Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-11-21
2002-11-05
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013185
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Pelargonium zonale.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fisdapi’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as
Pelargonium zonale,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisdapi’.
‘Fisdapi’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with bi-colored flowers in combination with dark-green foliage.
‘Fisdapi’ 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 is an unpatented hybrid seedling, no. K93-859-4, which was derived from a cross of the unpatented variety ‘Flofiti’ and the variety ‘Feeling’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,717).
‘Flofiti’ is characterized by pink flowers with darker eyes, large umbels, uniform, dark-green foliage, and moderately compact plant habit. ‘Feeling’ has large pink flowers with macules, and large umbels, medium green foliage with weak zonation, and more moderately compact plant habit and well-branched.
The male parent of ‘Fisdapi’ is the patented cultivar ‘Fisbravo’, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,765), characterized by pink colored flowers with large purple eyes, dark-green, slightly zoned foliage and moderately compact plant habit.
‘Fisdapi’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in 1996 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisdapi’ 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 cuttings of the plant initiated in May 1998 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisdapi’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
‘Fisdapi’ 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.
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.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fisdapi’ which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Round, dark-pink flowers with large purple eyes;
2. Wide umbels on long peduncles;
3. Dark-green foliage, usually without zonation;
4. Moderately compact growth, and medium sized, round plant habit; and
5. Mid season spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the closest comparison to ‘Fisdapi’ is the parental cultivar ‘Fisbravo’.
In comparison to ‘Fisbravo’, ‘Fisdapi’ has flowers of similar shape and size, and with a similar markings, but the general flower color is much deeper and more intense. Umbels of ‘Fisdapi’ are somewhat larger, rounder in shape and are consist of a higher number of flowers.
In comparison to K93-859-4, the female parental cultivar, has similar flower color: bluish-pink flowers with dark pink eyes, medium sized umbels, significantly lighter green foliage with weak zonation, and a compact, low plant habit.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
Foley & Lardner
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