STEP 17 - Blind question

Ivy geranium named`Freestyle Lavender` 

US PP9353 P

Numero di pubblicazione	USPP9353 P
Tipo di pubblicazione	Concessione
Numero domanda	US 08/364,875
Data di pubblicazione	31 ott 1995
Data di registrazione	27 dic 1994
Data di priorità	27 dic 1994
Inventori	Mitchell E. Hanes
Assegnatario originale	Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.

A new ivy geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by mid-green foliage with light zonation, lavender color, and semi-double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and a compact growth habit.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as Pelargonium peltatum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Freestyle Lavender. The new cultivar is propagated from a seedling resulting from the cross of a seed parent 2940-1 and the pollen parent, an ivy geranium known as Amethyst (not a patented variety).
Freestyle Lavender is a product of a planned breeding program intended to create new ivy geranium cultivars with lavender colored flowers, semi-double flower form, mid-green foliage, vigorous growth and superior cutting productivity.
The new cultivar was created in 1992 in Gilroy, Calif. and has been repeatedly asexually reproduced by cuttings in Gilroy, Calif. and Guatemala over a two year period. It has also been trialed at Okemos, Mich. It has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations; and this novelty appears to be firmly fixed.

THE PLANT
Classification:
Botanical.--Pelargonium peltatum.
Commercial.--Ivy geranium.
Form: Compact free branching.
Height: 12-15 cm, as a 6 inch pot plant, excluding blooms.
Growth: Rounded growth habit with short internodes.
Strength: Mid-green shiny foliage on a plant that has some resistance to edema. Good shipping ability as rooted or unrooted cuttings.
Foliage: Abundant quantity.
Leaves.--Size: Diameter about 6.5 cm. Shape: Ivy-shaped leaf with edges raised above the plane of the center of the leaf. Margin: Smooth. Texture: Waxy on both surfaces. Ribs: Radiate from the point of attachment of the petiole. Veins: Present but very inconspicuous. Color: Upper side: Darker green with a ring shaped zone circling the center of the leaf. Under side: Lighter green color without zonation. Veins a little more distinct than on the upper leaf surface. Petioles: About 3.5-5.0 cm in length on a mature leaf.
THE BUDSize:
Diameter.--About 7 mm.
Length.--About 1.4-2.0 cm at time of bud opening.
Shape: Pointed ovoid.
Sepals: 5 in number, flat behind petals. Pointed linear lanceolate, 144A RHS in an open flower.

THE FLOWER
Blooming habit: Continuous throughout the year.
Size: Approximately 5.5 cm diameter, 1.8 cm deep.
Form: Semi-double.
Petals: About 8 outer petals, 1.8-2.2 cm wide and approximately 2.7 cm long. Approximately six inner smaller petaloids of varying shape. Both the outer petals and inner petaloids are 80B-C RHS from the base of the petal to the outer margin. The two top petals have a feather vein pattern that is 61A RHS color. Veins slightly darker than interveinal regions. Colorchanging little with age. Underside of petals lighter. Petals and petaloids soft and satiny.
Pedicel: Approximately 2.5 cm in length.
Persistence: Non-shattering flower.