Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-02-12
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012407
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 ‘Fisrocco’.
‘Fisrocco’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium varieties with intense violet flower color and good cultivation ability. ‘Fisrocco’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1995.
The female parent was a hybrid seedling, No. 323-1(unpatented), derived from a cross between ‘Guishiva’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,351, red-flowered, and ‘Fisam’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,327, with light violet flowers, and (the seedling) characterized by red, double flowers, medium-green, zoned foliage, and medium tall, bushy plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fisrocco’, seedling no. 300-2 (unpatented), was derived from self-pollinating ‘Fisrain’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,533, which had violet, single-type flowers, medium green foliage with relatively strong zonation and compact plant habit. ‘Fisrocco’ 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 ‘Fisrocco’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the fall of 1996 in a controlled environment in Caldar, 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, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisrocco’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisrocco’ 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, 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 ‘Fisrocco’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. purple-pink colored, semi-double to double flowers;
2. medium-sized, roughly semi-spherically shaped umbels;
3. light medium green, distinctly zoned, retatively small foliage;
4. early to medium spring flowering response, and rich flowering throughout the summer; and
5. medium tall, bushy and round plant habit.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisrocco’ is the variety ‘Fisam’. In comparison to ‘Fisam’, ‘Fisrocco’ has similarly shaped flowers with similar kind of markings on petals, but with a more pinkish hue of flower color, somewhat umbels, and foliage with a more glossy surface, and slightly taller plant habit.
REFERENCES:
patent: PP9353 (1995-10-01), Hanes
GTITM VPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisrocco’ as per QZ PBR 991043; Jul. 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 ‘Fisrocco’ on p. 29, Germany, 2001.
Canadian application, denomination, Plant Varieties Journal No. 38, Jan. 2001, Canada. pp. 61-62.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Floris AG
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