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
PP013252
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Pelargonium zonale.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Fisromag’.
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 ‘Fisromag’.
‘Fisromag’ is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium varieties with magenta to purple flower color, medium green foliage in combination with medium to tall plant habit.
‘Fisromag’ 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 a hybrid seedling, No. K94-1960-1, having purple-pink, single-type flowers, large inflorescences, dark-green foliage, with only very weak zonation, and medium sized, but somewhat open and irregular plant habit. The male parent of ‘Fisromag’ was the patented variety ‘HWD Violetta’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,748) which is characterized by red-purple, semi-double flowers, medium green foliage with slight zonation, and medium sized plant habit.
‘Fisromag’ 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 ‘Fisromag’ 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 ‘Fisromag’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
‘Fisromag’ 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 ‘Fisromag’ in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Round, red-purple colored flowers;
2. Medium sized, semi-spherically shaped inflorescences;
3. Medium green, relatively large leaves with weak zonation;
4. Moderately compact growth, medium sized, but relatively low plant habit; and
5. Mid season spring flowering response.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisromag’ are the varieties ‘Fisdino’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,761), ‘Fispurple’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,368), the parental cultivar ‘HWD Violetta’, and the related, cultivar ‘Fisroyal’, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/991,636. In comparison to ‘Fisdino’, ‘Fisromag’ has slightly less bluish hue of general flower color, more round shaped flowers, less distinct markings on petals, and generally much more compact plant habit.
In contrast to ‘Fispurple’, ‘Fisromag’ has small red macules on upper petals, and is not early flowering, but in the medium range. Furthermore, ‘Fisromag’ has larger leaves, and somewhat more vigorous growth.
In comparison to ‘HWD Violetta’, ‘Fisromag’ has small red eyes on upper petals, which lack with ‘HWD Violetta’, and somewhat less compact plant habit.
In comparison to ‘Fisroyal’, ‘Fisromag’ has a more bluish shade of flower color, somewhat less distinct markings on petals, but somewhat stronger zonation on leaves, and somewhat more compact and lower plant habit.
Bell Kent L.
Florfis AG
Foley & Lardner
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