<i>Petunia </i>plant named ‘PEHY0053’

Abstract

A new Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0053’ particularly distinguished by its large sized, purple-red flowers, medium early flowering and mounding plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0053’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘PEHY0053’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type. The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1 a flowering plant of the new variety and in FIG. 2 a close-up of the flowers.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(2) The aforementioned photographs were taken in May 2020 from plants growing indoor in 12 cm pots in Andijk, The Netherlands. These plants were approximately 12 weeks of age.

(3) The plant descriptions and measurements were taken in September 2021 in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands on approximately 12 week old plants that were growing in containers.

(4) Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

(5) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘PEHY0053’ AND A SIMILAR VARIETY ‘Sanguna Salmon’ (not ‘PEHY0053’ patented) Plant habit: Mounding Mounding to trailing Flower color: Purple-red Purple-red with salmon shade Flower shape: Bit cup shaped Rather flat Colour corolla tube Dark color Light color, almost (inside): white Plant: Form, growth and habit.—Mounding plant habit. Plant height.—27 cm. Plant height (inflorescence included).—30 cm. Plant diameter (width).—Approximately 36 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate and produce roots.—16 days at about 22° C. Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.—RHS N158D. Foliage: Arrangement.—Alternate, simple; sometimes opposite, decussate. Immature leaf, color upper surface.—RHS 143A. Immature leaf, color lower surface.—RHS 144A. Mature leaf, color upper surface.—RHS 138A. Mature leaf, color lower surface.—RHS 137C. Length.—3.5-5 cm. Width.—3.5-5 cm. Shape.—Ovate. Base shape.—Shortly Attenuate. Apex shape.—Acute. Margin.—Entire. Texture, upper surface.—Densely covered with short hair. Lower surface.—Densely covered with short hairs. Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 144A. Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 144A. Petiole color.—RHS 144A. Length.—0.1 cm. Diameter.—0.2 cm. Petiole texture.—Densely covered with short hairs. Stem: Quantity of main branches per plant.—4-5. Color of stem.—RHS 144A. Length of stem.—25 cm. Diameter.—0.3 cm. Length of internodes.—1.5-3.0 cm. Texture.—Dense, mostly glandular short hairs. Color of pedicel.—RHS 146C. Length of pedicel.—1.0 cm. Diameter of pedicel.—0.2 cm. Texture of pedicel.—Densely covered with short hairs. Inflorescence: Type.—Flowers solitary in upper leaf axis. Floret type.—Funnel-shaped; 5 lobed petals; fused at base. Blooming habit.—Medium early flowering in greenhouse, flowering throughout the summer months. Quantity of inflorescences per plant.—Approximately 30. Lastingness of individual blooms on the plant.—About 7 days. Fragrance.—Rather strong smell. Bud (just when opening): Color.—RHS N57B at top, RHS 145A with a hue of RHS 57C near base. Length.—3.5 cm. Width.—0.8 cm. Shape.—Oblong. Immature inflorescence: Flower horizontal diameter.—3.6 cm. Color petals, upper surface.—RHS N57B. Color petals, lower surface.—RHS N57B. Mature flower: Flower horizontal diameter.—6.5 cm. Flower height (vertical).—3.5 cm. Color upper surface.—RHS N57C, RHS 23B towards centre of flower. Color lower surface.—RHS N57B. Apex shape.—Acuminate. Margin.—Entire. Waviness of margin.—Medium. Petal lobation.—Medium. Petal texture, upper surface.—Smooth. Petal texture, lower surface.—Smooth, occasionally a short hair. Corolla tube color outside.—RHS 145C. Corolla tube color inside.—RHS 178A. Conspicuousness of veins in tube.—Medium. Corolla tube length.—2.4 cm. Corolla tube texture, outside.—Rather dense and short glandular hairs. Corolla tube texture, inside.—Glabrous. Calyx: Color of sepal, upper surface.—RHS 146A. Color of sepal, lower surface.—RHS 146A. Length.—1.6 cm. Width.—0.3 cm. Shape.—Ensiform. Apex shape.—Acute. Base.—Fused. Margins.—Entire. Texture, upper surface.—Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Lower surface.—Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Reproductive organs: Pistil.—1. Length.—2.2 cm. Style color.—RHS 145C. Style length.—1.9 cm. Stigma color.—RHS 145A. Stamens.— Quantity per flower.—5. Color of filaments.—RHS 157B. Length filaments.—1.8 cm. Anther color.—RHS 2D. Anther length.—0.3 cm. Anther shape.—Elliptical. Color of pollen.—RHS 158B. Pollen amount.—Abundant. Fertility/seed set.—Has not been observed on this hybrid. Disease/pest resistance.—Has not been observed on this hybrid.