Pelargonium plant named 'PEQZ0012'

Abstract

A new Pelargonium plant named ‘PEQZ0012’ particularly distinguished by the bright red colored and round inflorescences that fades with a slight pink hue held above the medium-green foliage, very heat and drought tolerant with continuous color through the most extreme summer heat, and on a well-branched plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Pelargonium plant named ‘PEQZ0012’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

[0012] The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘PEQZ0012’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type.

[0013] The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1, 1 flowering plant of the new variety and in

[0014] FIG. 2, a close-up of an inflorescence.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

[0015] The plant descriptions and measurements were taken in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands in late September 2016 under natural light. These plants were 18 weeks old and were grown in a 15 cm pot, in a greenhouse trial. From these plants, one plant is shown on the photographs. The photographs were taken in October 2016.

[0016] 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 ‘PEQZ0012’ AND A MOST SIMILAR VARIETY ‘Fisfany’ (U.S. Plant ‘PEQZ0012’ Patent No. 10,876) Leaf margin: Undulated Not or only slightly undulated Number of branches: 5-7 branches 1-3 branches Numbers of petals: 5-7 8-12 [0017] Plant: [0018] Form, growth and habit.—Upright, rounded growth habit, heat and drought tolerant with continuous color through the most extreme summer heat, well-branched plant habit. [0019] Plant height.—15-17 cm. [0020] Plant height (inflorescence included).—21-24 cm. [0021] Plant width.—15-20 cm. [0022] Roots: [0023] Number of days to initiate roots.—15-18 days at about 22 degrees C. [0024] Number of days to produce a rooted cutting.—21-23 days at 22 degrees C. [0025] Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. [0026] Color.—RHS N155B but whiter. [0027] Foliage: [0028] Immature leaf, color upper surface.—Closest to RHS 137C. [0029] Immature leaf, lower surface.—Closest to RHS 137D. [0030] Mature leaf, color upper surface.—Closest to RHS 147B. [0031] Mature leaf, color lower surface.—Closest to RHS 148B. [0032] Length.—7-7.5 cm. [0033] Width.—8-10 cm. [0034] Shape.—Cordate. [0035] Base shape.—Cordate. [0036] Apex shape.—Acute. [0037] Margin.—Undulate. [0038] Texture upper side.—Hirsute. [0039] Texture lower side.—Hirsute. [0040] Leaf zonation color.—RHS 147A. [0041] Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 147C becoming indistinct. [0042] Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 145A becoming indistinct. [0043] Pattern of veining.—Palmate. [0044] Petiole color.—RHS 14BC. [0045] Petiole length.—6-9.0 cm. [0046] Diameter of petiole.—0.2 cm. [0047] Texture.—Pilose, hirsute, glandular hairs. [0048] Stem: [0049] Quantity of branches.—5-7. [0050] Color of stem.—Between RHS 145A. [0051] Length of stem.—4-14 cm. [0052] Diameter.—0.4-0.6 cm. [0053] Length of internodes.—0.3-2 cm. [0054] Texture.—Sparsely hirsute, pilose, glandular hairs. [0055] Peduncle: [0056] Color of peduncle.—RHS 147C. [0057] Length of peduncle.—12-16 cm. [0058] Peduncle diameter.—0.3-0.35 cm. [0059] Texture.—Hirsute, glandular hairs. [0060] Pedicel: [0061] Color of pedicel.—RHS 145A. [0062] Length of pedicel.—2.6-3.6 cm. [0063] Diameter of pedicel.—0.2-0.3 cm. [0064] Texture.—Sparsely pilose, glandular hairs. [0065] Bud (just before opening): [0066] Color.—Closest to RHS 46B. [0067] Length.—1.5 cm. [0068] Width.—0.7-0.8 cm. [0069] Shape.—Elliptical. [0070] Inflorescence: [0071] Type.—Umbel; semi-spherical or nearly semi-spherical. [0072] Lastingness of individual flowers.—7-9 days at 18° C. temperature. [0073] Number of inflorescences per plant.—4, with 5 immature umbels in various stages. [0074] Fragrance.—None. [0075] Umbel diameter.—9-12 cm. [0076] Umbel depth.—7-8 cm. [0077] Corolla: [0078] Form.—Semi-double. [0079] Number of petals.—9-11. [0080] Diameter of flower.—About 5.0 cm. [0081] Depth of flower.—2-2.5 cm. [0082] Color upper petals, upper surface.—RHS 45B. [0083] Color upper petals, lower surface.—RHS 46D. [0084] Length of upper petals.—2.8 cm. [0085] Width of upper petals.—2.2 cm. [0086] Color lower petals, upper surface.—RHS 45B. [0087] Color lower petals, lower surface.—RHS 45B. [0088] Length of lower petals.—2.5 cm. [0089] Width of lower petals.—2.3 cm. [0090] Petal shape.—Obovate to spathulate. [0091] Apex shape.—Rounded. [0092] Margin.—Entire. [0093] Base.—Attenuate. [0094] Petal texture.—Papillose on both surfaces. [0095] Calyx: [0096] Number of sepals.—5. [0097] Color of sepals.—RHS 144A. [0098] Length of sepals.—1.3 cm. [0099] Width of sepals.—0.3-0.4 cm. [0100] Sepal shape.—Lanceolate to linear. [0101] Apex shape.—Abruptly acute. [0102] Margins.—Mostly fused. [0103] Texture, upper surface.—Glabrous. [0104] Lower surface.—Glandular hairs, hirsute. [0105] Reproductive organs: [0106] Gynoecium: [0107] Pistil.—1. [0108] Length.—1.2 cm. [0109] Style color.—RHS 43C. [0110] Style length.—0.5-0.7 cm. [0111] Stigma color.—RHS 42A. [0112] Ovary color.—RHS 144D. [0113] Ovary length.—0.3-0.4 cm. [0114] Ovary diameter.—0.2 cm. [0115] Androecium: [0116] Number of stamens.—7. [0117] Color of filaments.—RHS 43C at the tip, RHS 155C at the base. [0118] Length filaments.—0.7 cm. [0119] Anther color.—RHS 70A. [0120] Length of anthers.—0.2 cm. [0121] Color of pollen.—RHS 34C. [0122] Pollen amount.—Normal. [0123] Fertility/seed set.—Has not been determined to date. [0124] Disease/pest resistance.—Has not been determined to date.