Abstract:
A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea impatiens plant named Balcebsafo, characterized by its large light salmon flowers, dark green foliage, compact upright and mounded habit and excellent basal branching.

Description:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION 
       Impatiens hawkeri  cultivar ‘Balscebsafo’. 
     BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 
     The present invention comprises a new and distinct New Guinea impatiens plant, botanically known as  Impatiens hawkeri , and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balcebsafo’. 
     The new cultivar was developed by the inventor through a controlled breeding program during 1997 at Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was to develop cultivars with numerous large flowers, compact to moderate growth habit and excellent basal branching. 
     The female (seed) parent of ‘Balcebsafo’ was the proprietary  Impatiens hawkeri  cultivar designated ‘1199’ (non-patented), characterized by its compact habit, lavender flowers and dark green foliage. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balcebsafo’ was the  Impatiens hawkeri  cultivar ‘Toga’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,304) characterized by its compact habit, lavender flowers and dark green foliage. ‘Balcebsafo’ was discovered and selected in December 1997 by the inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross. 
     Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation. The new cultivar was asexually reproduced in Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     It was found that the cultivar of the present invention: 
     (a) exhibits large round light salmon flowers, 
     (b) forms dark green foliage, 
     (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and 
     (d) exhibits a medium upright mounded growth habit. 
     The new cultivar of the present invention can be compared to ‘Celebration Deep Coral’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,214). In side by side comparisons, plants of the new cultivar differ from ‘Celebration Deep Coral’ by the following characteristics: it is found that the new cultivar is more compact, has longer internodes, longer petioles and lighter flower color. The new cultivar can also be compared to ‘Celebrette Peach’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,108). In side by side comparisons it is found that the new cultivar is more compact, has shorter peduncles, larger, pinker flowers, longer internodes and different foliage coloration. A detailed comparison can be found below in Table A. 
     
       
         
               
               
               
             
               
               
               
             
           
               
                 TABLE A 
               
               
                   
               
             
             
               
                   
                   
                 CELEBRETTE 
               
               
                 CHARACTERISITIC 
                 ‘BALCEBSAFO’ 
                 PEACH 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 PLANT HEIGHT 
                 18.4 cm 
                 21 cm 
               
               
                 STEM COLOR 
                 185A 
                 53B 
               
               
                 BRANCH LENGTH 
                 16.2 cm 
                 18.3 cm 
               
               
                 INTERNODE LENGTH 
                 6.9 cm 
                 2.6 cm 
               
               
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 8.2 cm × 3.1 cm 
                 9 cm × 3.4 cm 
               
               
                 LENGTH × WIDTH 
               
               
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 139A WITH 
                 136A WITH 
               
               
                 COLOR-UPPER SURFACE 
                 VENATION OF 
                 VENATION OF 63A 
               
               
                   
                 LIGHT GREEN 
               
               
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 191 A WITH 
                 183C WITH 
               
               
                 COLOR-LOWER 
                 VENATION OF 
                 VENATION OF 185B 
               
               
                 SURFACES 
                 184B 
               
               
                 PETIOLE LENGTH 
                 1.2 cm 
                 1.5 cm 
               
               
                 FULLY OPENED 
                 48B 
                 SUPERIOR PETAL: 
               
               
                 PETAL COLOR- 
                 GRADUALLY 
                 41A AT EDGE; 63B 
               
               
                 UPPER SURFACE 
                 FADING 
                 AT BASE. OTHER 
               
               
                   
                 THROUGH 48C, 
                 PETALS: 41A AT 
               
               
                   
                 48D AND 39D 
                 EDGE, FADING 
               
               
                   
                 TO BASE OF 
                 THROUGH 63D TO 
               
               
                   
                 51B 
                 63A AT BASE 
               
               
                 PEDUNCLE LENGTH 
                 4.2 cm 
                 5.4 cm 
               
               
                 PEDUNCLE COLOR 
                 53A 
                 144D 
               
               
                 FLOWER DIAMETER 
                 6.4 cm 
                 5.5 cm 
               
               
                 SPUR COLOR 
                 53A 
                 53C 
               
               
                 SPUR LENGTH 
                 5.6 cm 
                 4.3 cm 
               
               
                 POLLEN COLOR 
                 19B 
                 11C 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                 CELEBRATION DEEP 
               
               
                   
                 CHARACTERISITIC 
                 CORAL 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 PLANT HEIGHT 
                 27.1 cm 
               
               
                   
                 STEM COLOR 
                 187D 
               
               
                   
                 BRANCH LENGTH 
                 23.3 cm 
               
               
                   
                 INTERNODE LENGTH 
                 5.8 cm 
               
               
                   
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 8.4 cm × 3.5 cm 
               
               
                   
