Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-01-22
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012363
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 ‘Fisom’.
‘Fisom’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with purple flower color, in combination with intense green foliage, and medium sized plant habit. ‘Fisom’ 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 patented variety ‘Fisdino’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,761, having purple-pink semi-double flowers with distinct eyes, medium green, zoned foliage, and moderately vigorous growth habit. The male parent of ‘Fisom’ was a hybrid seedling, no. 998-9 (unpatented), characterized by dark-pink flowers with white macules at the bases of upper petals, and medium-green, zoned foliage.
‘Fisom’ 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 ‘Fisom’ 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 ‘Fisom’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisom’ 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 ‘Fisom’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Brilliant purple-pink colored flowers with red and white markings;
2. Relatively large, round inflorescences;
3. Medium-green foliage with slight zonation;
4. Medium-sized plant habit, and good branching characteristics; and
5. Mid-season spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisom’ is the parental variety ‘Fisdino’.
In comparison to ‘Fisdino’, ‘Fisom’ has a slightly more bluish main flower color and partly different kind of markings. While ‘Fisdino’ has salmon-red coloring at the bases of the upper petals, ‘Fisom’ has small white bases. Furthermore, ‘Fisom’ branches more easily, and develops a more uniform and round plant habit, and is somewhat less tall than ‘Fisdino’.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisom’ as per QZ PBR 991467; Oct. 20, 1999.*
Fischer-Schmüllung Plant Alliance Catalogue featuring ‘FISOM’ on p. 11, Germany, 2001.
German Plant Application and Denomination—‘FISOM’ (Dec. 15, 1998).
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office, ‘FISOM’, European Community Application (Dec. 15, 1999).
Canadian Application, Denomination, Plant Varieties Journal No. 38, Jan. 2001, Canada. pp. 49-50.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
FlorFis AG
Foley & Lardner
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