Geranium plant named ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’

Details Geranium plant named ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ Geranium plant named ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’

1999-06-01

2001-11-27

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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PP012237

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium zonale
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’.
‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties having dark-green foliage in combination with red flower color.
‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ was originated from a hybridization made by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1993. The female parent was a hybrid seedling, designated no. 1477/2, having bright red, single flowers, dark-green foliage, and weak growth. The female parent was originally derived from crosses between older commercial varieties, ‘Osna’ with ‘Yours Truly’, and ‘Gartendirektor Ries’ with ‘Bolero’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,939). The male parent of ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ was the variety ‘Fissamba’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,364), which was characterized by bright-red, compact, round inflorescence, medium-green foliage with distinct zonation and relatively compact plant habit.
‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in 1994 in a controlled environment in Galder, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in autumn 1994 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain by Angelika Utecht. Horticultural examination of plants grown from these cuttings, initiated in May 1995 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Intense red, semi-double flowers;
2. Relatively large, semi-spherically shaped umbels and dark-red peduncles;
3. Dark-green foliage with slight zonation;
4. Vigorous growth and moderately tall plant habit; and
5. Medium flowering response.
‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and daylength without any change in the genotype of the plant. The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe plants grown in Hillscheid, Germany, and in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, under greenhouse conditions which approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ are the paternal variety ‘Fissamba’ and the variety ‘Tango’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,933).
In comparison of ‘Fissamba’, ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ has flowers of similar color and shape but larger inflorescence. ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ has dark-red peduncles, whereas ‘Fissamba’ has green to light red peduncles. Furthermore, ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ has dark-green foliage, larger leaves, and grows more vigorously than ‘Fissamba’.
In comparison to ‘Tango’, ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ has peduncles that are dark-red colored and 25-30% shorter than the peduncles of ‘Tango’, which are mainly green. The umbels of ‘Tango’ are borne higher above the foliage. Furthermore, foliage of ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’ is slightly darker-green with more distinct zonation, and flowering begins somewhat earlier than ‘Tango’.


REFERENCES:
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Licensing agreement, http://www.sicasov.com/baremes/f-fl9899.htm, 1998/1999.*
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 1999/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Fisrocky Dark Red’, 1996-1998.*
Pelargonium 1998, Pelfi Fischer, Hillscheid Germany, p. 8 (1998/1999).

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