Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-01-15
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012355
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as
Pelargonium peltatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisrimba’.
‘Fisrimba’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium cultivars with pink to dark pink flower color, moderately vigorous growth, and bushy and well-branched plant habit ‘Fisrimba’ 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. 1793-13 (unpatented), characterized by red, single-type flowers, medium green foliage with weak zonation, and medium growth habit. The male parent of ‘Fisrimba’ was ‘Fisberno’, U.S. plant Pat. No. 10,367, having light salmon-red, double flowers, slightly zoned foliage, and very well branched plant habit.
‘Fisrimba’ 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 ‘Fisrimba’ 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 this clone initiated in May 1998 in Hillscheid, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisrimba’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisrimba’ 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 comparisions 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 ‘Fisrimba’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Large, intense pink to cherry red colored, double flowers;
2. Semi-spherically shaped inflorescences;
3. Medium green foliage with weak zonation;
4. Vigorous growth and well-branched, bushy plant habit; and
5. Early to medium spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparision to ‘Fisrimba’ are the varieties ‘Fislamda’, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/323,109 and ‘Fismoli’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,382.
In comparison to ‘Fislamda’ and ‘Fismoli’, ‘Fisrimba’ is intermediate in many respects: its flower color is a more intense pink than ‘Fismoli’, but a less bluish or purple tone than ‘Fislamda’. Furthermore, ‘Fisrimba’ grows more vigorously than ‘Fislamda’, but its plant habit is bushier and rounder, not quite as long trailing as that of ‘Fismoli’.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation For ‘FISRIMBA’ as per QZ PBR 991465; Oct. 20, 1999.*
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Varity Office, Dec. 15, 1999, European Community Application.
German Application and Denomination, Dec. 15, 1998.
Fischer—Schmüllung Plant Alliance Catalogue, featuring ‘Fisimba’ on p. 25, Germany, 2001.
Canadian application, denomination, Plant Varieties Journal No. 38, Jan. 2001, Canada. pp. 63-64.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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