U.S. patent number PP14,932 [Application Number 10/396,547] was granted by the patent office on 2004-06-22 for chrysanthemum plant named `matisse`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Yoder Brothers, Inc.. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP14,932 |
Wain |
June 22, 2004 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Matisse`
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Matisse`,
characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant
habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit;
anemone-type inflorescences with quill-shaped ray florets; light
purple-colored ray and disc florets; and natural season flowering
in mid-October in the Northern Hemisphere.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Locksheath,
GB) |
Assignee: |
Yoder Brothers, Inc.
(Barberton, OH)
|
Family
ID: |
32469160 |
Appl.
No.: |
10/396,547 |
Filed: |
March 25, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/297 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/297 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne Marie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Matisse`, as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Matisse.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium, commercially known as a garden-type
Chrysanthemum and hereinafter referred to by the name
`Matisse`.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Fareham, United Kingdom. The objective
of the breeding program is to create new garden-type Chrysanthemum
cultivars having inflorescences with desirable inflorescence forms,
attractive floret colors and good garden performance.
The new Chrysanthemum originated from a cross made in March, 1997,
in Fareham, United Kingdom, of a proprietary seedling selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 03W 4, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Empire Citrine, disclosed
in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,094, as the male, or pollen, parent. The
new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a
single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross grown
in a controlled environment in Fareham, United Kingdom in
September, 1997. The selection of this plant was based on its
desirable inflorescence form, attractive ray floret color and good
garden performance.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken
in a controlled environment in Fareham, United Kingdom since
December, 1997, has shown that the unique features of this new
Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive
generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Matisse has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with
variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light
intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Matisse`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Matisse` as a new and
distinct cultivar: 1. Upright, outwardly spreading and mounded
plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plants. 3.
Uniform and freely flowering habit. 4. Anemone-type inflorescences
with quilled ray florets. 5. Light purple-colored ray and disc
florets. 6. Natural season flowering in mid-October in the Northern
Hemisphere.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, United Kingdom,
plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the female
parent seedling selection, in the following characteristics: 1.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had a more uniform plant growth
habit than plants of the female parent seedling selection. 2.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered more slowly than plants of
the female parent seedling selection. 3. Ray florets of
inflorescences of plants of the new Chrysanthemum were lighter
purple in color than ray florets of inflorescences of plants of the
female parent seedling selection.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, United Kingdom,
plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the male
parent, the cultivar Empire Citrine, in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were more
compact than plants of the cultivar Empire Citrine. 2. Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum flowered more slowly than plants of the
cultivar Empire Citrine. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had
anemone-type inflorescences whereas plants of the cultivar Empire
Citrine had daisy-type inflorescences. 4. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum and the cultivar Empire Citrine differed in ray
floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Empire Citrine had
yellow-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also be compared to plants of
the Chrysanthemum cultivar Yomary-Jayne, disclosed in U.S. Plant
patent application Ser. No. 10/094,267. In side-by-side comparisons
conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed
from plants of the cultivar Yomary-Jayne in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were larger and
more rounded than plants of the cultivar Yomary-Jayne. 2. Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum flowered about two weeks later than plants of
the cultivar Yomary-Jayne.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of
the new Chrysanthemum. These photographs show 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
accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Matisse`.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a close-up view
of typical inflorescences of the cultivar `Matisse`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
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.
The following observations and measurements describe plants grown
in an outdoor nursery in Salinas, Calif., under natural season
conditions and practices which approximate those generally used in
commercial garden-type Chrysanthemum production. One cutting was
planted in a 15.25-cm container in late May, 2002. Plants were not
pinched, that is, the terminal apex was not removed to enhance
branching. During the production of the plants, day temperatures
averaged 20.degree. C. and night averaged 13.degree. C.
Measurements and numerical values represent averages for typical
flowering plants. Botanical classification:
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Matisse. Commercial
classification: Anemone-type garden Chrysanthemum. Parentage:
Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary seedling selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 03W 4, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium
cultivar Empire Citrine, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,094.
