Geranium plant named ‘Fistangoli’

Details Geranium plant named ‘Fistangoli’ Geranium plant named ‘Fistangoli’

1999-06-01

2001-12-11

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)

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ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant botanically known as
Pelargonium zonale
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fistangoli’.
‘Fistangoli’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with the bright purple flower color known from the commercial variety ‘Kardinal’ (unpatented), in combination with semi-double flowers and low, compact plant habit.
‘Fistangoli’ was originated from a hybridization made by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1993. The female parent was a hybrid seedling, designated no. 876/2, derived from a cross of a tetraploid line of ‘Kardinal’ with a hybrid seedling of unknown parentage, designated no. 2198/2, which was characterized by pink semi-double flowers, dark-green foliage and compact growth. ‘Kardinal’ has single purple flowers with orange markings, medium green, nicely zoned foliage and vigorous growth, but poor branching characteristics. The male parent of ‘Fistangoli’ was the commercial variety ‘Americana Violet’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,750), which was characterized by purple flowers, light to medium-green foliage with weak zonation, and compact growth.
‘Fistangoli’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by the inventor, Angelika Utecht, in 1994 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fistangoli’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in autumn 1994 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 ‘Fistangoli’ 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 ‘Fistangoli’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Bright purple-colored, semi-double flowers;
2. Large inflorescence, borne well above the foliage;
3. Dark-green foliage with weak zonation;
4. Weak growth, and low, compact plant habit; and
5. Early to medium flowering response.
‘Fistangoli’ 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 in the 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 commerical cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparsion to ‘Fistangoli’ is the variety ‘Fisdino’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,761). In comparison to ‘Fisdino’, ‘Fistangoli’ has a similar flower color, but different markings on its petals, larger inflorescence, and more compact plant habit. ‘Fistangoli’ has dark-green foliage whereas ‘Fisdino’ has medium-green foliage.


REFERENCES:
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patent: 98-26-1429 (1998-04-01), None
patent: PEL 1365 (1996-09-01), None
patent: 97/0963 (1997-09-01), None
patent: 470 (1998-12-01), None
UPOV-ROM GTIM Computer Database 1999/02, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Fistangoli’, 1996-1998.*
Licensing agreement, http://www.sicasov.com/baremes/f-fl9899.htm., 1998/1999.*
Pelargonium 1998, Pelfi Fischer, Hillscheid Germany, p. 9 (1998/1999).

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