Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2000-09-08
2002-10-01
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013022
ABSTRACT:
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 ‘Lulumex’.
‘Lulumex’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium varieties with variegated flowers with pink, red or purple main flower.
‘Lulumex’ originated from a grafting hybrid derived by grafting cuttings of ‘Fislulu’ on rootstocks of ‘Mexicana’ (Rouletta), in order to transmit the characteristic of variegation of flower color. The variegation causing agent is supposed to be a beneficial, virus-like organism.
‘Fislulu’ is a commercial ivy geranium variety, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,228, having deep purple double flowers, medium green, zoned foliage, and relatively compact, well-branched plant habit.
‘Mexicana’, synonym ‘Rouletta’, is an unpatented variety characterized by bicolored flowers with cherry-red bordered petals and white center, medium green foliage with zonation, and tall, open, long trailing plant habit.
Shoot tip cuttings of ‘Fislulu’ were grafted on branches of a potted plant of ‘Mexicana’ in a green-house in Hillscheid, Germany, in winter 1996/97 by the inventor Angelika Utecht. In April/May 1997 recently grown shoot tips from the successful graftings were cut, rooted and grown out.
Plants grown from cuttings of these plants were examined in Hillscheid in early spring 1998, and proved to develop variegated flowers only, which was confirmed during the common spring trial cultivation starting in May 1998.
In contrast to earlier experiments with grafting, the degree of variegation proved to be very uniform and the size of the white area of the petal was only temporarily reduced after the plants had grown rapidly under high temperature and high light intensity in spring.
Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the clone initiated in spring 1998 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Lulumex’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
REFERENCES:
patent: 99-1631 (1999-04-01), None
patent: PEL 1461 (1998-06-01), None
patent: 99/0967 (1999-06-01), None
1999/2000 Fischer Selections Catalogue featuring Lulumex.
Pelfi Fischer Peltatum '99 featuring ‘Lulumex’.
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Lulumex’ as per CA PBR 99-1631; Apr. 14, 1999.*
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Lulumex’ as per QZ PBR 990967; Jun. 30, 1999.*
Licensing Agreement for ‘Lulumex’, 1999.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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