U.S. patent number PP32,326 [Application Number 16/501,549] was granted by the patent office on 2020-10-13 for pelargonium plant named `pactiowhi`.
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 |
PP32,326 |
Geibel |
October 13, 2020 |
Pelargonium plant named `Pactiowhi`
Abstract
A new and distinct interspecific Geranium plant named
`Pactiowhi`, characterized by its broadly upright and mounding
plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit;
dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and
large white-colored single 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: |
72749874 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/501,549 |
Filed: |
April 29, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/324 |
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/324 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct interspecific Geranium plant named
`Pactiowhi` as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Pelargonium x hortorum X Pelargonium
peltatum.
Cultivar denomination: `PACTIOWHI`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
interspecific Geranium plant, botanically known as Pelargonium x
hortorum X Pelargonium peltatum, and hereinafter referred to by the
cultivar name `Pactiowhi`.
The new interspecific 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 vigorous
interspecific Geranium plants that are suitable for garden use.
The new interspecific Geranium plant originated from a
cross-pollination made by the Inventor in Dresden, Germany during
the summer of 2013 of an unnamed proprietary selection of
Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented, as the female, or seed,
parent with an unnamed proprietary selection of Pelargonium
peltatum, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
interspecific Geranium plant was discovered and selected by the
Inventor as a flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Dresden, Germany during the spring of 2014.
Asexual reproduction of the new interspecific Geranium plant by
vegetative terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment
in Dresden, Germany since January, 2015 has shown that the unique
features of this new interspecific Geranium plant are stable and
reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new interspecific 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 `Pactiowhi`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Pactiowhi` as a new and
distinct interspecific Geranium plant: 1. Broadly upright and
mounding plant habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely basal
branching habit. 4. Dark green-colored leaves. 5. Early and freely
flowering habit. 6. Large white-colored single flowers that are
held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.
Plants of the new interspecific Geranium differ primarily from
plants of the parent selections in growth habit as plants of the
new interspecific Geranium are more vigorous than plants of the
parent selections.
Plants of the new interspecific 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
interspecific Geranium differ from plants of `Paciceberg` in the
following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new interspecific
Geranium are broader, more vigorous and grow faster than plants of
`Paciceberg`. 2. Plants of the new interspecific Geranium are more
freely branching than plants of `Paciceberg`. 3. Plants of the new
interspecific Geranium have single flowers whereas plants of
`Paciceberg` have semi-double flowers. 4. Plants of the new
interspecific Geranium have thinner peduncles than plants of
`Paciceberg`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall
appearance of the new interspecific 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
interspecific Geranium plant. The photograph comprises a side
perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `Pactiowhi` 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 interspecific 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 nine 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 X Pelargonium peltatum `Pactiowhi`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Unnamed proprietary selection
of Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented. Male or pollen
parent.--Unnamed proprietary selection of Pelargonium peltatum, 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.--Broadly upright and mounding plant habit; broad inverted
triangle; densely foliated; vigorous growth habit; rapid growth
rate; freely basal branching habit with about 33 lateral branches
developing per plant; pinching is typically not required. Plant
height, to top of umbels.--About 33 cm. Plant height, to top of
foliar plane.--About 25 cm. Plant width.--About 75 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 22 cm. Diameter: About 8 mm. Internode
length: About 1.5 cm. Texture: Moderately pubescent. Color: Close
to 146B. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Opposite; simple.
Length.--About 4 cm. Width.--About 6.1 cm. Shape.--Rounded to
cordate. Apex.--Rounded. Base.--Cordate, open. Margin.--Crenate.
Venation pattern.--Palmate. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Moderately pubescent; coriaceous. Color.--Developing and
fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A; venation,
close to 137A. Developing and fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 137C; venation, close to 144A. Zonation pattern:
Intensity: Faint. Distance from leaf margin: About 5 mm. Width:
About 1.5 cm. Color: Close to 137A. Petioles.--Length: About 5.9
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.--Large
single 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 eight flower buds and about 15 open
flowers per umbel and about 60 umbels developing per plant during
the flowering season. Fragrance.--None detected. Flowering
season.--Early flowering habit; plants begin flowering about 75
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 not
persistent. Umbel height.--About 5 cm. Umbel diameter.--About 9.5
cm. Flower diameter.--About 4 cm. Flower depth (height).--About 2
cm. Flower buds.--Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Shape:
Spindle-shaped. Color: Close to 144A. Petals.--Quantity per flower:
About five; petals not imbricate. Length, upper and lower petals:
About 2.4 cm. Width, upper petals: About 1.5 cm. Width, lower
petals: Close to 2 cm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Rounded. Base:
Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous; velvety. 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: To date, petaloid development
has not been observed on plants of the new Interspecific Geranium.
Sepals.--Quantity per flower: Five arranged in a single whorl.
Length: About 9 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex:
Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous.
Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces:
Close to 144A. Peduncles (umbel stems).--Length: About 12 cm.
Diameter: About 2 mm. Strength: Strong; flexible. Angle: Mostly
upright. Texture: Moderately pubescent. Color: Close to 146A.
Pedicels (individual flower stems).--Length: About 2.5 cm.
Diameter: About 1 mm. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture: Moderately pubescent. Color: Close to 144A. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Stamen quantity per flower: About seven.
Anther length: About 2 mm. Anther shape: Tubular. Anther color:
Close to 161D. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close to
168A. Gynoecium: Pistil quantity per flower: One. Pistil length:
About 9 mm. Stigma shape: Five-parted. Stigma color: Close to 155D.
Style length: About 2 mm. Style color: Close to 155D. Ovary color:
Close to 147C. Seeds and fruits: To date, seed and fruit
development have not been observed on plants of the new
interspecific Geranium. Pathogen & pest resistance: To date,
plants of the new interspecific Geranium have not been observed to
be resistant to pathogens and pests common to interspecific
Geraniums. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new interspecific
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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