Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-01
2001-12-18
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012295
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium peltatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fiscoral’.
‘Fiscoral’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating a geranium variety with orange-red flower color and well-branched, moderately tall, bushy, moderately-compact growth habit.
‘Fiscoral’ was originated from a hybridization made by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1994. The female parent was the patented variety ‘Fizzard’ (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/968,044) which is characterized by having a single form, bright red flowers, intense green, slightly zoned foliage, vigorous growth, and very early flowering response. The male parent of ‘Fiscoral’ was the commercial variety ‘Gauguin’, the original name used in Europe and known commercially in the United States as ‘Nanette’ (U.S. Plant Pat No. 7,360) and designated as ‘Guitari’ for Plant Breeders' Rights application, which is characterized by orange-red semi-double flowers, medium green foliage with slight zonation and moderately vigorous growth.
‘Fiscoral’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in spring 1995 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fiscoral’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in May 1995 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain by Angelika Utecht. Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the clone initiated in May 1996 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafer, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fiscoral’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fiscoral’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. orange-red flower color;
2. double, slightly zygomorphic flowers in compact semi-spherically shaped umbels (inflorescence);
3. intense medium-green colored foliage with narrow, ring-shaped zonation;
4. vigorous growth;
5. well-branced, dense and uniformly developed plant habit; and
6. early flowering response.
‘Fiscoral’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and daylength without any change in genotype of the plant. 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.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fiscoral’ is the paternal variety ‘Gauguin’ (‘Nanette’/ ‘Guitari’). In comparison to ‘Gauguin’, ‘Fiscoral’ has:
(a) A similar flower color, but somewhat differently shaped corolla, it is more zygomorph, in contrast to the nearly round floret of ‘Gauguin’, it has narrower but longer petals, and somewhat stronger markings on petals;
(b) Longer and thinner peduncles and slightly larger umbels;
(c) Darker-green pedicels with ‘swellings/joints’ and with a slight infusion of anthocyanin (‘Gauguin’ is without swellings and without anthocyanin);
(d) Smaller and more intensely green colored leaves; and
(e) 25-30% more branches resulting in an even bushier and more uniform plant habit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 98-1356 (1998-04-01), None
patent: 98-26-1421 (1998-04-01), None
patent: PEL 1356 (1996-09-01), None
patent: 97/0954 (1997-09-01), None
patent: 465 (1998-12-01), None
Pelargonium 1998, Pelfi Fischer, Hillscheid Germany, p. 17 (1998/1999).*
Licensing agreement, http://www.sicasov.com/baremes/fl9899.htm., 1998/1999.*
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 1999/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Fiscoral’, 1996-1998.
Campell Bruce R.
Florfis AG
Florfis AG
Grunberg Anne Marie
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