<i>Delosperma </i>plant named ‘Wow312’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Delosperma plant named Wow312 that is characterized by its low-growing plant habit, its long blooming period and its flowers that have bright white petal tips, white center eye and bright yellow in the mid-section.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Delosperma plant named Wow312 as described and illustrated herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance and distinct characteristics of the new Delosperma. The photographs were taken of a 2-liter container planted with 5 plants that were 3 months in age as grown in an unheated greenhouse in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

(2) The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of Wow312 in bloom.

(3) The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of a flower of Wow312.

(4) The photograph in FIG. 3 provides a close-up view of the foliage of Wow312.

(5) The colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the colors of the new Delosperma.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(6) The following is a detailed description of 2-liter containers planted with 5 plants that were 3 months in age as grown in an unheated greenhouse in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with variations in environmental, climatic, and cultural conditions, as it has not been tested under all possible environmental conditions. The color determination is in accordance with The 2015 Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. General description: Blooming period.Late spring to late summer in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Plant type.Herbaceous perennial. Plant habit.Compact, broad spreading and upright. Height and spread.Reaches about 15 cm in height and 17 cm in diameter. Cold hardiness.Observed to be hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 7 to 12. Diseases and pests.No susceptibility to resistance to diseases or pests has been observed. Root description.Fibrous roots, 162D in color. Propagation.Softwood cuttings. Growth habit.Moderately to vigorous. Root development.Roots initiate and fill a 104-cell plug in 3 weeks and the planted plugs fully develop in 9-cm container within 6 weeks. Stem description: Shape.Round. Stem color.Young stems; both surfaces 146D, mature stems; upper surface 176A, lower surface 148A to 148B. Stem size.Lateral branches; an average of 12.6 cm in length and 4 mm in diameter. Internode length.An average of 3.6 cm. Stem texture.Succulent. Stem surface.Slightly glossy, densely covered with very small glands, average length 0.2 mm, transparent and matching stem surface color. Stem aspect.Held at multiple angles, mainly upright. Stem strength.Strong. Branching habit.Freely branching, an average of 4 primary branches and 15 lateral branches per plant. Foliage description: Leaf shape.Ligulate, triangular in cross-section, slightly carinate. Leaf substance.Succulent; an average of 4 mm in thickness. Leaf division.Simple. Leaf base.Cuneate. Leaf apex.Bluntly acute. Leaf venation.No veins visible. Leaf margins.Entire. Leaf aspect.Slightly curved. Leaf arrangement.Opposite. Leaf surface.Upper surface moderately glossy, lower surface slightly glossy, both surfaces smooth, densely covered with very small glands, average of 0.2 mm, transparent and matching stem surface color. Leaf color.Young upper and lower surface; 143C, mature upper surface; NN137B, lower surface; 138A. Leaf size.About 4.5 cm in length and 5 mm in width. Leaf quantity.Average of 8 (4 pairs) per lateral branch. Leaf attachment.Sessile. Inflorescence description: Inflorescence type.Flowers solitary on terminus and axillary nodes. Flower number.An average of 4 flowers and 46 buds per plant. Flower fragrance.None. Flower aspect.Upright to slightly outward. Flower longevity.Average of 10 days, persistent. Flower type.Single, rotate. Flower size.Average of 2.9 cm in height and diameter, 1.2 cm in depth. Flower buds.Obovate in shape, an average of 1.4 cm in length and 9 mm in diameter, 146A to 146B in color, base 144B in color, surface is slightly glossy and densely covered with very short glandular hairs an average of 0.2 mm in length, transparent and matching bud surface color. Calyx.Rotate in shape, average of 8 mm in depth (including ovary) and 2 cm in diameter. Sepals.5, rotate, narrowly ovate in shape, margin entire, an average of 9 mm in length and 3.5 mm in width, bluntly acute apex, broadly cuneate base, color; when opening and fully open upper surface; NN137C, when opening and fully open lower surface; 147B, surface; upper and lower surface smooth and densely covered with very small glands average of 0.2 mm in length, transparent and matching surface color, upper surface glossy, lower surface moderately glossy. Petals.An average of 82 per flower, rotate, average of 2 whorls lower row an average of 46, upper row an average of 36, upper petal row; average of 8 mm in length, 2 mm in width, linear in shape, apex narrow acute, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, glabrous and velvety surface, color; when opening upper and lower surface 4A to 4D, when fully open upper surface 4A, eye NN155D, when fully open lower surface 4C, lower petal row; average of 1.2 cm in length, 5 mm in width, narrow oblanceolate in shape, apex obtuse, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, glabrous and velvety surface, color; when opening upper and lower surface a blend of 5D and NN155D, when fully open upper surface NN155D, changed to 5D at the base, when fully open lower surface NN155D, base 5D. Petaloids.None present. Peduncle.Average of 2.6 cm in length and 2 mm in diameter, held straight on top of lateral branch, 177A to 177B in color, surface is smooth, moderately glossy and densely covered with very small glands <0.2 mm in length, transparent and matching surface color. Pedicel.None present. Reproductive organs: Pistils.5 occasionally 6, style; an average of 1 mm in length and 144A in color, stigma; deltoid in shape, an average of 2 mm in length and 1 mm in diameter, 12A in color, ovary; 147B, changing to 148A in color. Stamens.Average 100, anthers; oblong and basifixed in shape, an average of 0.75 mm in length and 0.4 mm in width, NN155D in color, filaments; 3.5 mm in length and a blend of NN155D and 4D in color, pollen; moderate in quantity and 9B in color. Fruit/seed.Fruit and seed production has not been observed to date.