U.S. patent number PP15,404 [Application Number 10/756,293] was granted by the patent office on 2004-12-07 for chrysanthemum plant named `hector`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Chrysanthemum Breeders Association, N.V.. Invention is credited to Mark Roland Boeder.
United States Patent |
PP15,404 |
Boeder |
December 7, 2004 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Hector`
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named `Hector` characterized by its large
sized blooms with orange ray florets and prolific branching;
natural season flower date August 11-16; blooming for a period of 5
weeks.
Inventors: |
Boeder; Mark Roland (The Hague,
NL) |
Assignee: |
Chrysanthemum Breeders Association,
N.V. (NL)
|
Family
ID: |
33477286 |
Appl.
No.: |
10/756,293 |
Filed: |
January 14, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/290 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/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
`Hector` 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 11-16; blooming for a
period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises
a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant `Hector` is a
seedling resulting from the open pollination 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 seedling resulted from the crossing of the female parent,
99.4245, with a mixed population of Chrysanthemum plants serving as
male parents. 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 11-16 (week 33). The average height of the plants was 30
cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease
or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold
or drought tolerance. This new variety produces large sized blooms
with orange ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.
From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing
cultivar in comparison to `Hector` is `Glowing Lynn` (U.S. Plant
Pat. No. 10,038). When `Glowing Lynn` and `Hector` are being
compared the following differences are noticed: The differences of
`Glowing Lynn` and `Hector` are (1) Plant vigor. `Glowing Lynn` is
less vigorous than `Hector` (2) Flower color. The ray florets of
`Glowing Lynn` are orange, while those of `Hector` are
orange-red.
The following is a description of the plant and characteristics
that distinguish `Hector` 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 `Hector` Bud:
Size.--Small; cross-section 0.8 cm, height 0.8 cm. Outside
color.--Red-purple 59C. Involucral bracts.--2 rows, length 7 mm,
width 3 mm. Involucral bracts among disc-florets.--Not present.
Involucral bracts color.--Green 143C. Bloom: Type.--Decorative.
Size.--Large. Fully expanded.--5.5 cm. Peduncle length.--7 cm.
Peduncle color.--Yellow-green 147C. Number of blooms per
branch.--Approx. 15 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.--Immature Orange-red 34B. Mature
Greyed-orange 173B. Color of upper surface of the
ray-florets.--Orange-red 34C. Color of the lower surface of the
ray-florets.--Orange 26C. Tonality from distance.--A garden mum
with orange flowers. Color of upper side of ray florets after aging
of the flowers.--Orange-red 34D. Ray florets: Texture.--Upper and
under side smooth. Number.--250. Cross-section.--Flat. Longitudinal
axis of majority.--Straight. Length of corolla tube.--Long; 1.4 cm.
Ray-floret margin.--Entire. Ray-floret length.--2.6 cm. Ray-floret
width.--0.5 cm. Ratio length/width.--Medium. Shape of
tip.--Rounded. Disc florets: Disc diameter.--1 cm. Distribution of
disc florets.--Few, only visible in mature flowers.
Shape.--Tubular. Color.--Yellow-green 149C. Receptacle
shape.--Domed 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. Growth
habit.--Erect. Growth rate.--Intermediate. Height.--30 cm.
Width.--33 cm. Stem color.--Yellow-green 148C. Stem
strength.--Weak. Stem brittleness.--Brittle. Stem anthocyanin
coloration.--Absent. Internode length.--2 cm. Length of lateral
branch.--From top to bottom 10 cm. Lateral branch color.--Green
138B. Lateral branch, attachment.--Medium strength. Branching
(average number of lateral branches).--Good with 12 breaks after
pinching. Natural season blooming date.--August 11-16. Foliage:
Leaf color.--Upper side Yellow-green 147B. Under side Yellow-green
148B. Color midvein.--Upper side Yellow-green 147D. Under side
Green 138D. Size.--Medium; length 4 cm, width 2.5 cm. Quantity
(number per lateral branch).--16. Shape.--Cordiform. Texture upper
side.--Glabrous. Texture under side.--Pubescent. Venation
arrangement.--Palmate. Shape of the margin.--Serrated. Shape of
base of sinus between lateral lobes.--Rounded. Margin of sinus
between lateral lobes.--Diverging. Shape of base.--Obtuse.
Apex.--Mucronate. Petiole length.--1 cm. Petiole
color.--Yellow-green 147D.
TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison variety `Hector` Glowing
Lynn Plant vigor Medium Low Color ray florets Orange-red 34C
Greyed-orange 168C
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