Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2002-04-01
2003-07-08
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013945
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Pelargonium×hortorum
cultivar ‘Baldesreim’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium×hortorum
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Baldesreim’.
The new Geranium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new vigorous Zonal Geranium cultivars that flower uniformly and have attractive flower and foliage colors.
The new Geranium originated from a self-pollination made by the Inventor in 1998 of a proprietary
Pelargonium×hortorum
selection identified as code number 5628-10, not patented. The cultivar ‘Baldesreim’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this self-pollination in a controlled environment in Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Arroyo Grande, Calif., since June, 2000 has shown that the unique features of this new Geranium are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Baldesreim’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Baldesreim’ as a new and distinct Geranium cultivar:
1. Upright and mounded growth habit.
2. Freely basal branching habit.
3. Dark green-colored leaves.
4. Bright red-colored semi-double flowers.
Plants of the new Geranium differ primarily from plants of the parent selection in flower size and leaf coloration.
The new Geranium can be compared to the cultivar, ‘Americana Dark Red’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,307. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in West Chicago, Ill., plants of the new Geranium differed from plants of the cultivar ‘Americana Dark Red’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Geranium were taller but not as broad as plants of the cultivar ‘Americana Dark Red’.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Geranium did not have distinct zonation patterns whereas leaves of plants of the cultivar ‘Americana Dark Red’ had distinct zonation patterns.
3. Flower color of plants of the new Geranium was slightly more orange than flower color of plants of the cultivar ‘Americana Dark Red’.
Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
Bell Kent
Whealy C. A.
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