U.S. patent number PP20,034 [Application Number 12/077,382] was granted by the patent office on 2009-05-26 for new guinea impatiens plant named `fisnics orga`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Syngenta Participations AG. Invention is credited to Birgit Christa Hofmann.
United States Patent |
PP20,034 |
Hofmann |
May 26, 2009 |
New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Fisnics Orga`
Abstract
A new New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by
its brilliant orange flower color, large flowers, medium green,
smooth and glossy foliage, mounded, bushy, medium-sized plant
habit, and early to medium flowering response is disclosed.
Inventors: |
Hofmann; Birgit Christa
(Bendorf, DE) |
Assignee: |
Syngenta Participations AG
(CH)
|
Family
ID: |
40652281 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/077,382 |
Filed: |
March 19, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/318.3 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/16 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/318.3 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Edwards; S. Matthew
Claims
I claim:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant as
shown and described herein.
Description
Genus and species: Impatiens hawkeri W. Bull.
Variety denomination: `Fisnics Orga`.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of New
Guinea Impatiens, botanically known as Impatiens hawkeri W. Bull,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `Fisnics Orga`.
The new cultivar originated from a hybridization made in the summer
of 2003 in Hillscheid, Germany. The female parent was the
proprietary Impatiens plant `K03-2478-2` (unpatented), while the
male parent was the proprietary Impatiens plant `K02-290-2`
(unpatented). The seeds produced by the hybridization were sown in
a greenhouse in Portugal in the fall of 2003. A single plant
selection was chosen for further evaluation and for asexual
propagation in March 2004 in Moncarapacho, Portugal.
The new cultivar was created in 2003 in Hillscheid, Germany and has
been asexually reproduced repeatedly by vegetative cuttings and
tissue culture in Moncarapacho, Portugal and Hillscheid, Germany
over a three-year period. `Fisnics Orga` 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, without, however, any variation in
genotype. The present invention has been found to retain its
distinctive characteristics through successive asexual
propagations.
Plant Breeder's Rights for this cultivar were applied for in Canada
on Mar. 30, 2007, and in Switzerland on May 23, 2007. `Fisnics
Orga` has not been made publicly available more than one year prior
to filing of this application.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing
characteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normal
horticultural practices in Hillscheid, Germany, and in Langley,
British Columbia, Canada. 1. Brilliant orange flower color; 2.
Large flowers, weak butterfly-shape; 3. Medium green, smooth and
glossy foliage; 4. Mounded, bushy, medium-sized plant habit; and 5.
Early to medium flowering response.
DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH
This new New Guinea Impatiens plant is illustrated by the
accompanying photograph which shows overall plant habit including
blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant; the colors shown are as
true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic
procedures. The photograph is of a whole plant about 12 to 14 weeks
old, grown in a greenhouse in Hillscheid, Germany, in the late
summer of 2006.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive
characteristics of `Fisnics Orga`. The data which defines these
characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried
out in Hillscheid, Germany. The plant history was taken on 10- to
12-week-old plants which were planted as rooted cuttings in 12-cm
pots in late February 2007 and then grown in a greenhouse at a
minimum temperature of 16.degree. C. No growth regulators were
used, nor were the shoot(s) pinched. Color readings were taken
under natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are
primarily to the R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural
Society of London (R.H.S.) (2001).
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT
Classification: Family.--Balsaminaceae. Botanical.--Impatiens
hawkeri W. Bull. Common name.--New Guinea Impatiens. Parentage:
Female parent.--`K03-2478-2` a proprietary orange-flowered New
Guinea Impatiens plant (unpatented). Male parent.--`K02-290-2`, a
proprietary orange-flowered New Guinea Impatiens plant
(unpatented). Growth: Growth and branching habit.--Medium size,
round, bushy, and well-branched; the growth is indeterminate,
though weak after the beginning of flowering. Height.--11.5 cm.
Width.--26.7 cm. Propagation.--Terminal tips for cuttings. Time to
produce a finished flowering plant.--10 weeks for a 12-cm pot. Time
to initiate and develop roots.--About 18 days at 22.degree. C.
Branches: Average number.--9.2. Length of branches.--7 cm to 12 cm.
Internode length.--2.5 cm to 4 cm. Diameter of branches.--0.7 cm to
1.1 cm. Stem color.--Mainly light green, RHS 143C to RHS 144B with
reddish nodes of RHS 179A to RHS 179B or RHS 180A (of somewhat
variable intensity). Leaves: Arrangement.--Primarily in whorls.
