Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2002-08-27
2003-08-26
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP014105
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar denomination:
Pelargonium×hortorum
cultivar ‘Duevipisplash’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium×hortorum,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Duevipisplash’.
The new Zonal Geranium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new Zonal Geraniums with attractive flower and foliage colors.
The new Zonal Geranium originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in June, 1998, of a proprietary selection of
Pelargonium×hortorum
identified as code number F-18-15, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of
Pelargonium×hortorum
identified as code number F-11-01, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Duevipisplash was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this cross in a controlled environment in Rheinberg, Germany in June, 2001.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal vegetative cuttings taken at Rheinberg, Germany since June, 2001, has shown that the unique features of this new Zonal 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 ‘Duevipisplash’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Duevipisplash’ as a new cultivar and distinguish it from other known Zonal Geranium cultivars:
1. Upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Light red purple-colored flowers with red purple spots towards center.
Compared to plants of the female parent, the selection F-18-15, plants of the new Zonal Geranium differ in flower color. Compared to plants of the male parent, the selection F-11-01, plants of the new Zonal Geranium are more freely branching and differ in flower color.
The new Zonal Geranium can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Eiskristall’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Rheinberg, Germany, plants of the new Zonal Geranium differed from plants of the cultivar Eiskristall in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Zonal Geranium were taller than plants of the cultivar Eiskristall.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Zonal Geranium were brighter green in color than leaves of plants of the cultivar Eiskristall.
3. Leaves of plants of the new Zonal Geranium had a zonation pattern whereas leaves of plants of the cultivar Eiskristall did not have a zonation pattern.
Bell Kent
Dümmen Jungpflanzen GbR
Whealy C. A.
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