Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Fuchsia
Plant Patent
2002-06-05
2003-05-06
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Fuchsia
Plant Patent
active
PP013764
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Fuchsia×hybrida
cultivar ‘Kiefuzak’.
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 ‘Kiefuzak’.
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 compact plant habit and numerous attractive flower coloration.
The new Fuchsia originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 1998 of a proprietary selection
Fuchsia×hybrida
identified as code number 6153-1, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection
Fuchsia×hybrida
identified as code number 237, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Kiefuzak was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Venhuizen, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new Fuchsia by terminal cuttings taken at Venhuizen, The Netherlands, since 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 Kiefuzak 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 ‘Kiefuzak’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Kiefuzak’ as a new and distinct Fuchsia cultivar:
1. Upright and pendulous plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant growth habit.
3. Numerous light red and purple-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Fuchsia differ from the parent selections primarily in flower coloration. Plants of the new Fuchsia also differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Kiefulap’, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/163,001 filed concurrently, primarily in flower coloration.
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