Size.--Length: 13.0 cm. Width: 4.7 cm. Shape.--Elliptic.
Margin.--Slightly serrate, ciliated. Apex.--Acuminate.
Base.--Acute. Color (immature leaves).--Upper surface: RHS 143B
(grass-green). Lower surface: Between RHS 143C and RHS 144C. Color
(mature leaves).--Upper surface: From RHS 137A to RHS 137B. Lower
surface: Near RHS 138B. Texture.--Upper surface glabrous, glossy,
smooth; lower surface has protruding veins. Venation color.--Upper
surface: Mainly RHS 145C (pale light green) with RHS 179D (pale
pink) towards base. Lower surface: RHS 144C (light yellow-green).
Variegation.--None. Petioles.--Length: About 2.5 cm. Diameter: 0.3
cm to 0.4 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 47C (reddish). Lower
surface: RHS 145C (pale green). Texture: Glabrous. Flower buds:
Shape.--Ovoid. Size.--Length: 2.2 cm. Diameter: 1.5 cm. Color.--RHS
40C to RHS 40D (orange). Inflorescence: Blooming habit.--9 weeks
after planting of rooted cuttings. Inflorescence type.--Flowers
appear solitary in the leaf axils of the upper nodes of the stems.
Number of flowers per node.--6 to 8 in various stages of
development. Flowering season.--Continuously, mainly from March to
October, depending on light intensity. Lastingness of individual
blooms.--About 10 to 12 days (greenhouse, 18.degree. C., in
spring). Fragrance.--None. Peduncle.--Color: RHS 145C (light
green); slight infusion of anthocyanin, RHS 37B, may occur. Size:
Length: 6.0 cm. Diameter: 0.2 cm. Texture: Glabrous, flexible.
Flowers: Form of corolla.--Single-type, 5 petals. Shape of
corolla.--Large, weakly zygomorphic, weak butterfly shape, with the
petals overlapping. Corolla size.--Length: 8.3 cm. Width: 7.7 cm.
Depth: 1.0 cm to 1.5 cm. Petals: Shape.--Cordate, weakly lobed at
the top. Apex.--Emarginate. Base.--Attenuate. Margin.--Entire.
Size.--Top: Length: 3.8 cm. Width: 4.8 cm. Lateral: Length: 3.8 cm.
Width: 3.9 cm to 4.1 cm. Lower: Length: 4.4 cm to 4.5 cm. Width:
4.3 cm to 4.5 cm. Color.--General color description: Brilliant
orange. Upper surface of petals: RHS 40B; may appear slightly
deeper, between RHS 40A and RHS 40B, in the middle of the banner
petal. Lower surface: RHS 40C to mainly RHS 40D. Texture.--Upper
surface: Silky. Lower surface: Smooth. Aspect.--Lateral petals may
slant slightly upwards. Calyx: General.--3 sepals visible, the
largest one transformed into the spur, two lateral sepals, with the
fourth and fifth fused crestlike with the underside of the banner
petal. Spur.--Shape: Downwardly curved Color: RHS 53D (pink). Size:
Length: 5.6 cm. Diameter: 0.3 cm at the flower base, 0.5 cm at the
tip. Lateral sepals.--Shape: Oval. Length: About 1.0 cm. Width: 0.5
cm. Color: RHS 146B (green). Reproductive organs: Stamens.--Number:
5. Stamen color (upper surface color): Mainly white, RHS 155C, with
an orange-red spot, RHS 40B. Anthers: Fused, hooded. Pollen color:
RHS 8D (whitish-yellow). Pistils.--Style and stigma: 5, very short,
RHS 150D (pale yellow). Ovary: Length: 0.6 cm. Color: RHS 141A
(green). Fruit and seed set: No seed set observed. Disease and
insect resistance: No particular resistance or susceptibility has
been observed.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS
`Fisnics Orga` differs from the female parent `K03-2478-2`
(unpatented) by having larger flowers and glossier leaves than
`K03-2478-2`.
`Fisnics Orga` differs from the male parent `K02-290-2`
(unpatented), by having a taller plant habit than `K02-290-2`.
`Fisnics Orga` differs from `Fisnics Orange` (U.S. Plant Pat. No.
13,225) by having a slightly deeper hue of orange flower color and
more attractive foliage with flatter, smoother leaf blades and more
glossy surface than `Fisnics Orange`.
`Fisnics Orga` differs from the commercial cultivar `BFP-605
Orange` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,078) by having a somewhat lighter
orange flower color, larger flowers that are flatter in shape (less
cup-shaped) and medium green foliage, while `BFP-605 Orange` has
dark green foliage.
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