Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-11-21
2002-11-05
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013188
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Pelargonium zonale.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fistaneon’.
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 ‘Fistaneon’.
‘Fistaneon’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with purple colored, semi-double flowers in combination with dark-green foliage.
‘Fistaneon’ 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 an unpatented hybrid seedling, no. K93-998-11, having dark-pink, semi-double flowers, medium green, zoned foliage, and medium sized plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fistaneon’ was an unpatented hybrid seedling, no. K92-876-2, which was characterized by purple-pink, single-type flowers, dark-green foliage with zonation, relatively well-branched, round plant habit, but late flowering.
‘Fistaneon’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the state cross by Angelika Utecht in 1996 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fistaneon’ 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 ‘Fistaneon’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
‘Fistaneon’ 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. 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.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fistaneon’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Brilliant red-purple flowers with scarlet eyes on upper petals;
2. Medium to large sized, semi-spherically shaped umbels;
3. Dark-green foliage with weak zonation;
4. Moderately vigorous growth, and medium to tall plant habit; and
5. Medium to late spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fistaneon’ is the variety ‘Fistangoli’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,274), and the variety ‘Fisrovio’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/991,663). In comparison to ‘Fistangoli’, ‘Fistaneon’ has a somewhat more reddish general flower color, not quite as big umbels as ‘Fistangoli’, but more vigorous growth and taller plant habit. In comparison to ‘Fisrovio’, ‘Fistaneon’ has a somewhat more intense flower color, darker green foliage, smaller leaves and plant habit is somewhat less tall.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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