Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-11-26
2002-11-19
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013248
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Pelargonium zonale.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fiston’.
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 ‘Fiston’.
‘Fiston’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with deep salmon colored, semi-double flowers, and medium sized to moderately tall plant habit.
‘Fiston’ 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 an unpatented hybrid seedling, no. K91-1216-3, having uniformly salmon colored, single-type flowers, medium green foliage with strong zonation, and vigorous growth. The male parent of ‘Fiston’ was the patented variety ‘Fiseye’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,302), which is characterized by light violet, weakly semi-double flowers with red eyes, relatively short peduncles, uniform green foliage, and medium sized plant habit.
‘Fiston’ 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 ‘Fiston’ 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 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 ‘Fiston’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
‘Fiston’ 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 Hillsheid, 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 ‘Fiston’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. round, bright coral colored flowers;
2. medium to large, semi-spherically shaped umbels, not very high above the foliage;
3. relatively large, grass-green foliage with slight zonation;
4. moderately compact growth, and medium sized, but relatively low plant habit; and
5. early to medium spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fiston’ are the patented variety ‘Americana Coral’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,934), and the related cultivar ‘Fissalmrose’, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,496).
In comparison to ‘Americana Coral’, ‘Fiston’ has a somewhat more rose, less orange hue of flower color, somewhat smaller umbels, shorter peduncles, and more compact plant habit. In comparison to ‘Fissalmrose’, ‘Fiston’ has a more intense flower color, only very weak zonation on leaves, and distinctly lower and generally more compact plant habit.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
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