Patent Grant
PP31811
Genus and species: Pelargonium zonale.
Variety denomination: ‘KLEPZ18546’.
A Swiss Plant Breeders Rights Application was filed on May 31, 2018, Application No. 18-3220 and a Community Plant Variety Rights application was filed on Jul. 19, 2018, File No. 2018/1823. ‘KLEPZ18546’ has not been made publicly available more than one year prior to the filing date of the instant application.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of pelargonium, botanically known as Pelargonium zonale and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLEPZ18546’. ‘KLEPZ18546’ originated from a hand-pollination in September 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany between the female pelargonium variety ‘KLEPZ08245’, also commercially known as SUNRISE ‘Elaine’ (unpatented) and the male pelargonium variety ‘KLEPZ07203’, also commercially known as SUNRISE ‘Boomerang’ (unpatented).
Seeds from the hand-pollination were obtained. The seeds were sown and plants were grown for evaluation. A single plant was selected in June 2012 and subsequently named ‘KLEPZ18546’. In September 2012 ‘KLEPZ18546’ was first vegetatively propagated by vegetative cuttings. ‘KLEPZ18546’ was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation via vegetative cuttings in Stuttgart, Germany.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Stuttgart, Germany.
This new pelargonium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph which shows an overall view of the plant. The photograph is of an approximately 6-month-old plant grown outdoors in Remseck, Germany, in September 2018. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘KLEPZ18546’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Stuttgart, Germany. Data was collected on 19-week-old plants in Stuttgart, Germany under greenhouse conditions in April 2019. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.), 6th edition (2015).
‘KLEPZ18546’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1:
‘KLEPZ18546’ can be compared to the commercial variety SUNRISE ‘Hurricane’, also known as ‘KLEIRRO’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,216). Differences between the two varieties are described in Table 2:
