A new Mandevilla plant named ‘Fisrix Hopink,’ particularly distinguished by rose red to cherry red colored flowers, early flowering medium green, glossy foliage, broad, ovate leaves, well branching, upright to spreading, moderately tight and bushy, medium to tall sized.
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1. A new and distinct variety of Mandevilla plant named ‘Fisrix Hopink,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Mandevilla sanderi (Hemsl.) Woodson.
Varietal denomination: ‘Fisrix Hopink’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla, botanically known as Mandevilla sanderi, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘Fisrix Hopink.’
‘Fisrix Hopink’ is a product of a planned breeding program. The new cultivar ‘Fisrix Hopink’ is florferious with flowers of light red to rose red, has deep green, glossy foliage, in combination with fairly upright, bushy plant habit.
‘Fisrix Hopink’ originated from a hybridization made in the summer of 2003 in Hillscheid, Germany. The female parent is the commercial Mandevilla variety offered as ‘Sundaville’® Red, ‘Moulin Rouge’ in France, which is identical to ‘Sunmandecrim,’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,539, having red flower color, good branching characteristics, and medium green to grass green foliage. The male parent is the commercial Mandevilla variety ‘Red Riding Hood’ (not patented) with purple pink, medium sized flowers, and deep green leaves.
The seeds produced by the hybridization were sown in the fall of 2003. The resulting seedlings (plants) were evaluated in late summer to fall of 2004. ‘Fisrix Hopink’ was selected as one flowering plant in a greenhouse in Hillscheid, Germany.
The plant has been asexually reproduced for the first time by vegetative cuttings in Hillscheid, Germany in the fall of 2004 and has been reproduced repeatedly by vegetative cuttings in Hillscheid, Germany over a 2–3 year period. Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the plant initiated in Hillscheid, Germany, in the spring of 2005, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisrix Hopink’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
Plant Breeder's Rights for this cultivar were applied for in Europe on Dec. 13, 2006 and in Canada on Jan. 28, 2008. ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has not been made publicly available more than one year prior to the filing of this application.
This new Mandevilla plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant in full color. 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 ‘Fisrix Hopink.’ The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Hillscheid, Germany. The plant history was taken in early June 2007 on 9 month old plants, planted in late August to early September 2006, pinched once, and grown in 12 cm diameter pots/containers in a glass-covered greenhouse with additional light during the winter months.
Color readings were taken under natural light. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.) (2001 edition). Texture description details were observed under a magnifying glass.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normal horticultural practices in Hillscheid, Germany.
‘Fisrix Hopink’ differs from the female parent, Mandevilla plant ‘Sunmandecrim’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,539), in that ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has a somewhat lighter and more bluish red hue of flower color, while ‘Sunmandecrim’ has medium red flowers of narrower shape. Additionally, ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has wider leaves, and plant grow more upright with less tendency to developing vines.
‘Fisrix Hopink’ differs from the male parent, the commercial Mandevilla plant ‘Red Riding Hood’ (not patented), in that ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has a deeper and more uniform cherry flower color, while ‘Red Riding Hood’ has carmine young flowers that become lighter and turn purple-pink with maturing. Additionally, plants of ‘Fisrix Hopink’ develop more branches than ‘Red Riding Hood.’
‘Fisrix Hopink’ differs from the commercial cultivar ‘Scarlet Pimpernell’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,118 under the denomination ‘Cerise’) in that ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has larger, especially longer flowers, of a somewhat more bluish red or cherry red overall flower color, and orange throat color, while ‘Scarlet Pimpernell/Cerise’ has yellow inner surface color. Additionally, ‘Fisrix Hopink’ has less distinct reddish coloring of leaf veins and petioles and stronger branching.
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| PP15539, | Oct 22 2003 | Suntory Flowers Limited | Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunmandecrim’ |
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