An object of the present invention is to develop a novel Lobelia plant and
a breeding method thereof, which allow for first-filial-generation (F1)
hybrids exhibiting morphological forms (having the advantages of their
two parents and far exceeding the traits of the two parents) desired by
their breeder. The present invention thus provides a novel Lobelia plant
by crossing Lobelia richardsonii (seed parent) and Lobelia valida (pollen
parent), which while being a hybrid in first-filial-generation (F1)
population of the genetically stable wild species, nevertheless the F1
population exhibits an even distribution over a range from a hybrid close
to the seed parent to a hybrid close to the pollen parent.