Propagation: Type.--Terminal tip cuttings. Time to initiate
roots.--About four days at 21.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted
cutting.--About ten to twelve days at 21.degree. C. Root
description.--Fine, fibrous; white in color. Rooting habit.--Freely
branching. Plant description: Appearance.--Perennial herbaceous
anemone-type garden Chrysanthemum. Inverted triangle with rounded
crown. Stems initially upright, then somewhat outwardly spreading
giving a uniformly mounded appearance to the plant. Freely
branching with lateral branches forming at every node. Plant
height.--About 23 cm. Plant diameter.--About 31 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 19 cm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Internode
length: About 1.25 cm. Aspect: Upright and outwardly spreading.
Texture: Pubescent. Color: 146A overlain with 187A. Foliage
description.--Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Length: About 6.2 cm.
Width: About 4.75 cm. Apex: Cuspidate to mucronate. Base: Truncate.
Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses parallel to convergent. Texture,
upper surface: Slightly pubescent. Texture, lower surface:
Pubescent; veins prominent. Color: Developing and fully expanded
foliage, upper surface: 147A. Developing and fully expanded
foliage, lower surface: Slightly darker than 147B. Venation, upper
surface: 147A to 147B. Venation, lower surface: 147B. Petiole
length: About 1.8 cm. Petiole diameter: About 2.5 mm. Petiole
color, upper surface: Close to 147B to 147C. Petiole color, lower
surface: Close to 147B. Inflorescence description:
Appearance.--Anemone-type inflorescence form with quilled-shaped
ray florets. Inflorescences borne on terminals above foliage,
arising from leaf axils. Disk and ray florets developing
acropetally on a capitulum. About eight inflorescences per lateral.
Flowering response.--Under natural season conditions, plants flower
in mid-October in the Northern Hemisphere. Inflorescence bud
(before showing color).--Height: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 8 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color (lower surface of phyllaries): Close to 147A.
Inflorescence size.--Diameter: About 5.5 cm. Depth (height): About
1.5 cm. Disc diameter: About 2.7 cm. Receptacle diameter: About 5
mm. Ray florets.--Shape: Quilled. Length: About 2.75 cm. Corolla
tube length: About 2.75 cm. Width: About 2.5 mm. Apex: Rounded or
emarginate. Margin: Fused. Texture: Smooth, glabrous; satiny.
Surface: Flat. Orientation: Initially upright, then about
80.degree. from vertical. Number of ray florets per inflorescence:
About 52 in one or two whorls. Color: When opening and fully
opened, upper surface: Close to 155D overlain with 77A. When
opening and fully opened, lower surface: Close to 155D underlain
with 77A. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular; enlarged; apex dentate,
five-pointed. Length: About 1.25 cm. Width, apex: About 3 mm.
Width, base: About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per inflorescence:
About 101. Color: Immature: Close to 154A. Mature: Apex: At apex,
154A to 5A; towards apex, close to 79A. Mid-section: Close to 155D
overlain with 77A. Base: Close to 150C. Throat: Close to 155D
faintly overlain with 77A. Peduncle.--Strength: Strong. Aspect:
About 40.degree. from vertical. Length: First peduncle: About 5.2
cm. Fourth peduncle: About 8.9 cm. Seventh peduncle: About 13 cm.
Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture: Pubescent. Color: 146A overlain with
187A. Phyllaries.--Quantity per inflorescence: About 24. Length:
About 7 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape: Ligulate. Apex: Acute. Base:
Truncate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, waxy.
Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to
146A. Color, lower surface: Close to 147A. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Present on disc florets only. Anther color:
9A. Pollen: None observed. Gynoecium: Present on both ray and disc
florets. Seed/fruit.--Seed and fruit production has not been
observed. Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
have not been shown to be resistant to pathogens and pests common
to Chrysanthemums. Garden performance: Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum have been observed to be tolerant to rain, wind and
temperatures ranging from 0 to more than 37.degree. C.
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