U.S. patent number PP32,911 [Application Number 16/873,696] was granted by the patent office on 2021-03-23 for pelargonium plant named pactiopimp.
This patent grant is currently assigned to ELSNER pac JUNGPFLANZEN GbR. The grantee listed for this patent is ELSNER pac JUNGPFLANZEN GbR. Invention is credited to Martin Geibel.
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United States Patent |
PP32,911 |
Geibel |
March 23, 2021 |
Pelargonium plant named Pactiopimp
Abstract
A new and distinct interspecific Geranium plant named
`Pactiopimp`, characterized by its broadly upright and mounding
plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit;
dark green-colored leaves with a faint zonal pattern; early and
freely flowering habit; and reddish purple-colored single type
flowers fading to white towards the centers that are held above the
foliar plane on strong peduncles.
Inventors: |
Geibel; Martin (Dresden,
DE) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
ELSNER pac JUNGPFLANZEN GbR |
Thiendorf |
N/A |
DE |
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Assignee: |
ELSNER pac JUNGPFLANZEN GbR
(Thiendorf, DE)
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Family
ID: |
74882459 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/873,696 |
Filed: |
June 1, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/329 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/425 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/42 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/329 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. Anne
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct interspecific Geranium plant named
`Pactiopimp` as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Pelargonium x hortorum X Pelargonium
peltatum.
Cultivar denomination: `PACTIOPIMP`.
CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY-RELATED APPLICATIONS
Inventor: Martin Geibel
Applicant: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
Title: Pelargonium Plant Named `Pactiovio`
Filed: Concurrently with the instant application
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 `Pactiopimp`.
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 with dark colored leaves and
attractive flowers.
The new interspecific Geranium plant originated from a
cross-pollination made by the Inventor in Dresden, Germany during
the summer of 2014 of an unidentified proprietary selection of
Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented, as the female, or seed,
parent with an unidentified proprietary selection of Pelargonium
peltatum, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. Seed was
collected from a number of potential parent plants, combined and
sown. The new interspecific 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
2015.
Asexual reproduction of the new interspecific Geranium plant by
vegetative terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment
in Dresden, Germany since January, 2016 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 `Pactiopimp`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Pactiopimp` 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 with a faint zonal
pattern. 5. Early and freely flowering habit. 6. Reddish
purple-colored single type flowers fading to white towards the
centers that are held above the foliar plane on strong
peduncles.
Plants of the new interspecific Geranium can be compared to plants
of the Pelargonium x hortorum `Pactiovio`, disclosed in a U.S.
Plant Patent application filed concurrently. In side-by-side
comparisons, plants of the new interspecific Geranium differ from
plants of `Pactiovio` in the following characteristics: 1. Flowers
of plants of the new interspecific Geranium are single types
whereas flowers of plants of `Pactiovio` are semi-double types. 2.
Leaves of plants of the new interspecific Geranium have a less
distinct zonal pattern than leaves of plants of `Pactiovio`. 3.
Flowers of plants of the new interspecific Geranium are lighter
reddish purple in color than flowers of plants of `Pactiovio`.
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 `Pactiopimp` 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 spring, summer and autumn 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 `Pactiopimp`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Unidentified proprietary
selection of Pelargonium x hortorum, not patented. Male or pollen
parent.--Unidentified 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 four primary
lateral branches each with about four secondary lateral branches
developing per plant; pinching is typically not required. Plant
height, to top of umbels.--About 32 cm. Plant height, to top of
foliar plane.--About 25 cm. Plant width.--About 45 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 19 cm. Diameter: About 8 mm. Internode
length: About 1 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture and luster:
Moderately pubescent; semi-glossy. Color: Close to 146B. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Opposite and alternate; simple.
Length.--About 3.5 cm. Width.--About 6.1 cm. Shape.--Rounded to
cordate. Apex.--Rounded. Base.--Cordate, open. Margin.--Crenate.
Venation pattern.--Palmate. Texture and luster, upper and lower
surfaces.--Pubescent; coriaceous; matte. Color.--Developing and
fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Lighter than 147A; faint
zonal pattern, darker than 147A; venation, lighter than 147A.
Developing and fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B;
venation, close to 144A. Petioles.--Length: About 6 cm. Diameter:
About 2 mm. Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster, upper
and lower surfaces: Pubescent; semi-glossy. Color, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to 147B. Flower description: Flower arrangement and
flowering habit.--Single type flowers arranged in hemispherical
umbels arising from apical leaf axils; umbels displayed above the
foliar plane on strong peduncles; flowers face upright to outwardly
depending on the position on the umbel; freely flowering habit with
about 15 open flowers per umbel and numerous umbels developing per
plant during the flowering season. 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 not
persistent. Umbel height.--About 6 cm. Umbel diameter.--About 11
cm. Flower diameter.--About 5 cm. Flower depth (height).--About 2.5
cm. Flower buds.--Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Shape:
Elliptic. Texture and luster: Pubescent; matte. Color: Close to
144A. Petals.--Quantity per flower: About five; petals slightly
imbricate. Length, upper petals: About 3 cm. Length, lower petals:
About 2.8 cm. Width, upper petals: About 2.2 cm. Width, lower
petals: About 2.4 cm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Rounded. Base: Cuneate.
Margin: Entire; slightly undulate. Texture and luster, upper and
lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color: When opening and
fully opened, upper surface: More blue than 66A; towards the base,
close to 155D; venation, close to 66A; color becoming closer to 66A
with development. When opening and fully opened, lower surface:
Close to 66D; venation, close to 66A; 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 1.2 cm. Width: About 2 mm to 4 mm. Shape: Lanceolate.
Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster,
upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Texture and luster, lower
surface: Pubescent; semi-glossy. Color, upper and lower surfaces:
Close to 144A. Peduncles (umbel stems).--Length: About 11 cm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Strength: Strong; flexible. Angle: Mostly
upright. Texture and luster: Pubescent; semi-glossy. Color: Close
to 144A. Pedicels (individual flower stems).--Length: About 3 cm.
Diameter: About 1 mm. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture and luster: Pubescent; semi-glossy. Color: Close to 144A.
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Stamen quantity per flower: About
ten. Filament length: About 4 mm. Filament color: Close to 155D.
Anther size: About 1 mm by 2 mm. Anther shape: Tubular. Anther
color: Close to 66A. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color: Close
to 167A. Gynoecium: Pistil quantity per flower: One. Pistil length:
About 8 mm. Stigma diameter: About 3 mm. Stigma shape: Five-parted.
Stigma color: Close to 58B. Style length: About 3 mm. Style color:
Close to 58B. Ovary color: Close to 139D. 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 0.5.degree. C. to about 40.degree. C.
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