New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Visinfpink’

#Botanical classification/cultivar designation: Impatiens hawkeri cultivar Visinfpink.

#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 Visinfpink.

#The new Impatiens is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Gensingen, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new vigorous New Guinea Impatiens cultivars with large flowers and interesting and unique flower and foliage colors.

#The accompanying colored photographs illustrate 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. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which more accurately describe the actual colors of the new Impatiens.

#The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Visinfpink’ grown in a container.

#The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a close-up view of typical flowers and leaves of ‘Visinfpink’.

#The cultivar Visinfpink 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 aforementioned photographs and the following observations and measurements describe plants grown in Bonsall, Calif., during the summer under commercial practice in a polypropylene-covered shadehouse providing 50% light reduction with day temperatures ranging from 21 to 35° C. and night temperatures ranging from 18 to 24° C. Plants used in the photographs and following description were about ten weeks old and grown in 15.25-cm containers with one plant per container.

#In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Botanical classification: Impatiens hawkeri cultivar Visinfpink. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary Impatiens hawkeri selection identified as code number 01-735, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary Impatiens hawkeri selection identified as code number 01-308, not patented. Propagation: Type cutting.—Terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 10 days at 18° C. Time to initiate roots, winter.—About 14 days at 18° C. Time to produce a rooted cutting or liner, summer.—About 14 days at 18° C. Time to produce a rooted cutting or liner, winter.—About 18 days at 18° C. Root description.—Fine and freely branching; white in color. Plant description: General appearance.—Rounded and upright; vigorous growth habit. Growth and branching habit.—Freely branching with about eight lateral branches developing at the base, dense and bushy growth. Pinching, that is, removal of the terminal apices, is typically not required. Plant height.—About 17 cm. Plant diameter.—About 28 cm. Lateral branches.—Length: About 15 cm. Diameter: About 7 mm. Internode length: About 5.5 cm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: 59A. Foliage description.—Arrangement: Opposite or in whorls; simple. Length: About 10.5 cm. Width: About 3 cm. Shape: Elliptic. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Attenuate. Margin: Serrulate with ciliation. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Developing foliage, upper surface: 146A. Developing foliage, lower surface: 148B. Fully expanded foliage, upper surface: Darker than 147A. Fully expanded foliage, lower surface: More gray than 147B. Venation, upper surface: 185C. Venation, lower surface: 185B. Petiole: Length: About 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, upper and lower surfaces: 185A to 185B. Flower description: Flower type and flowering habit.—Single axillary flowers. Freely flowering, usually about ten flowers and flower buds per lateral branch. Flowers positioned above and beyond the foliage and typically face upward or outward. Flowers mostly flat; roughly rounded in shape. Flowers last about seven days on the plant. Petals self-cleaning; gynoecium persistent. Flowers not fragrant. Flowering season.—Year-round under greenhouse conditions. In the garden, flowering from spring until fall. Flower height.—About 5 cm. Flower width.—About 5.5 cm. Flower depth.—About 3 cm. Flower buds (at stage of showing color).—Length: About 1.8 cm. Diameter: About 9 mm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: 55C. Petals.—Quantity: Single, five per flower. Length: Banner petal: About 2.5 cm. Lateral petals: About 2.8 cm. Base petals: About 3.3 cm. Width: Banner petal: About 4 cm. Lateral petals: About 3.2 cm. Base petals: About 3.5 cm. Shape: Cordate. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth; velvety. Color: When opening, upper surface: 62A. When opening, lower surface: 62B to 62C. Fully opened, upper surface: 62A; towards the base, 57A. Color becoming closer to 62B with development. Fully opened, lower surface: 62C. Spur.—Length: About 4.7 cm. Diameter, at flower base: About 4 mm. Diameter, at apex: Less than 1 mm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: 60A. Peduncles.—Length: About 4.4 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Strength: Strong. Angle: About 45° from vertical. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: 183C. Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Stamen number: Five fused at anthers, filaments free. Anther shape: Obovate. Anther size: About 3 mm by 5 mm. Anther color: 155A. Amount of pollen: Moderate. Pollen color: 158B. Gynoecium: Pistil length: About 4 mm. Stigma shape: Rounded. Stigma color: 157A. Style color: 144B. Ovary color: 144B. Seed/fruit.—Seed and fruit development has not been observed. Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Impatiens have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Impatiens. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Impatiens have been observed to tolerate temperatures from 5 to 35° C.