U.S. patent number PP30,831 [Application Number 15/932,039] was granted by the patent office on 2019-08-20 for pelargonium plant named `paclara`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR. The grantee listed for this patent is Martin Geibel. Invention is credited to Martin Geibel.
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United States Patent |
PP30,831 |
Geibel |
August 20, 2019 |
Pelargonium plant named `Paclara`
Abstract
A new and distinct Zonal Geranium plant named `Paclara`,
characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit;
moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit;
dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and
white-colored semi-double flowers that are held above the foliar
plane on strong peduncles.
Inventors: |
Geibel; Martin (Dresden,
DE) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Geibel; Martin |
Dresden |
N/A |
DE |
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Assignee: |
Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
(Dresden, DE)
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Family
ID: |
67391144 |
Appl.
No.: |
15/932,039 |
Filed: |
January 26, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/336 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/425 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/42 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/326,324,331 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Other References
Catalog Brandkamp Plante De Balcon 2017-2018, retrieved on Jan. 9,
2019, retrieved from the Internet at
https://issuu.com/bepplersrl/docs/beetpflanzen2017doppelseitenlv/27,
cover page, 4, 52, 65, 67, 68. (Year: 2017). cited by examiner
.
Pac Colours 2018/2019, retrieved on Jan. 9, 2019, retrieved from
the Internet at
www.pac-elsner.com/files/elsnerPAC/uploads/Downloads/pac_katalog_201819.p-
df, cover page, 14, 16. (Year: 2018). cited by examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Zonal Geranium plant named `Paclara` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Pelargonium x hortorum.
Cultivar denomination: `PACLARA`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Zonal Geranium plant, botanically known as Pelargonium x hortorum,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `Paclara`.
The new Zonal Geranium plant is a product of a planned breeding
program conducted by the Inventor in Dresden, Germany. The
objective of the breeding program is to develop new uniform Zonal
Geranium plants with dark green-colored leaves and numerous
attractive flowers.
The new Zonal Geranium plant originated from a cross-pollination
made by the Inventor of two unidentified proprietary selections of
Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented, during the summer of 2012.
Seed was collected from a number of potential parent plants,
combined and sown. The new Zonal Geranium plant was discovered and
selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within
the progeny of the stated mass cross-pollination in a controlled
greenhouse environment in Dresden, Germany during the spring of
2013.
Asexual reproduction of the new Zonal Geranium plant by vegetative
terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Dresden, Germany since January, 2014 has shown that the unique
features of this new Zonal Geranium plant are stable and reproduced
true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Zonal Geranium have not been observed under all
possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural
practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in
environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity
without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Paclara`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Paclara` as a new and
distinct Zonal Geranium plant: 1. Upright and uniformly rounded
plant habit. 2. Moderately vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely basal
branching habit. 4. Dark green-colored leaves. 5. Early and freely
flowering habit. 6. White-colored semi-double flowers that are held
above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.
Plants of the new Zonal Geranium can be compared to plants of the
Pelargonium x hortorum `Paciceberg`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat.
No. 28,385. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Zonal
Geranium differ from plants of `Paciceberg` in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Zonal Geranium are taller and
more upright than plants of `Paciceberg`. 2. Leaves of plants of
the new Zonal Geranium are darker green in color than leaves of
plants of `Paciceberg`. 3. Plants of the new Zonal Geranium flower
about five days earlier than plants of `Paciceberg`. 4. Plants of
the new Zonal Geranium have shorter peduncles than plants of
`Paciceberg`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall
appearance of the new Zonal Geranium plant showing the colors as
true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored
reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ
slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical
description which accurately describe the colors of the new Zonal
Geranium plant. The photograph comprises a side perspective view of
a typical flowering plant of `Paclara` grown in a container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown in 19-cm containers
during the winter, spring and summer in a glass-covered greenhouse
in Dresden, Germany and under cultural practices typical of
commercial Zonal Geranium production. During the production of the
plants, day temperatures averaged 18.degree. C., night temperatures
averaged 16.degree. C. and light levels ranged from 15 kilolux to
100 kilolux. Plants were four months old when the photograph was
taken and eight months old when the detailed description was taken.
In the detailed description, color references are made to The Royal
Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where
general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
Botanical classification: Pelargonium x hortorum `Paclara`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Unidentified proprietary
selection of Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented. Male or pollen
parent.--Unidentified proprietary selection of Pelargonium x
hortorum, not patented. Propagation: Type.--By vegetative terminal
cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer.--About 18 days at
temperatures about 20.degree. C. Time to initiate roots,
winter.--About 22 days at temperatures about 20.degree. C. Time to
produce a rooted young plant, summer.--About four weeks at
temperatures about 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young
plant, winter.--About four weeks at temperatures about 18.degree.
