U.S. patent number PP20,435 [Application Number 12/006,785] was granted by the patent office on 2009-10-20 for chrysanthemum plant named `yogigi white`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Yoder Brothers, Inc.. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP20,435 |
Wain |
October 20, 2009 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi White`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi
White`, 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; white-colored ray
florets; and natural season flowering about September 27.sup.th in
the Northern Hemisphere.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Southampton,
GB) |
Assignee: |
Yoder Brothers, Inc.
(Barberton, OH)
|
Family
ID: |
41170480 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/006,785 |
Filed: |
January 3, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/288 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/288 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Yogigi White` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `Yogigi White`.
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
White`.
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 White 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 White`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Yogigi White` 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. White-colored ray florets. 6.
Natural season flowering about September 27.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 Yobianca, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No.
13,761. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants
of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the cultivar
Yobianca in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum were slightly smaller than plants of the cultivar
Yobianca. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were stronger and less
likely to split than plants of the cultivar Yobianca. 3. Plants of
the new Chrysanthemum had larger inflorescences than plants of the
cultivar Yobianca.
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
White`.
The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of
typical inflorescences of `Yogigi White`.
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 White. 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 seven 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 16.2 cm. Plant width.--About 30
cm. Lateral branches.--Length: About 15 cm. Diameter: About 7 mm.
Internode length: About 1 cm. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture:
Pubescent. Color: Close to 146A. Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate,
simple. Length: About 4.7 cm. Width: About 3.7 cm. Shape:
Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate. Apex: Broadly acute and mucronate.
Base: Obtuse. Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral
lobes parallel to divergent. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Fine pubescence; veins prominent on lower surface. Color:
Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper surface: 147A;
venation, 147C. Developing and fully expanded foliage, lower
surface: 147B; venation, 147C. Petiole: Length: About 2.2 cm.
Diameter: About 2.5 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Pubescent. Color, upper surface: 147C. 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 27.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 47 days later. Postproduction longevity.--Plants maintain
good color and substance for about four weeks. Quantity of
inflorescences.--About 23 inflorescences develop per lateral
branch. Inflorescence bud.--Height: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 1.1
cm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 158B. Inflorescence
size.--Diameter: About 3.5 cm. Depth (height): About 1.5 cm. Disc
diameter: About 4 mm to 6 mm. Receptacle diameter: About 1.7 cm.
Receptacle height: About 4 mm. Receptacle color: 147B. Ray
florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about 90.degree.
from vertical or perpendicular to peduncle. Length: About 1.6 cm.
Width: About 7 mm. Shape: Obovate. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Acute.
Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous, velvety. Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About
142 arranged in about ten whorls. Color: When opening, upper
surface: Close to 155C. When opening, lower surface: Close to 155D.
Fully opened, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 155D. Disc
florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length: About 5 mm. Diameter:
About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 40.
Color, immature: Apex: Close to 23A. Mid-section: Close to 17A.
Base: Close to 157A. Color, mature: Apex: Close to 23B.
Mid-section: Close to 17B. Base: Close to 157A. Phyllaries.--Number
of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 19 arranged in about two
whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 3 mm. Shape: Elliptical.
Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, waxy.
Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to
146A. Color, lower surface: Close to 146B. Peduncles.--Length,
terminal peduncle: About 3.2 cm. Length, fourth peduncle: About 3.7
cm. Length, seventh peduncle: About 5.2 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. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Stamen number: About five per floret. Filament
length: About 2 mm. Filament color: Close to 13A. Anther length:
About 1 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther color: Close to
13A. Pollen amount: None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil length: About
6 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 13B. Style
length: About 2.5 mm. Style color: Close to 145D. 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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