Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-03-08
2002-12-10
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013338
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Pelargonium peltatum
L'Hérit.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fisbilly’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as
Pelargonium peltatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisbilly’.
‘Fisbilly’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium cultivars with double flowers in combination with moderately vigorous growth and in various different colors. ‘Fisbilly’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1995.
The female parent was an unnamed hybrid seedling, no. 323-1 (unpatented), derived from a cross between ‘Guishiva’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,351, red-flowered, and ‘Fisam’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,327, with light-violet flowers. The seedling was characterized by deep red, double flowers and small, medium-green, zoned leaves, and medium-sized, bushy plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fisbilly’ was the unpatented variety ‘Amethyst’, having large, double, violet flowers with purple markings, medium to light green, zoned foliage and late flowering response.
‘Fisbilly’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in 1996 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisbilly’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1996 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, by, or under the supervision of, Angelika Utecht.
Horticultural examination of plants grown from these cuttings initiated in May 1997 in Hillscheid, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisbilly’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisbilly’ 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 ‘Fisbilly’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Uniform light-violet colored, round, double flowers;
2. Compact, umbrella to semi-spherically shaped umbels;
3. Slightly zoned, relatively small leaves of medium to light green color;
4. Compact to medium-sized, round and bushy plant habit; and
5. Moderately late spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisbilly’ are the variety ‘Fisam’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,327, and the variety ‘Colorcade Lilac’, under the designation ‘Balcolilac’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,720).
In comparison to ‘Fisam’, ‘Fisbilly’ has a similar, light violet flower color, but smaller and differently shaped flowers, which are rounder in shape and have almost twice the number of petals. Furthermore, ‘Fisbilly’ has smaller leaves with stronger lobes, and with only weak zonation. In comparison to ‘Colorcade Lilac’, ‘Fisbilly’ has a slightly lighter flower color, shorter peduncles, and a more compact and more bushy plant habit.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisbilly’ as per QZ PBR 991042; Jul. 20, 1999.*
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisbilly’ as per CA PBR 99-1885; Nov. 30, 1999.*
Fischer Website, New Geranium Varieties 2000-2001.*
2001 Fischer Selections/Plant Alliance Catalogue featuring ‘Fisbilly’; p. 31.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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