Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Fuchsia
Plant Patent
2004-02-25
2004-11-16
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Fuchsia
Plant Patent
active
PP015312
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Fuchsia×hybrida
cultivar Kiefudib.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Fuchsia
plant, botanically known as
Fuchsia×hybrida,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Kiefudib’.
The new
Fuchsia
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Venhuizen, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to create new
Fuchsia
cultivars with an upright and compact plant habit, numerous flowers and attractive flower coloration.
The new
Fuchsia
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor during the early winter of 1999 of a proprietary selection
Fuchsia×hybrida
identified as code number 3134-2, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection
Fuchsia×hybrida
identified as code number 3134-1, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Kiefudib was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the resulting progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Venhuizen, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Fuchsia
by terminal cuttings at Venhuizen, The Netherlands, since the summer of 1999 has shown that the unique features of this new
Fuchsia
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Kiefudib has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and daylength, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Kiefudib’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Kiefudib’ as a new and distinct
Fuchsia
cultivar:
1. Compact and upright growth habit.
2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit.
3. Light red and white-colored flowers.
4. Freely and continuous flowering habit.
Compared to plants of the female parent selection, plants of the new
Fuchsia
have darker green-colored leaves. Plants of the new
Fuchsia
are more upright than male parent selection differ in flower coloration.
Plants of the new
Fuchsia
can be compared to plants of the cultivar Pink, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Venhuizen, The Netherlands, plants of the new
Fuchsia
differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Pink in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Fuchsia
were more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar Pink.
2. Plants of the new
Fuchsia
flowered earlier and more continuously than plants of the cultivar Pink.
3. Plants of the new
Fuchsia
had darker pink-colored sepals than plants of the cultivar Pink.
4. Plants of the new
Fuchsia
were more tolerant to wind and rain than plants of the cultivar Pink.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM, Plant Variety Database, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, Citation forFuchsia‘Kiefudib’.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Hwu June
Kieft Bloemzaden B.V.
Whealy C. A.
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