Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2002-09-30
2004-01-13
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP014456
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed:
Pelargonium zonale
L'Héritier.
Variety denomination: ‘Fiscaseye’.
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 ‘Fiscaseye’.
‘Fiscaseye’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new zonal geranium cultivars with light pink flower color, semi-double flower type, intense green foliage and medium sized, well-branched plant habit.
‘Fiscaseye’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1997. The female parent was the unpatented commercial variety ‘Goesta’, characterized by semi-double, light pink flowers, the upper petals with white bases, foliage with almost no zonation, and relatively compact plant habit.
The male parent of ‘Fiscaseye’ was the unpatented commercial variety known as ‘Dresdner Puppe Rosa mit Auge’ (Plant Breeder's Rights protection in Europe under ‘Drepenosa’) having pink single-type flowers with deep pink macules, early flowering, medium to light green foliage with very weak zonation, and compact plant habit.
‘Fiscaseye’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in 1998 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fiscaseye’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1998 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 1999 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fiscaseye’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fiscaseye’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variation in environment such as temperature, light intensity and day length.
The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe plants grown in Hillscheid, Germany under greenhouse conditions which approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fiscaseye’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Round, pink colored flowers with rose-red eyes;
2. large flowers and large inflorescences;
3. grass-green foliage, relatively large leaves with slight zonation;
4. medium vigorous growth, low, rounded plant habit; and
5. medium (mid season) spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fiscaseye’, are the parental varieties ‘Goesta’ and ‘Dresdner Puppe Rosa mit Auge’, and the patented variety ‘Designer Light Pink’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,552), and the variety ‘Fip 336’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,082).
In comparison to ‘Goesta’, ‘Fiscaseye’ has a deeper and more bluish pink flower color, and petals have rose-red eyes, which lack with ‘Goesta’. Furthermore, ‘Fiscaseye’ has larger leaves with slightly stronger zonation, and it grows more vigorously than ‘Goesta’.
In contrast to ‘Dresdner Puppe Rosa mit Auge’, with single-type flowers, ‘Fiscaseye’ has weakly semi-double flower type and somewhat more intense green foliage with slightly more distinct zonation. In addition, beginning of flowering is earlier for ‘Dresdner Puppe Rosa mit Auge’ than for ‘Fiscaseye’.
In comparison to ‘Designer Light Pink’, ‘Fiscaseye’ has larger flowers with rose-red eyes on petals, which lack with ‘Designer Light Pink’. Furthermore, plant habit of ‘Fiscaseye’ is much more compact, and foliage has less distinct zonation.
In comparison to ‘Fip 336’, ‘Fiscaseye’ has a somewhat deeper and more uniform main flower color, shorter peduncles, and somewhat smaller, especially lower, plant habit.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fiscaseye’ as per DE PBR PEL01563; Jul. 1, 1999.*
Blatt Für Sortenwesen, Official Gazette of the German Bundessortenamtes for Plant Breeder's Rights; pp.: cover, 264; Aug. 15, 1999 (German PBR application publication).
Blatt Für Sortenwesen, Official Gazette of the German Bundessortenamtes for Plant Breeder's Rights; pp.: cover, 305, 307; Sep. 15, 2000 (German PBR proposal for final denomination publication).
Blatt Für Sortenwesen, Official Gazette of the German Bundessortenamtes for Plant Breeder's Rights; pp.: cover, 400; 401 Dec. 15, 2000 (German PBR grant publication).
Bulletin des Variétés Végétales / Plant Varieties Journal, No. 42, Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, pp.: cover, 15; Jan. 2002 (proposed denomination publication).
Bulletin des Variétés Végétales / Plant Varieties Journal, No. 42, Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, pp.: cover, 109-110; Jan. 2003 (application under examination publication).
Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft, Swiss Patent, Design and Trademark Gazette No. 152, Jul. 31, 2002.
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office, European Community, Aug. 15, 2002 (application; proposed denomination publication).
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office, European Community, Feb. 15, 2003 (Grant publication).
Bell Kent
Florfis AG
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