U.S. patent number PP19,631 [Application Number 12/006,786] was granted by the patent office on 2009-01-20 for chrysanthemum plant named `yogigi gold`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Yoder Brothers, Inc.. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP19,631 |
Wain |
January 20, 2009 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi Gold`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi
Gold`, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading
and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full
plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type
inflorescences with obovate-shaped ray florets; golden
yellow-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering about
September 26.sup.th in the Northern Hemisphere.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Southampton,
GB) |
Assignee: |
Yoder Brothers, Inc.
(Barberton, OH)
|
Family
ID: |
40254769 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/006,786 |
Filed: |
January 3, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/295 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/295 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Assistant Examiner: McCormick-Ewoldt; S. B.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi Gold` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `Yogigi Gold`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium, commercially grown as a garden
Chrysanthemum and hereinafter referred to by the name `Yogigi
Gold`.
The new Chrysanthemum is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation
of the Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Yogigi, not
patented. The new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the
Inventor as a single flowering plant from within a population of
plants of the cultivar Yogigi in a controlled environment in Alva,
Fla. in May, 2005.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by vegetative
cuttings was first conducted in Alva, Fla. in July, 2005. Asexual
reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this
new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in
successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Yogigi Gold have 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 `Yogigi Gold`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Yogigi Gold` as a new
and distinct garden Chrysanthemum cultivar: 1. Compact, upright,
outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit. 2. Freely branching
habit; dense and full plant habit. 3. Uniform and freely flowering
habit. 4. Decorative-type inflorescences with obovate-shaped ray
florets. 5. Golden yellow-colored ray florets. 6. Natural season
flowering about September 26.sup.th in the Northern Hemisphere.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the
new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the parent, the cultivar
Yogigi, in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum flower earlier than plants of the cultivar Yogigi. 2.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the cultivar Yogigi differ in
ray floret color as plants of the cultivar Yogigi have light
pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the
Chrysanthemum cultivar Golden Yolynn, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat.
No. 14,721. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla.,
plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the
cultivar Golden Yolynn in the following characteristics: 1. Plants
of the new Chrysanthemum were smaller and more rounded than plants
of the cultivar Golden Yolynn. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
were more flexible and less brittle than plants of the cultivar
Golden Yolynn. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had smaller
inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Golden Yolynn.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of
the new Chrysanthemum. The 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 bottom of the sheet comprises a side
perspective view of a typical flowering plant of `Yogigi Gold`.
The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of
typical inflorescences of `Yogigi Gold`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown in Alva, Fla. during the late
spring and early summer in a polycarbonate-covered greenhouse and
under conditions and practices which approximate those generally
used in commercial garden Chrysanthemum production. During the
production of the plants, day temperatures averaged 32.degree. C.
and night temperatures averaged 21.degree. C. Plants were grown in
containers, exposed to long day/short night conditions and pinched
one time. One week after the pinch, the photoinductive short
day/long night treatments were started. Plants used in the
photographs and for the description were about three months old. 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.
Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar
Yogigi Gold. Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of
the Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium cultivar Yogigi, not patented.
Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate
roots.--About four days at temperatures of about 21.degree. C. Time
to produce a rooted young plant.--About ten to twelve days at
temperatures of about 21.degree. C. Root description.--Fine,
fibrous; white in color. Rooting habit.--Freely branching. Plant
description: Appearance.--Herbaceous decorative-type garden
Chrysanthemum. Compact, stems upright and outwardly spreading
giving a uniformly rounded appearance to the plant. Freely
branching habit, about six lateral branches develop after removal
of terminal apex (pinching) each with numerous secondary laterals;
dense and full plant habit. Moderately vigorous growth habit. Plant
height.--About 14.5 cm. Plant width.--About 28 cm. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 13 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm. Internode
length: About 9 mm. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture: Pubescent.
Color: Close to 147C. Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate, simple.
Length: About 5 cm. Width: About 3.6 cm. Shape: Palmately-lobed;
roughly ovate. Apex: Broadly acute and mucronate. Base: Obtuse.
Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes mostly
parallel. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence; veins
prominent on lower surface. Color: Developing and fully expanded
foliage, upper surface: 147A; venation, 147B. Developing and fully
expanded foliage, lower surface: 147B; venation, 148C. Petiole:
Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and
lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: 147B. Color, lower
surface: 147D. Inflorescence description:
Appearance.--Decorative-type inflorescence form with obovate-shaped
ray florets. Inflorescences borne on terminals above foliage. Disc
and ray florets arranged acropetally on a capitulum. Inflorescences
fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering response.--Under natural
season conditions, plants flower about September 26.sup.th in the
Northern Hemisphere. At other times of the year, inflorescence
initiation and development can be induced under short day/long
night conditions (at least 13.5 hours of darkness). Early flowering
habit; plants exposed to photoinductive short day/long night
conditions flower about 45 days later. Postproduction
longevity.--Plants maintain good color and substance for about four
weeks. Quantity of inflorescences.--About 26 inflorescences develop
per lateral branch. Inflorescence bud.--Height: About 1.2 cm.
Diameter: About 1.3 cm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 13B.
Inflorescence size.--Diameter: About 3.7 cm. Depth (height): About
1.4 cm. Disc diameter: About 4 mm. Receptacle diameter: About 1.7
cm. Receptacle height: About 5 mm. Receptacle color: 147B. Ray
florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about 90.degree.
from vertical or perpendicular to peduncle. Length: About 1.8 cm.
Width: About 6 mm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Acute.
Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous, velvety. Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About
134 arranged in about eight whorls. Color: When opening, upper
surface: Close to 13B. When opening, lower surface: Close to 13C.
Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 12B. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to 12C. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated.
Length: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Number of disc florets
per inflorescence: About 38. Color, immature: Apex: Close to 21A.
Mid-section: Close to 17B. Base: Close to 145D. Color, mature:
Apex: Close to 17A. Mid-section: Close to 17B. Base: Close to 145D.
Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 20
arranged in about two whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 2
mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate. Texture, upper
surface: Smooth, waxy. Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color,
upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146A. Peduncles.--Length,
terminal peduncle: About 2.7 cm. Length, fourth peduncle: About 3.3
cm. Length, seventh peduncle: About 3.8 cm. Diameter, terminal
peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: About 45.degree. to 60.degree. from
vertical. Strength: Strong; flexible. Texture: Pubescent;
longitudinally ridged. Color: Close to 147B to 147C. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Stamen number: About five per floret. Filament
length: About 1 mm. Filament color: Close to 15C. Anther length:
About 1 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther color: Close to
15A. Pollen amount: None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil length: About
4 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 15A. Style
length: About 1.5 mm. Style color: Close to 15D. Ovary color: Close
to 157D. Seed/fruit.--Seed and fruit production has not been
observed. Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and
pests common to Chrysanthemums has not been observed on plants
grown under commercial conditions. Garden performance: Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum have demonstrated excellent garden
performance and to tolerate temperatures from about 0.degree. C. to
about 38.degree. C.
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