C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous; typically white in color,
actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate composition,
water quality, fertilizers, substrate temperature and age of roots.
Rooting habit.--Freely branching; dense. Plant description: Plant
and growth habit.--Upright and uniformly rounded plant habit;
inverted triangle; densely foliated; moderately vigorous growth
habit; moderate growth rate; freely basal branching habit with
numerous lateral branches developing per plant; pinching is not
required. Plant height, to top of umbels.--About 40 cm. Plant
height, to top of foliar plane.--About 31 cm. Plant width.--About
40 cm. Lateral branches.--Length: About 14 cm. Diameter: About 8
mm. Internode length: About 1 cm. Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close
to 148C. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Opposite and alternate;
simple. Length.--About 4.7 cm. Width.--About 8 cm. Shape.--Rounded;
roughly reniform. Apex.--Rounded. Base.--Cordate, open.
Margin.--Crenate. Venation pattern.--Palmate. Texture, upper and
lower surfaces.--Moderately pubescent; felt-like.
Color.--Developing and fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close
to 139A; venation, close to 139A. Developing and fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B; venation, close to 144A.
Zonation pattern: Intensity: Faint. Color: Darker than 139A.
Petioles.--Length: About 8 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper
and lower surfaces: Pubescent; rough. Color, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to 144A. Flower description: Flower arrangement and
flowering habit.--Semi-double flowers arranged in roughly
hemispherical umbels arising from apical leaf axils; umbels
displayed above the foliar plane on strong peduncles; flowers face
upright to outwardly; freely flowering habit with about four flower
buds and about eleven open flowers per umbel. Fragrance.--None
detected. Flowering season.--Early flowering habit; plants begin
flowering about 70 days after planting; in the garden in Germany,
flowering begins in April and continues until frost in the autumn.
Flower longevity.--Flowers last about six to ten days on the plant;
umbels last about three to four weeks on the plant; flowers
persistent. Umbel height.--About 5.5 cm. Umbel diameter.--About 10
cm. Flower diameter.--About 4.5 cm. Flower depth (height).--About 2
cm. Flower buds.--Length: About 7 mm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Shape:
Round. Color: Close to 144A. Petals.--Quantity per flower: About
six; petals imbricate. Length: About 2.5 cm. Width: About 2.2 cm.
Shape: Obovate. Apex: Rounded. Base: Cuneate. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; satiny. Color:
When opening and fully opened, upper surface: Close to 155D;
venation, close to 155D; color does not change with development.
When opening and fully opened, lower surface: Close to 155D;
venation, close to 155D; color does not change with development.
Petaloids.--Quantity per flower: About one to four arranged at the
center of the flower. Length: About 1 cm. Width: About 5 mm. Shape:
Irregularly shaped. Apex: Acute to rounded. Base: Cuneate. Margin:
Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth to crinkled,
glabrous. Color: When opening and fully opened, upper surface:
Close to 155D; venation, close to 155D; color does not change with
development. When opening and fully opened, lower surface: Close to
155D; venation, close to 155D; color does not change with
development. Sepals.--Quantity per flower: Five or six arranged in
a single whorl. Length: About 9 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape:
Lanceolate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to
144A. Peduncles (umbel stems).--Length: About 14 cm. Diameter:
About 4 mm. Strength: Strong. Angle: Mostly upright. Texture:
Moderately pubescent. Color: Close to 144A. Pedicels (individual
flower stems).--Length: About 2.8 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm; no
swelling observed. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture:
Moderately pubescent. Color: Close to 144A. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Stamen quantity per flower: About eight.
Anther length: About 2 mm. Anther shape: Tubular. Anther color:
Close to 29C. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close to 167A.
Gynoecium: Pistil quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 8
mm. Stigma shape: Five-parted. Stigma color: Close to 155D. Style
length: About 2 mm. Style color: Close to 155D. Ovary color: Close
to 138B. Seeds and fruits: Seed and fruit development have not been
observed on plants of the new Zonal Geranium. Disease & pest
resistance: Plants of the new Zonal Geranium have not been observed
to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Zonal Geraniums.
Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Zonal Geranium have been
observed to tolerate temperatures ranging from about 1.degree. C.
to about 35.degree. C. to 40.degree. C.
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