New Guinea impatiens plant named `Balcelvago`

#The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant, botanically known as Impatiens hawkeri, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `Balcelavgo`.

#The new Impatiens is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new cultivars with excellent basal branching, medium upright growth habit, numerous large flowers, and interesting flower and foliage colors.

#The new Impatiens originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the Impatiens hawkeri cultivar `Moorea`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,147, as the male, or pollen parent, with the proprietary Impatiens hawkeri selection BFP-685, as the female, or seed parent. The cultivar `Balcelavgo` was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Arroyo Grande, Calif., in December, 1996. Plants of the new Impatiens differ from plants of `Moorea` primarily in flower color as plants of `Moorea` have white colored flowers.

#The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new cultivar, showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. The photograph comprises a top perspective view of a typical plant of `Balcelavgo`. Flower and foliage colors in the photograph may appear different than the actual colors due to light reflectance.

#The cultivar `Balcelavgo` has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype. The following observations, measurements and comparisons describe plants grown in 10-cm pots in Arroyo Grande, Calif., under commercial practice in a glass-covered greenhouse with day temperatures abotu 20 to 22.degree. C., night temperatures about 18 to 20.degree. C., and light levels generally about 2,500 to 3,000 footcandles.

#In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

#Botanical classification: Impatiens hawkeri cultivar `Balcelavgo`.