Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-03-08
2002-12-10
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013344
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
Pelargonium peltatum
L'Héritier ex Aiton.
VARIETY DENOMINATION:
‘Fisblizdark’.
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 ‘Fisblizdark’. ‘Fisblizdark’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium cultivars with single type flowers, relatively vigorous, but well-branched growth habit, and in various flower colors. ‘Fisblizdark’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galadar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1996.
The female parent was the variety ‘Fiscoral’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,295, having orange-red, double flowers, fresh-green, slightly zoned foliage, and tall, well-branched plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fisblizdark’ was a hybrid seedling, no. 823/39 (unpatented), derived from a cross with ‘Fisrock’, U.S Plant Pat. No. 10,365, and characterized by deep red single-type flowers, medium-green, zoned folige, and medium to tall plant habit.
‘Fisblizdark’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1997.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisblizdark’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1997 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 1998 in Hillscheid, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisblizdark’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisblizdark’ 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 comparisions 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 ‘Fisblizdark’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Dark-red colored, round, single-type flowers;
2. Large, flat semi-sperically shaped umbels;
3. Relatively dark-green, smallish, and slightly zoned leaves;
4. Vigorous growth and relatively tall, trailing, through well-branched plant habit; and
5. Early spring flowering response.
Of the many commercil cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparision to ‘Fisblizdark’ is ‘Fizzard’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,992. In comparison to ‘Fizzard’, ‘Fisblizdark’ has a distinctly darker red flower color, slightly shorter upper petals and therefore more round shaped flowers, and darker green, smaller, somewhat stronger zoned leaves with entire margins, while ‘Fizzard’ develops weak crenation near the tips. Furthermore, flowering response of ‘Fisblizdark’ is early, but not extremely early, as with ‘Fizzard’.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisblizdark’ as per QZ PBR 991464; Oct. 20, 1999.*
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisblizdark’ as per CA PBR 99-1882; Nov, 30, 1999.*
Fischer Website, New Geranium Varieties for 2000-2001; 2000.*
Windmill-Farms Website, Ivy Geraniums Products; 2000.*
Ball Seed Website, Geranium; 2000.*
Euroamerican Propagators Website; Cultivar Information for ‘Dark Red Blizzard’ for 2001/2001 catalog; 2001.*
Bulletin des Variétés Végétales, No. 42, Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, Jan. 2002.
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office, European Community, Dec. 15, 1999.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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