: About five per flower.
      • Filament length: About 7 mm.
      • Filament color: Close to 145D.
      • Anther shape: Oval.
      • Anther length: About 1 mm.
      • Anther color: Close to 5D.
      • Pollen amount: Scarce.
      • Pollen color: Close to 6B.
      • Pistils:
      • Quantity: One per flower.
      • Pistil length: About 1.2 cm.
      • Style length: About 8 mm.
      • Style color: Close to 145D.
      • Stigma shape: Oval.
      • Stigma color: Close to 144A.
      • Ovary color: Close to 145C.
      • Seeds and fruits:
      • Seed and fruit development have not been observed on plants of the new Calibrachoa.
    Garden Performance:
      • Plants of the new Calibrachoa have been observed to have good garden performance and tolerate wind, rain and temperatures ranging from about 1° C. to about 40° C.
    Pathogen/Pest Resistance:
      • Plants of the new Calibrachoa have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Calibrachoa.
    Example 2: Comparison of ‘Cherry Star’ with ‘Salmon Star’
  • The closest known variety to ‘Cherry Star’ is ‘Salmon Star,’ which exhibits a modified and transient radially-symmetric pattern. Several features distinguish ‘Cherry Star’ from ‘Salmon Star.’
  • Foremost, ‘Cherry Star’ shows an intense contrast between the coloration of the petals and the radially-symmetric coloration pattern. For example, and as shown in FIG. 1, the radially symmetric pattern color contrasts with petal color. Importantly, the radially-symmetric coloration pattern does not fade over time, it persists from the time of the appearance of the flower buds through the flower's life span. Additionally, in ‘Cherry Star,’ the radially-symmetric coloration pattern consistently extends along the fused petal margins towards the edges of the petals.
  • In contrast, ‘Salmon Star’ does not display as an intense difference between the coloration of the pattern and the coloration of the petals in general. Additionally, and as discussed above and shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in ‘Cherry Star,’ the radially-symmetric coloration pattern can extend all of the way along the fused petal margins to the edges of the petals, whereas in ‘Salmon Star’ (FIG. 3) the coloration pattern does not consistently extend the same length along the fused petal margins or consistently extend to the petal edges.
  • The below list provides some further characteristics of variety ‘Salmon Star’.
    • Botanical Classification:
  • Calibrachoa sp. USCAL59601′.
    • Parentage:
  • Female, or seed, parent: Proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified as code name C413-10, not patented.
  • Male, or pollen, parent: Proprietary seedling selection of Calibrachoa sp. identified as code number CJ0613, not patented.
    • Propagation:
  • In vitro vegetative cuttings.
    • Stable and Predictable Introgression of the Radially-Symmetric Pattern
  • The instant radially-symmetric pattern can be stably and predictably introgressed into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds. The instant Calibrachoa can be used as a male or female parent in crosses for introducing the trait into new Calibrachoa plants. The discussion below provides examples of the introgression of the instant trait into diverse Calibrachoa genetic backgrounds.
    • Example 3: Developing ‘Grape Punch Star’
  • The Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the claimed radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow. A similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Grape Punch’ exhibits large grape-purple colored petals with a deep velvet ring and yellow eye. ‘Grape Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • The variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Grape Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Grape Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the claimed trait. The resulting progeny ‘Grape Punch Star’ exhibits a large dark blue flower, deep velvet ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow.
  • Male Parent Female Parent
    Superbells Superbells Progeny
    ‘Cherry Star’ ‘Grape Punch’ ‘Grape Punch Star’
    Mounding Habit Mounding Habit Mounding Habit
    Flower color cherry red Large Grape Flower Large dark blue flower
    with stable “ yellow with deep velvet ring with deep velvet ring and
    star” that radiates across around a yellow eye stable “yellow star” that
    petals radiate across petals
    • Example 4: Developing ‘Pomegranate Punch Star’
  • The Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow. A similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ exhibits large red colored petals with a deep velvet red ring and yellow eye. ‘Pomegranate Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • The variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Scarlet Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the instant trait. The resulting progeny ‘Scarlet Punch Star’ exhibits a large scarlet flower, deep velvet ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow. A photograph of the progeny example ‘Scarlet Punch Star’ is presented as FIG. 4.
  • Male Parent Female Parent
    Superbells Superbells Progeny
    ‘Cherry Star’ ‘Pomegranate Punch’ ‘Scarlet Punch Star
    Flower color cherry red Large red flower with Large scarlet flower with
    with stable “ yellow deep velvet-red ring deep velvet ring and stable
    star” that radiates across around a yellow eye “yellow star” that radiate
    petals across petals
    Mounding habit Mounding habit Mounding habit
    • Example 5: Developing ‘Blackberry Punch Star’
  • The Calibrachoa variety ‘Cherry Star’ exhibits cherry red colored petals with the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern shown in yellow. A similar Calibrachoa variety ‘Blackberry Punch’ exhibits purple-pink colored petals with a deep velvet black ring and yellow eye. ‘Blackberry Punch’ does not exhibit the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern.
  • The variety ‘Cherry Star’ can be crossed as a male parent with the variety ‘Pomegranate Punch’ as a female parent to produce the progeny ‘Blackberry Punch Star’, of which 5-10% of the progeny exhibit the instant trait. The resulting progeny ‘Blackberry Punch Star’ exhibits a purple-pink flower, deep velvet black ring, and a stable presentation of the instant radially-symmetric coloration pattern in yellow. A photograph of the progeny example ‘Blackberry Punch Star’ is presented as FIG. 5.
  • Male Parent Female Parent
    Superbells Superbells Progeny
    ‘Cherry Star’ ‘Blackberry punch’ ‘Blackberry Punch Star’
    Mounding habit Mounding habit Mounding habit
    Flower color cherry red Purple pink flower with Purple pink flower with
    with stable “ yellow deep velvet black ring deep velvet black ring and
    star” that radiates across around a yellow eye stable “yellow star” that
    petals radiate across petals

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1. Calibrachoa plant variety ‘Cherry Star’.
2.-8. (canceled)
9. A method for producing a Calibrachoa plant, comprising crossing the Calibrachoa plant of claim 1 with a second Calibrachoa plant.
10-13. (canceled)
14. The method of claim 9, wherein the second Calibrachoa plant does not comprise at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
15. The method of claim 9, further comprising selecting one or more progeny.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more progeny have at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
18. A method for producing a Calibrachoa plant, comprising crossing-the one or more progeny of claim 15 with a third Calibrachoa plant.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the third Calibrachoa plant does not comprise at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
20. The method of claim 18, further comprising selecting one or more second generation progeny.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the one or more second generation progeny have at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
23. The method of claim 20, further comprising asexually propagating tissue from the one or more second generation progeny.
24. A method for sexually reproducing a Calibrachoa plant comprising selfing the one or more progeny of claim 15
25. The method of claim 29, wherein the third Calibrachoa plant does not comprise at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
26. The method of claim 24, further comprising selecting one or more second generation progeny.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the one or more second generation progeny have at least one inflorescence with a radially symmetric pattern along the center of the fused petal margins, wherein the pattern does not fade during the life of the inflorescence.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the radially symmetric pattern extends from the center of the inflorescence to the edge of the petals.
29. The method of claim 26, further comprising asexually propagating tissue from the one or more second generation progeny.
30. Calibrachoa plant variety ‘Cherry Star,’ or a part thereof.
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