Geranium plant named ‘Fislamda’

Details Geranium plant named ‘Fislamda’ Geranium plant named ‘Fislamda’

1999-06-01

2001-11-27

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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PP012225

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 ‘Fislamda’.
‘Fislamda’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium cultivars with stable pink to purple-pink flower color and medium tall, well-branched plant habit.
‘Fislamda’ 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 an unnamed seedling from the commercial variety ‘M. J. Cole’, which was characterized by intense purple-pink flower color, semi-double flower form, foliage with weak zonation, and relatively weak growth. The male parent of ‘Fislamda’ was ‘Pilatus’, an unpatented commercial variety having light-violet double flowers with distinct markings, distinctly zoned foliage, late flowering response, and weak growth.
‘Fislamda’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in 1995 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fislamda’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in autumn 1995 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain by Angelika Utecht. Horticultural examination of plants grown from these cuttings initiated in May 1996 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fislamda’ 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 ‘Fislamda’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Intense purple-pink flower color;
2. Large double flowers arranged in relatively big, semi-spherically shaped inflorescence;
3. Medium-green foliage with distinct zonation;
4. Medium to tall, fairly round plant habit;
5. Early to medium flowering response; and
6. Large number of flowers and big buds that are developed at the beginning of flowering.
‘Fislamda’ 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 of 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 ‘Fislamda’ are the patented varieties ‘Flofetti’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,635) and ‘Fischic’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,503), and the unpatented cultivar ‘M. J. Cole’.
In general comparison to ‘Flofetti’, ‘Fislamda’ has a more intense flower color and more substantial (bigger) looking florets that consist of twice the number of petals. Furthermore, ‘Fislamda’ grows more vigorously, develops larger leaves, and appears more attractive at the beginning of flowering because of the many large buds that are already formed in this early stage.
In comparison to ‘Fischic’, ‘Fislamda’ has larger inflorescence and longer peduncles, foliage with distinct zonation, and more vigorous growth. In comparison to ‘M. J. Cole’, ‘Fislamda’ has bigger flowers with more petals and bigger buds with hair, while ‘M. J. Cole’ has narrow elliptic buds with smooth surfaces. Furthermore, ‘Fislamda’ grows more vigorously than ‘M. J. Cole’.


REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 10350 (1998-04-01), Utecht
patent: P.P. 10635 (1998-10-01), Schumann et al.
patent: 98-1356 (1998-04-01), None
patent: 98-26-1420 (1998-04-01), None
patent: PEL 1357 (1996-09-01), None
patent: 97/0955 (1997-09-01), None
patent: 10922 (1998-05-01), None
patent: O 466 (1998-12-01), None
Fischer catalogue 1998 (1998).
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 1999/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citations for ‘Fislamda’, 1997-1998.

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