Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-03-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012495
ABSTRACT:
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 ‘Fisgenta’.
‘Fisgenta’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with red-purple flower color, dark-green foliage, and fair branching ability.
‘Fisgenta’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1996.
The female parent was a hybrid seedling, No. K94-1960-1 (unpatented), derived from a cross between ‘Fisdino’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,761) and seedling No. K92-876-2 (unpatented). The seedling was characterized by single-type, intense purple-pink flowers, dark-green foliage, but poor branching ability. The male parent of ‘Fisgenta’ was the variety ‘HWD Violetta’, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,748), having violet-pink, orange-based, semi-double flowers, medium green zoned foliage, and relatively compact, round plant habit.
‘Fisgenta’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in 1997 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisgenta’ 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 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 ‘Fisgenta’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisgenta’ 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 ‘Fisgenta’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Intense purple-red, semi-double flowers;
2. Large inflorescences on reddish peduncles, well above the foliage;
3. Dark-green foliage with weak zonation;
4. Moderately vigorous growth, and medium tall plant habit; and
5. Medium spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisgenta’ are the varieties ‘Fispurple’, U.S. Plant patent Ser. No. 09/631,974, ‘Fisdino’ and the parental variety ‘HWD Violetta’.
In comparison to ‘Fispurple’, ‘Fisgenta’ has a more bluish tone of flower color, red eyes on the center of the petals, which lack with ‘Fispurple’, and dark green foliage, in contrast to the medium-green leaves of ‘Fispurple’. Furthermore, ‘Fisgenta’ grows more vigorously and develops a higher foliage canopy than ‘Fispurple’, which has a low and compact plant habit.
In contrast to ‘Fisdino’, with medium-green foliage, ‘Fisgenta’ has dark-green foliage, more round shaped flowers, and somewhat less vigorous growth. In contrast to ‘HWD Violetta’, ‘Fisgenta’ has petals with red eyes, and dark-green foliage, while ‘HWD Violetta’ has medium green leaves.
REFERENCES:
patent: PP9748 (1996-12-01), Dümmen
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisgenta’ as per QZ PBR 991468; Oct. 20, 1999.*
Fischer-Schmülling Plant Alliance Catalog featuring ‘FISGENTA’ on p. 11 (2001).
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office Dec. 15, 1999; European Union Application, denomination, decision for ‘FISGENTA’.
German Application for ‘FISGENTA’ Dec. 15, 1998.
German Proprosed Denomination for ‘FISGENTA’ Aug. 15, 1999.
Plant Varieties Journal, Jan. 2001, No. 38, pp. 53-54 (Canada).
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