Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-03-12
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012454
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as
Pelargonium zonale
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fissalm’.
‘Fissalm’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with intense salmon flower color, in combination with medium-green foliage, and well-branched plant habit.
‘Fissalm’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1992.
The female parent was a hybrid seedling, no. 1943a (unpatented), having intense salmon, semi-double flowers and medium-green foliage with strong zonation. The male parent of ‘Fissalm’ was the hybrid seedling no. 1216-3 (unpatented), characterized by uniform salmon colored, single-type flowers, light to medium-green foliage with strong zonation, and vigorous growth.
‘Fissalm’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in 1993 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fissalm’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1993 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, by, or under the supervision of, Angelika Utecht. Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the plant initiated in May 1995 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fissalm’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fissalm’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and day length.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fissalm’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Salmon-pink, semi-double flowers;
2. Large, round flowers, and wide, somewhat flattened semi-spherically shaped umbel;
3. Medium-green, relatively large leaves with strong zonation;
4. Moderately vigorous growth, and medium to tall, bushy plant habit; and
5. Early to medium spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in compariosn to ‘Fissalm’ is the variety ‘Fisorange’, U.S. Plant Pat. Ser. No. 09/632,245.
In comparison to ‘Fisorange’, ‘Fissalm’ has a slightly more pink, less orange general flower color, lighter margins of petals, larger flowers and umbels, wider leaves, and somewhat taller plant habit.
In comparison to the female seed parent, ‘Fissalm’ has larger umbels, more vigorous growth habit, and fewer inner petals.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fissalm’ as per QZ PBR 991046; Jul. 20, 1999.*
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office Oct. 15, 1999; European Union Application, denomination, decision for ‘FISSALM’.
German Application for ‘FISSALM’ Sep. 15, 1998.
German Proposed Denomination for ‘FISSALM’ Aug. 15, 1999.
Plant Varieties Journal, Jan. 2001, No. 38, pp. 48-49 (Canada).
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