Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-03-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012497
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium zonale,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fiseyewi’.
‘Fiseyewi’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with bi-colored flowers, intense green foliage, and medium-sized plant habit.
‘Fiseyewi’ 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 the commercial variety ‘Icecrystal’ (unpatented), having light violet flowers with large rose-red eyes on petals, and large, grass-green leaves without zonation. The male parent of ‘Fiseyewi’ was a hybrid seedling, no. 711-4 (unpatented), derived from a cross between ‘Fisbluri’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,712, and the variety ‘Risque’ (unpatented). The seedling was characterized by single-type, pink flowers with darker pink eyes, and dark-green foliage without zonation.
‘Fiseyewi’ 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 ‘Fiseyewi’ 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 1997 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fiseyewi’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fiseyewi’ 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 ‘Fiseyewi’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. White to very light pink flowers with large pink eyes;
2. Relatively large, semi-spherical inflorescences on long, strong peduncles;
3. Medium green foliage without zonation;
4. Moderately vigorous growth, and medium tall, round plant habit; and
5. Mid season spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fiseyewi’ are the parental variety ‘Icecrystal’, ‘Americana White Splash’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,317, and ‘BFP-1700’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,397.
In comparison to ‘Icecrystal’, ‘Fiseyewi’ has similarly shaped flowers with a similar type of markings, but the main flower color is much lighter, white instead of light violet, and its eyes are pink, while those of ‘Icecrystal’ are a deep purple-pink.
In comparison to ‘Americana White Splash’, ‘Fiseywi’ has flowers with a slightly stronger pink hue, somewhat larger eyes, and generally slightly more intense green foliage, peduncles, and sepals, and distinctly taller plant habit.
In comparison to ‘BFP-1700’, ‘Fiseyewi’ has larger and lighter, more pink, less reddish markings on petals, and grows distinctly more vigorously.
REFERENCES:
Fischer-Schmülling Plant Alliance Catalog featuring ‘FISEYEWI’ on p. 9 (2001).
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office Oct. 15, 1999; European Union Application, denomination, decision for ‘FISEYEWI’.
German Application for ‘FISEYEWI’ Sep. 15, 1998.
German Proprosed Denomination for ‘FISEYEWI’ Aug. 15, 1999.
Plant Varieties Journal, January 2001, No. 38, pp. 47-48 (Canada).
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘FISEYEWI’ as per QZ PBR 991045; Jul. 20, 1999.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Florfis AG
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