Geranium plant named `Amri Vio`

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as Pelargonium hortorum Bailey, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Amri Vio. The new cultivar is propagated from a seedling resulting from the cross of an experimentally produced seed parent known as 4773-1 and the pollen parent 4368-1. `Amri Vio` is a product of a planned breeding program intended to create new geranium cultivars with violet colored flowers, semi-double flower form, dark green foliage, and improved superior cutting productivity. The new cultivar was created in 1994 in Gilroy, Calif. and has been repeatedly asexually reproduced by cuttings in Gilroy, Calif. and Guatemala over a three year period. It has also been trialed at Okemos, Mich. It has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations; and this novelty appears to be firmly fixed.

#This new geranium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant in full color, the colors shown being as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.

#Sheet 1 shows overall plant habit of `Amri Vio`.

#Sheet 2 shows a closer view of the flowers of `Amri Vio`.

#The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of `Amri Vio`. The data which defines these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out by Goldsmith Seeds, Inc. in Gilroy, Calif. The palnt history was taken on 18 week old plants, blossomed under natural light in a greenhouse and color readings were taken in the greenhouse in Gilroy, Calif. on May 19, 1997 at 11 a.m. under ambient light. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.).

#Classification:

#Botanical.--Pelargonium hortorum Bailey.