PELARGONIUM PLANT NAMED 'PEQZ0088'

Abstract

A new Pelargonium plant named ‘PEQZ0088’ particularly distinguished by vibrant dark red colored inflorescences with semi-double florets, held above dark green foliage with slight zoning on a vigorous upright plant.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Pelargonium plant named ‘PEQZ0088’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

[0013] The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘PEQZ0088’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type.

[0014] The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1, one flowering plant of the new variety and in

[0015] FIG. 2, a close-up of an inflorescence.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

[0016] The plant descriptions and measurements were taken in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands in early June 2021 under natural light. These plants were approximately 16 weeks old and were grown in a 12 cm pots in a greenhouse trial. The plants shown in the photographs were about 16 weeks old growing in a 12 cm pot in a greenhouse. The photographs were taken in June 2021.

[0017] Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘PEQZ0088’ AND A MOST SIMILAR VARIETY ‘KLEPZ17484’ (U.S. Pat. No. ‘PEQZ0088’ PP30,335) Upper color of Red, close Red-purple, upper petals: to RHS 46B RHS N57B Color of Green, Dark peduncle: RHS 144A greyed-purple, RHS 187 A [0018] Plant: [0019] Form, growth and habit.—Mounding, Semi-spreading. [0020] Plant height.—17-19 cm. [0021] Plant height (inflorescence included).—24-26 cm. [0022] Plant width.—28-32 cm. [0023] Roots: [0024] Number of days to initiate roots.—15-18 days at about 22 degrees C. [0025] Number of days to produce a rooted cutting.—21-23 days at 22 degrees C. [0026] Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. [0027] Color.—RHS N155B but whiter. [0028] Foliage: [0029] Variegation.—Absent. [0030] Immature leaf, color upper surface.—Closest to RHS 147A. [0031] Immature leaf, lower surface.—Closest to RHS 146A. [0032] Mature leaf, color upper surface.—Closest to RHS 147A. [0033] Mature leaf, color lower surface.—Closest to RHS 146A. [0034] Length.—7-9 cm. [0035] Width.—8-11 cm. [0036] Shape.—Cordate. [0037] Base shape.—Cordate. [0038] Sinus of mature leaf.—Very narrow. [0039] Leaf base openness.—Open or slightly open, seldom closed. [0040] Apex shape.—Rounded. [0041] Margin.—Slightly dentate. [0042] Texture upper side.—Hirsute. [0043] Texture lower side.—Hirsute. [0044] Leaf zonation color.—RHS 177A. [0045] Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 147A. [0046] Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 144A. [0047] Pattern of veining.—Palmate. [0048] Petiole color.—RHS 144A. [0049] Petiole length.—5-6 cm. [0050] Diameter of petiole.—0.25 cm. [0051] Texture.—Pilose, hirsute, glandular hairs. [0052] Stem: [0053] Quantity of branches.—5-9. [0054] Color of stem.—RHS 143C. [0055] Anthocyanin coloration of stem.—No anthocyanin coloration. [0056] Length of stem.—9-17 cm. [0057] Diameter.—0.5 cm. [0058] Length of internodes.—1-6 cm. [0059] Texture.—Sparsely hirsute, pilose, glandular hairs. [0060] Peduncle: [0061] Color of peduncle.—RHS 144A. [0062] Length of peduncle.—10-18 cm. [0063] Peduncle diameter.—0.3-0.4 cm. [0064] Texture.—Hirsute, glandular hairs. [0065] Anthocyanin coloration of peduncle.—Absent. [0066] Pedicel: [0067] Color of pedicel.—RHS N77A. [0068] Length of pedicel.—2.5-4 cm. [0069] Diameter of pedicel.—0.15-0.2 cm. [0070] Texture.—Sparsely pilose, glandular hiars. [0071] Pedicel swelling.—Swelling was not observed. [0072] Bud: (Just before opening). [0073] Color.—RHS 46A. [0074] Length.—1.0-1.2 cm. [0075] Width.—0.7 cm. [0076] Shape.—Elliptical. [0077] Inflorescence: [0078] Type.—Umbel; semi-spherical or nearly semi-spherical. [0079] Lastingness of individual flowers.—7-9 days at 18° C. temperature. [0080] Number of inflorescences per plant.—6-12, with 5-12 immature umbels in various stages. [0081] Average total number of buds.—24-42. [0082] Fragrance.—None. [0083] Umbel diameter.—11-13 cm. [0084] Umbel depth.—7-9 cm. [0085] Corolla: [0086] Form.—Semi-double. [0087] Number of petals.—7-9 and 1-3 petaloids. [0088] Diameter of flower.—4.5-5.1 cm. [0089] Depth of flower.—1.8-2.2 cm. [0090] Side view shape.—Concave. [0091] Color upper petals, upper surface.—Close to RHS 46B, veins RHS 60A. [0092] Color upper petals, lower surface.—Close to RHS 45B, slightly fading to RHS 52B in the center, veins RHS 60A. [0093] Length of upper petals.—2.4-2.7 cm. [0094] Width of upper petals.—1.5-2.2 cm. [0095] Color lower petals, upper surface.—Close to RHS 46B. [0096] Color lower petals, lower surface.—Close to RHS 45B, slightly fading to RHS 52B in the center. [0097] Markings on upper petals.—Veins RHS 60A. [0098] Markings on lower petals.—None. [0099] Length of lower petals.—2.3-2.4 cm. [0100] Width of lower petals.—2.2-2.3 cm. [0101] Petal shape.—Obovate to spathulate. [0102] Apex shape.—Rounded. [0103] Margin.—Entire. [0104] Base.—Attenuate. [0105] Petal texture.—Papillose on both surfaces. [0106] Calyx: [0107] Number of sepals.—5. [0108] Color of sepals.—RHS N144A. [0109] Length of sepals.—1.2-1.4 cm. [0110] Width of sepals.—0.3-0.5 cm. [0111] Sepal shape.—Lanceolate to linear. [0112] Apex shape.—Acute. [0113] Margins.—Mostly fused. [0114] Texture, upper surface.—Glabrous. [0115] Lower surface.—Glandular hairs, hirsute. [0116] Sepal flexing.—Sepals flexed in mature florets. Upper sepal never flexed. [0117] Reproductive organs gynoecium: [0118] Pistil.—Base RHS 138C apex RHS53A. [0119] Length.—0.6-0.7 cm. [0120] Style color.—RHS 53A. [0121] Style length.—0.2 cm. [0122] Stigma color.—RHS 53A. [0123] Ovary color.—RHS 138C. [0124] Ovary length.—0.5 cm. [0125] Ovary diameter.—0.2 cm. [0126] Androecium: [0127] Number of stamens.—4-6 including petaloids with a developed stamen. [0128] Color of filaments.—Base white RHS N157B, tip RHS 51A. [0129] Length filaments.—0.5-0.9 cm. [0130] Anther color.—RHS 51B. [0131] Length of anthers.—0.2 cm. [0132] Color of pollen.—RHS 33B. [0133] Pollen amount.—Abundant. [0134] Fertility/seed set.—Has not been determined to date. [0135] Disease/pest resistance.—Has not been determined to date.