U.S. patent number PP16,110 [Application Number 10/937,783] was granted by the patent office on 2005-11-08 for chrysanthemum plant named `yotabitha`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Yoder Brothers, Inc.. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP16,110 |
Wain |
November 8, 2005 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Yotabitha`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Yotabitha`, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and
rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering
habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped
ray florets; red-colored ray florets; natural season flowering in
late September in the Northern Hemisphere; and good garden
performance.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Hants,
GB) |
Assignee: |
Yoder Brothers, Inc.
(Barberton, OH)
|
Appl.
No.: |
10/937,783 |
Filed: |
September 8, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/293 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/293 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne Marie
Assistant Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Yotabitha`, as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Yotabitha.
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
`Yotabitha`.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Fareham, Hants, United Kingdom. The
objective of the breeding program is to create new garden-type
Chrysanthemum cultivars having inflorescences with desirable
inflorescence forms, attractive floret coloration and good garden
performance.
The new Chrysanthemum originated from a cross-pollination made in
March, 2001 in Fareham, Hants, United Kingdom of a proprietary
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium seedling selection identified as
code number G114A 1, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent
with a proprietary Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium seedling
selection identified as code number G57A 1, not patented, 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-pollination grown in a controlled
environment in Fareham, Hants, United Kingdom in September, 2001.
The selection of this plant was based on its desirable
inflorescence form, attractive floret coloration and good garden
performance.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal vegetative
cuttings in a controlled environment in Fareham, Hants, United
Kingdom since December, 2001, 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 Yotabitha 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 `Yotabitha`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Yotabitha` as a new and
distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum: 1. Upright, outwardly spreading
and rounded plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit. 3. Freely
flowering habit. 4. Decorative-type inflorescences with elongated
oblong-shaped ray florets. 5. Red-colored ray florets. 6. Natural
season flowering in late September in the Northern Hemisphere. 7.
Good garden performance.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hants, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of
the female parent, the proprietary seedling selection identified as
code number G114A 1, in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum were more rounded than plants of the female
parent selection. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had smaller
inflorescences and fewer disc florets per inflorescence than plants
of the female parent selection.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hants, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of
the male parent, the proprietary seedling selection identified as
code number G57A 1, in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum were larger than plants of the male parent
selection. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the male parent
selection differed in ray floret coloration as plants of the male
parent selection had pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the
Chrysanthemum cultivar Bravo, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No.
6,888. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla. under
natural season conditions, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed
from plants of the cultivar Bravo in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were more rounded, fuller and
more uniform in plant habit than plants of the cultivar Bravo. 2.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered about one week later than
plants of the cultivar Bravo. 3. Ray florets of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum resisted fading better than ray florets of plants of
the cultivar Bravo.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also be compared to plants of
the Chrysanthemum cultivar Jenny Wren, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat.
No. 10,213. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla.
under natural season conditions, plants of the new Chrysanthemum
differed from plants of the cultivar Jenny Wren in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were more
rounded than but not as outwardly spreading as plants of the
cultivar Jenny Wren. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had
slightly smaller inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Jenny
Wren. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered more uniformly
than plants of the cultivar Jenny Wren. 4. Ray florets of plants of
the new Chrysanthemum were darker red in color than ray florets of
plants of the cultivar Jenny Wren.
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 on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view
of a typical flowering plant of `Yotabitha` grown in a
container.
The photograph on the second sheet comprises a close-up view of
typical inflorescences of the cultivar `Yotabitha`.
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 Leamington, Ontario, Canada during the late summer and fall in
an outdoor nursery and under 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 mid-July. During the production of the plants, plants
were exposed to natural season photoperiodic conditions with day
temperatures averaging 26.degree. C. and night averaging 18.degree.
C. Measurements and numerical values represent averages for typical
flowering plants. Botanical classification:
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Yotabitha. Commercial
classification: Decorative-type garden Chrysanthemum. Parentage:
Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium seedling selection identified as
code number G114A 1, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium seedling
selection identified as code number G57A 1, not patented.
Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate
roots, year-round.--About four days at 21.degree. C. Time to
produce a rooted cutting, year-round.--About ten to twelve days at
21.degree. C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous; white in color.
Rooting habit.--Freely branching. Plant description: Plant
form/growth habit.--Perennial herbaceous decorative-type garden
Chrysanthemum. Inverted triangle with rounded crown. Stems
initially upright, then outwardly spreading. Freely branching with
about twelve lateral branches per plant. Moderately vigorous. Plant
height.--About 17 cm. Plant diameter.--About 27.5 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 15 cm. Diameter: About 5.5 mm. Internode
length: About 1.1 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent. Color:
Closet to 146A. Foliage description.--Leaf arrangement: Alternate.
Length: About 4.5 cm. Width: About 3.5 cm. Apex: Mucronate. Base:
Attenuate with truncate tendencies. Margin: Palmately and deeply
lobed; sinuses mostly divergent. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Pubescent. Color: Developing foliage, upper surface: Close to 147A.
Developing foliage, lower surface: Lighter green than 147A. Fully
expanded foliage, upper surface: More green than 147A. Fully
expanded foliage, lower surface: Close to 147B. Venation, upper and
lower surfaces: Close to 146A. Petiole: Length: About 1.7 cm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent.
Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146C. Inflorescence
description: Appearance.--Decorative-type inflorescence form with
elongated oblong-shaped ray florets. Inflorescences borne on
terminals above foliage, arising from leaf axils. Disc and ray
florets developing acropetally on a capitulum. Inflorescences face
mostly upright or outwardly. Inflorescences hemispherical in shape.
Freely flowering habit; about 15 inflorescences develop per lateral
branch. Inflorescences persistent. Inflorescences not fragrant.
Flowering response.--Under natural season conditions, plants flower
in late September in the Northern Hemisphere. Inflorescence bud
(before showing color).--Height: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 8.5
mm. Shape: Oblate to spherical. Color (lower surface of
phyllaries): More green than 147A. Inflorescence size.--Diameter:
About 5 cm. Depth (height): About 2 cm. Disc diameter: About 3 mm.
Receptacle diameter: About 5 mm. Receptacle height: About 5.5 mm.
Ray florets.--Shape: Elongated oblong. Length: About 2.4 cm.
Corolla tube length: About 1.1 cm. Width: About 8 mm. Apex:
Emarginate. Margin: Fused. Texture: Smooth, glabrous; satiny.
Surface: Concave. Orientation: Initially upright, then
perpendicular to the peduncle. Number of ray florets per
inflorescence: About 224 in numerous whorls. Color: When opening,
upper and lower surfaces: Close to 59A. Fully opened, upper
surface: Close to 154A to 10B overlain with close to 53A to 59A.
Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 154A underlain with close to
187A. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular; apex dentate, five-pointed.
Length: About 6 mm. Width, apex: About 1.5 mm. Width, base: About 1
mm. Number of disc florets per inflorescence: Very few, less than
ten; inconspicuous. Color: Immature: Close to 154A. Mature: Apex:
Close to 9A. Mid-section: Close to 154D. Base: More green than
155D. Phyllaries.--Quantity per inflorescence: About 20. Length:
About 1.1 cm. Width: About 4 mm. Shape: Deltoid, elongated. Apex:
Acute. Base: Truncate, fused. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper
surface: Smooth, waxy. Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color,
upper surface: Close to 146A. Color, lower surface: More green than
147A. Peduncle.--Length: First peduncle: About 5.5 cm. Fourth
peduncle: About 9.2 cm. Seventh peduncle: About 11 cm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 45.degree. from
vertical. Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close to 146A. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Present on disc florets only. Anther color:
Close to 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 have good garden
performance and to be tolerant to rain, wind and temperatures
ranging from 0 to greater than 38.degree. C.
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