Geranium plant named `Fisblifire`

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named `Fisblifire`, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the combined features of brilliant red, single-type flowers, floriferous with large umbels, vigorous growth, well-branched plant habit and early flowering response.

Description

BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATIONPelargonium peltatum.VARIETY DENOMINATION`Fisblifire`.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as Pelargonium peltatum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `Fisblifire`.`Fisblifire` is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new ivy geranium cultivars with single-type flowers, relatively vigorous, but well-branched growth habit, and various flower colors.`Fisblifire` originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1996. The female parent is an unpatented hybrid seedling, no. K95-823-9, having orange-red, single-type flowers, zoned foliage, and moderately vigorous growth.The male parent of `Fisblifire` was the unpatented hybrid seedling no. I95-305-1, which was derived from self-pollinating the unpatented variety `Denise Huber`. `Denise Huber` is ch...

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Benefits of technology

Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to `Fisblifire` is the patented variety `Fizzard` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,992). In comparison to `Fizzard`, `Fisblifire` has an almost similar flower color with a trace of an orange-red hue, differently shaped leaves, and wider and somewhat stronger zonation on its leaves. The plant habit of `Fisbilfire` is almost as long trailing, but internodes are shorter, and it has a higher number of branches (by about 25%) resulting in a more bushy and uniform, less open, plant habit. Spring flowering response of `Fisblifire` is early, but not as early as the extremely early spring flowering response of `Fizzard`.

Problems solved by technology

`Denise Huber` is characterized by red, semi-double flowers, medium-green foliage with strong zonation, and vigorous growth, but not very well branched growth habit.

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