Geranium plant named Fisdia

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as Pelargonium zonale l'hert, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Fisdia.

#Fisdia is a product of planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new geranium cultivars with bright red flower color, dark foliage and relatively early flower response.

#Fisdia was originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Ingeborg Schumann in a controlled breeding program in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain in 1987. The female parent was the patented variety Mars (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,372), characterized by orange red semi-double flowers, medium green foliage, medium plant habit and very good branching ability. The male parent of Fisdia was an unnamed hybrid produced by crossing an inbred line of Alex (also known by varietal name Kim in the United States) and a tetraploid line of Stadt Bern. Alex is characterized by red flower color, and medium green foliage without zonation. Stadt Bern has single orange red flowers and dark foliage with very strong zonation.

#The accompanying color photographic drawing shows typical flower and foliage characteristics of Fisdia, with colors being as true as possible with illustrations of this type.

#In the following description color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart. The color values were determined indoors from plants grown in the greenhouse in May from plants grown indoors in Hillscheid, Federal Republic of Germany.

#Classification:

#Botanical.--A hybrid of the species Pelargonium zonale l'Hert.