Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
1999-06-01
2002-06-25
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP012727
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 ‘Fishelen’.
‘Fishelen’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium cultivars with bright salmon-pink cup-shaped flowers, medium green foliage, and early to medium flowering response.
‘Fishelen’ 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. 978/6, characterized by light salmon-pink, semi-double flowers, dark green foliage with weak zonation, and compact plant habit, which had been derived from crosses between salmon-pink colored commercial varieties ‘Schöne Helena’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,374), ‘Fidelio’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,752), and ‘Regina’ (unpatented) with a tetraploid line of ‘Stadt Bern’ (unpatented).
The male parent of ‘Fishelen’ was the commercial variety ‘Fishog’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,174), having light salmon-pink and white flowers, large, distinctly zoned, medium green leaves, and moderately vigorous growth.
‘Fishelen’ 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 ‘Fishelen’ 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 the cuttings of the clone, initiated in May 1995 in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fishelen’ 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 ‘Fishelen’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. weakly semi-double, salmon colored flowers with a small white eye;
2. semi-spherically shaped, medium to large umbels;
3. medium green foliage with strong zonation;
4. medium sized, round, and well-branched plant habit;
5. early to medium flowering response, and permanent flowering; and
6. good outdoor performance even in rainy periods.
‘Fishelen’ 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 commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fishelen’ is the variety ‘Schöne Helena’. In comparision to ‘Schöne Helena’, ‘Fishelen’ has a more intense salmon flower color, with less distinct white margin and with a small white ‘eye’ at the base of the upper petals, and somewhat larger and more cup-shaped florets, while ‘Schoöne Helena’ develops more inner petals. Furthermore, ‘Fishelen’ has much stronger zonation on leaves, and somewhat better branching characteristics thereby developing a more rounded and more uniform plant habit.
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Licensing agreement for ‘Fisrosimo’, http://www.sicasov.com/baremes/f-fl9899.htm, 1999/2000.*
Kesler, Greenhouse Production of Zonal Geranium, http://www.aces.edu/department/extcomm/publications/anr/anr-1106/anr-1106.htm, Apr. 1998.*
Pelargonium 1998, Pelfi Fischer, Hillscheid Germany, p. 6 (1998/1999).
Florfis AG
Grünberg Anne Marie
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