                 LENGTH × WIDTH 
               
               
                   
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 187 A WITH MIDVEIN 
               
               
                   
                   
                 OF 45B 
               
               
                   
                 COLOR-UPPER SURFACE 
               
               
                   
                 MATURE LEAF 
                 187C 
               
               
                   
                 COLOR-LOWER 
               
               
                   
                 SURFACES 
               
               
                   
                 PETIOLE LENGTH 
                 .9 cm 
               
               
                   
                 FULLY OPENED 
                 50A 
               
               
                   
                 PETAL COLOR- 
               
               
                   
                 UPPER SURFACE 
               
               
                   
                 PEDUNCLE LENGTH 
                 4.9 cm 
               
               
                   
                 PEDUNCLE COLOR 
                 53D 
               
               
                   
                 FLOWER DIAMETER 
                 6.8 cm 
               
               
                   
                 SPUR COLOR 
                 53C 
               
               
                   
                 SPUR LENGTH 
                 5.2 cm 
               
               
                   
                 POLLEN COLOR 
                 19B 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH 
     The accompanying photographs show as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this type, typical flower and foliage characteristics of the new cultivar. The plants were grown in a greenhouse at West Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The ‘Balcebsafo’ cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as temperature, light intensity, and day length. 
     The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is the R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England. The color values were determined on Aug. 30, 2000 between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. under natural daylight conditions. The plants were ten (10) weeks old and were produced from cuttings taken from stock plants and were grown in 10 cm pots under greenhouse conditions comparable to those used in commercial practice while utilizing a soilless growth medium and maintaining temperatures of approximately 72° F. during the day and approximately 65° F. during the night. 
     Parentage: Proprietary seedling ‘1199’×‘Toga’. 
     Propagation: 
       Type cutting.— Terminal tip. 
       Time to initiate roots.— Approximately 7-14 days with the shorter times generally being experienced in the summer and the longer times in the winter. 
       Time to develop roots.— Approximately 21 days. 
       Rooting habit.— Fibrous, branching. 
     Plant description: 
       Habit of growth.— Moderately vigorous. A mature plant, 8 to 10 weeks after planting of a rooted cutting, measures approximately 18.4 cm in height and approximately 33.4 cm in width. 
       Form.— Upright and mounded. 
       Foliage.— Leaves are simple, lanceolate, acuminate apex, attenuate base, serrate and ciliate margin. Texture: smooth. Size of mature foliage: approximately 8.2 cm in length, approximately 3.1 cm in width. Color of mature foliage: upper surface is 139A with venation of 144D; lower surface is 191A with venation of 184B. Petiole: Length: approximately 1.2 cm. Color: 184C. 
       Stem.— Color: 185A. Internode length: approximately 6.9 cm. 
     Flower description: 
       Flowering habit.— Freely flowering. 
       Natural flowering season.— Year round in greenhouse environment. Flowering is continuous from spring until fall in the garden. 
       Bud shape, size, color.— Shape: Ovate. Length: 1 cm. Color: 60B. 
       Flower longevity.— Approximately seven days. 
       Flowers borne.— Above foliage arising from leaf axils. 
       Flower color.— Upper surface of petals is 48B at edges gradually fading through 48C, 48D and 39D to bases of 51B; lower surface is between 40A and 50C with midvein of 51B. 
       Quantity of flowers.— Approximately 2 flowers and 5 buds per stem. 
       Petals.— Number: Five. Shape: Obovate, superior petal has broad base, other four petals have narrow base. Approximate size: Superior petal width, 4.1 cm; superior petal length, 2.8 cm. Lateral petal width, 2.7 cm; lateral petal length, 2.8 cm; lower petals width, 3.1 cm, lower petal length, 3.4 cm. 
       Flower diameter.— Approximately 6.4 cm. 
       Spur.— Origin: from inferior sepal; Length: Approximately 5.6 cm. Color: 53A. Shape: Very Slightly Curved. 
       Peduncle.— Length: Approximately 4.2 cm. Color: 53A. 
       Flower buds.— Length: approximately 2 cm, width: approximately 1.2 cm when first showing color. 
       Reproductive organs.— Androecium: five stamens, anthers are fused together forming one organ that surrounds the pistil. Generally, the anthers shed pollen prior to the stigma becoming receptive, pollen color is 19B. Gynoecium: the stigma color is 154D the style color is 144A and the ovary color is 144A. 
       Anther shape, size, color.— Anther Shape: Hooded, Anther size: 2.2 mm. Anther color: 20B. 
       Pistil length, stigma color.— Pistil Length: 3 mm. Stigma color: 70B. 
       Seed production.— Seed production has not been observed. 
     Disease resistance: Resistance to pathogens has not been observed.