Geranium plant named ‘Fisbilred’

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2001-03-08

2002-12-10

Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Geranium

Plant Patent

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PP013345

ABSTRACT:

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Pelargonium peltatum
L'Héritier ex Aiton.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fisbilred’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as
Pelargonium peltatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisbilred’.
‘Fisbilred’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium cultivars with double flowers in combination with moderately vigorous growth and in various different colors.
‘Fisbilred’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1995. The female parent was a hybrid seedling, No. 361-3 (unpatented), having intense red, double flowers, medium green foliage without zonation, and medium tall plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fisbilred’ was a self-seedling from the commercial variety ‘Gauguin’, synonym ‘Nanatte’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,360, which was characterized by light-red, semi-double to double flowers, medium green foliage with weak zonation, and vigorous growth.
‘Fisbilred’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Ultecht in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1996. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisbilred’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1996 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, by, or under the supervision of, Angelika Utecht.
Horticultural examination of plants grown from these cuttings initiated in the spring of 1997 in Hillscheid, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisbilred’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisbilred’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and day length.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe plants grown in Hillscheid, Germany, and in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, under greenhouse conditions which approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fisbilred’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Red, many petaled, and rose-bud shaped flowers;
2. Numerous, relatively small, tight umbels;
3. Medium-green, distinctly lobed, and slightly zoned foliage;
4. Medium-sized, tight, round and well-branched plant habit; and
5. Early to medium spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, there is none that is very close to ‘Fisbilred’, it could, however, partly be compared with ‘Fisbarock’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,367. In comparison to ‘Fisbarock’, ‘Fisbilred’ has a brighter red flower color, partly white colored lower surface of petals, smaller and rose-bud shaped flowers, and more distinctly lobed foliage with weak zonation (‘Fisbarock’ has almost no zonation).


REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisbilred’ as per QZ PBR 991260; Sep. 13, 1999.*
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for Fisbilred as per CA PBR 99-1884; Nov. 30, 1999.*
Fischer Website, New Geranium Varieties for 2000-2001.*
2001 Fischer Selections/Plant Alliance Catalogue featuring ‘Fisbilred’, p. 31.
Bulletin des Variétées Végétales, No. 42, Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, January 2002.
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office, European Community, Dec. 15, 1999.

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