U.S. patent number PP15,401 [Application Number 10/756,311] was granted by the patent office on 2004-12-07 for chrysanthemum plant named `lyra`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Chrysanthemum Breeders Association, N.V.. Invention is credited to Mark Roland Boeder.
United States Patent |
PP15,401 |
Boeder |
December 7, 2004 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Lyra`
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named `Lyra` characterized by its medium
sized blooms with pink ray florets and prolific branching; natural
season flower date August 4-9; blooming for a period of 5
weeks.
Inventors: |
Boeder; Mark Roland (The Hague,
NL) |
Assignee: |
Chrysanthemum Breeders Association,
N.V. (NL)
|
Family
ID: |
33477288 |
Appl.
No.: |
10/756,311 |
Filed: |
January 14, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/291 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287,290 |
Primary Examiner: Campell; Bruce R.
Assistant Examiner: McCormick-Ewoldt; S B.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Parkhurst & Wendel, L.L.P.
Claims
I claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant as described
and illustrated.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`Lyra` is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor
pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new
Chrysanthemum cultivars with a decorative type flower, a natural
season flower date around August 4-9; blooming for a period of 5
weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and
distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant `Lyra` is a seedling
resulting from the open pollination (unknown parentage) among
groups of Chrysanthemum cultivars maintained under the control of
the inventor for breeding purposes. The new and distinct cultivar
was discovered and selected as one flowering plant by Mark Roland
Boeder on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout Holland in August 2001.
The plant has been asexually reproduced by cuttings in greenhouses
at Rijsenhout Holland. The new cultivar has been found to retain
its distinctive characteristics through successive
propagations.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention of a new and distinct variety of
Chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color
being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this
type.
FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.
FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom and foliage of the new
cultivar.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This new variety of Chrysanthemum is of the botanical
classification Chrysanthemum morifolium. The observations and
measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in
Rijsenhout, Holland under natural day length and temperature and
planted in week 23 in 2002. The natural blooming date of this crop
was August 4-9 (week 32). The average height of the plants was 25
cms. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease
or insect resistance of susceptibility. No tests were done on cold
or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms
with pink ray florets and a yellow center blooming for a period of
5 weeks.
From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing
cultivar in comparison to `Lyra` is `Medusa` (U.S. Plant Pat. No.
14,610). When `Medusa` and `Lyra` are being compared the following
differences are noticed: The differences of `Medusa` and `Lyra` are
(1) Natural blooming date. Under natural conditions, `Medusa`
flowers in early September, which is one month later than `Lyra`.
(2) Number of ray florets. `Medusa` has a smaller number of ray
florets than `Lyra`. (3) Size of leaves. `Medusa` has larger leaves
than `Lyra`. (4) Shape of lobes in leaves. Lobes are deep in the
leaves of `Medusa`, while the lobes of `Lyra` are shallow.
The following is a description of the plant and characteristics
that distinguish `Lyra` as a new and distinct variety. The color
designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any
discrepancies between the color designations and the colors
depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The
color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural
Society Colour Chart, edition 1995.
Table 1. Botanical Description of cultivar `Lyra` Bud Size.--Small
;cross-section 1 cm, height 1 cm. Outside color.--Red-purple 70C.
Involucral bracts.--2 rows, length 7 mm, width 3 mm. Involucral
bracts among disc-florets.--Not present. Involucral bracts
color.--Yellow-green 148D. Bloom Type.--Decorative. Size.--Medium.
Fully expanded.--4 cm. Peduncle length.--6-7 cm. Peduncle
color.--Greyed-green 194A. Number of blooms per branch.--Approx. 10
blooms per branch. Performance on the plant.--5 weeks.
Seeds.--Produced in small quantities, ovate grey-brown 199A, 11/2
mm in length. Fragrance.--Typical Chrysanthemum, slightly. Color
Center of the flower (disc-florets when mature).--Immature
Red-purple 63C. Mature Yellow-orange 17B. Color of upper surface of
the ray-florets.--Red-purple 65B. Color of the lower surface of the
ray-florets.--Red-purple 70D. Tonality from distance.--A garden mum
with pink flowers and a yellow disc. Color of upper side of ray
florets after aging of the plant.--Red-purple 65B. Ray florets
Texture.--Upper and under side smooth. Number.--250.
Cross-section.--Convex. Longitudinal axis of majority.--Reflexing.
Length of corolla tube.--0.3 cm. Ray-floret margin.--Entire.
Ray-floret length.--1.5 cm. Ray-floret width.--0.6 cm. Ratio
length/width.--Medium. Shape of tip.--Rounded. Disc florets Disc
diameter.--0.4 cm. Distribution of disc florets.--Few, only present
in mature stage. Shape.--Tubular. Color.--Yellow-green 145C.
Receptacle shape.--Conical raised. Reproductive Organs
Stamen.--Present in disc florets only. Stamen color.--Yellow-green
144A. Pollen.--Produced in small amount. Pollen color.--Yellow 7A.
Styles.--Thick. Style color.--Yellow 13A. Style length.--4 mm.
Stigma color.--Yellow-green 144A. Stigma width.--1 mm.
Ovaries.--Enclosed in calyx. Plant Form.--A garden mum outdoor
mounded and round. Growth habit.--Spreading. Growth
rate.--Intermediate. Height.--25 cm. Width.--35 cm. Stem
color.--Greyed-green 194A. Stem strength.--Strong. Stem
brittleness.--Brittle. Stem anthocyanin coloration.--Absent.
Intermode length.--5 cm. Length of lateral branch.--From top to
bottom 14 cm. Lateral branch color.--Greyed-green 194A. Lateral
branch, attachment.--Medium strength. Branching (average number of
lateral branches).--Good with 10 breaks after pinching. Natural
season blooming date.--August 4-9. Foliage Leaf color.--Upper side
Green 137B. Under side Green 138B. Color midvein.--Upper side Green
139D. Under side Green 138C. Size.--Small; length 3.5 cm, width 2.5
cm. Quantity (number per lateral branch).--15. Shape.--Obovate.
Texture upper side.--Glabrous. Texture under side.--Pubescent.
Venation arrangement.--Palmate. Shape of the margin.--Cleft/entire.
Shape of base of sinus between lateral lobes.--Rounded. Margin of
sinus between lateral lobes.--Diverging. Shape of base.--Acute.
Apex.--Mucronate. Petiole length.--0.5 cm. Petiole color.--Green
139D.
TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison variety `Lyra` `Medusa`
Natural blooming date August 4-9 September 1-7 Number of ray
florets 250 130 Leaf size 3.5 cm in length and 5 cm in length and 2
cm in width 4 cm in width Lobes in leaves Shallow Deep
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