U.S. patent number PP25,255 [Application Number 13/815,201] was granted by the patent office on 2015-01-27 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmsunbro`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Fides B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Peter Wain. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP25,255 |
Wain |
January 27, 2015 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunbro`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmsunbro`, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading
and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense
and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit;
medium-sized decorative inflorescences with orange bronze-colored
ray florets; mid-September flowering response under natural season
conditions; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Locks Heath,
GB) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Wain; Peter |
Locks Heath |
N/A |
GB |
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Assignee: |
Fides B.V. (DeLier,
NL)
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Family
ID: |
52350876 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/815,201 |
Filed: |
February 8, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/296 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/296 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunbro` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMSUNBRO`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct Chrysanthemum
plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium,
commercially grown as a garden Chrysanthemum and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Fimmsunbro`.
The new Chrysanthemum plant is a product of a planned breeding
program conducted by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom. The objective of the breeding program is to create new
early-flowering garden Chrysanthemum plants with numerous
attractive inflorescences.
The new Chrysanthemum plant originated from a cross-pollination
made in January, 2007 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82660, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 3044, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Chrysanthemum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as
a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in
Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom in September, 2007.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2007. Asexual reproduction by terminal
vegetative 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 new Chrysanthemum have not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions and cultural practices. The
phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental
conditions 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 `Fimmsunbro`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmsunbro` as a new
and distinct Chrysanthemum plant: 1. Upright to outwardly spreading
and uniformly mounded plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit; dense
and full plant habit. 3. Uniform and freely flowering habit. 4.
Medium-sized decorative inflorescences with orange bronze-colored
ray florets. 5. Plants flower under natural season conditions
during the third week of September in the United Kingdom. 6. Good
garden performance.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the
female parent selection. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ
from plants of the female parent selection, in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have larger
inflorescences than plants of the female parent selection. 2.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the female parent selection
differ in ray floret color as plants of the female parent selection
have yellow-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the
male parent selection. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from
plants of the male parent selection, in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have smaller
inflorescences than plants of the male parent selection. 2. Plants
of the new Chrysanthemum and the male parent selection differ in
ray floret color as plants of the male parent selection have light
red-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Conaco Bronze`, not patented. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of
`Conaco Bronze` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Chrysanthemum flowered 13 days earlier than plants of `Conaco
Bronze` under photoinductive conditions. 2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum had smaller inflorescences than plants of `Conaco
Bronze`. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and `Conaco Bronze`
differed in ray floret color as plants of `Conaco Bronze` had dark
bronze-colored ray florets.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying photograph illustrates the overall appearance of
the new Chrysanthemum showing the colors as true as it is
reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this
type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color
values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately
describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum. The photograph
comprises a top perspective view of a typical flowering plant of
`Fimmsunbro` grown in a container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the late summer and early
autumn in 19-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Fareham,
Hampshire, United Kingdom and under cultural practices typical of
commercial garden Chrysanthemum production. During the production
of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 10.degree. C. to
25.degree. C., night temperatures ranged from 5.degree. C. to
15.degree. C. and light levels ranged from 400 to 2,500 joules.
Plants were pinched one time and were about 14 weeks old when the
photograph and detailed description were taken. In the following
description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural
Society Colour Chart, Fifth Edition, except where general terms of
ordinary dictionary significance are used. Botanical
classification: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Fimmsunbro`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82660, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 3044, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to
initiate roots, summer.--About ten days at temperatures of about
21.degree. C. Time to initiate roots, winter.--About twelve days at
temperatures of about 21.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young
plant, summer.--About three weeks at temperatures of about
21.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.--About
four weeks at temperatures of about 21.degree. C. Root
description.--Fine, fibrous; light brown in color. Rooting
habit.--Freely branching; medium density to dense. Plant
description: Plant and growth habit.--Herbaceous decorative-type
garden Chrysanthemum; stems upright to outwardly spreading giving a
uniformly mounded appearance to the plant; numerous lateral
branches and relatively short internodes, dense and full plant
habit; moderately vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 30
cm. Plant width.--About 49 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching
habit, about twelve lateral branches develop after removal of
terminal apex (pinching); each primary lateral with numerous
secondary laterals. Lateral branches.--Length: About 25.5 cm.
Diameter: About 7 mm. Internode length: About 6 mm. Strength:
Strong. Aspect: About 80.degree. from stem. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to N199A. Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate
or occasionally opposite, simple. Length: About 4.5 cm. Width:
About 2.3 cm. Shape: Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate. Apex:
Acuminate and mucronate. Base: Obtuse with truncate tendencies.
Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes parallel to
divergent; slightly dentate. Texture, upper surface: Fine
pubescence, sparse. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence; veins
prominent. Color: Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 147A.
Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to N138B. Fully expanded
leaves, upper surface: Close to N137B; venation, close to 137D.
Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to N138B; venation,
close to N138B. Petiole: Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence. Color, upper
surface: Close to N137A. Color, lower surface: Close to N138B.
Inflorescence description: Form and flowering habit.--Decorative
inflorescence form with oblanceolate-shaped ray florets;
inflorescences borne on terminals above and beyond the foliar
plane; disc and ray florets arranged acropetally on a capitulum;
freely flowering habit with about 75 inflorescences developing per
lateral branch and about 2,700 inflorescences developing per plant.
Fragrance.--Slightly fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering
response.--Early flowering habit, plants exposed to natural season
conditions begin flowering the third week of September in the
United Kingdom; with photoinductive treatments, response time is
about 33 days. Inflorescence longevity.--Inflorescences maintain
good color and substance for about three to five weeks on the
plant; inflorescences persistent. Inflorescence buds.--Height:
About 5 mm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Shape: Globular. Color: Close to
137A. Inflorescence height.--About 2.1 cm. Inflorescence
diameter.--About 3.5 cm. Disc diameter.--About 3 mm.
Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape:
Ovoid. Color: Close to 145C. Ray florets.--Orientation: Initially
upright, then about 45.degree. from vertical. Length: About 1.9 cm.
Width: About 5 mm. Shape: Oblanceolate. Apex: Emarginate. Base:
Fused into a short tube. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Number of ray florets per
inflorescence: About 89 arranged in about five whorls. Color: When
opening, upper surface: More bronze than 34A. When opening, lower
surface: Close to 29A. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to N34B;
color becoming closer to 34C with development. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to 29B; color becoming closer to 29C with
development. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length:
About 6 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per
inflorescence: About eight. Color, immature and mature: Apex: Close
to 13B. Mid-section: Close to 1C. Base: Close to 155D.
Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 21
arranged in about four whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 3
mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Acute to obtuse. Base: Rounded to truncate,
fused. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;
waxy. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence; waxy. Color, upper
surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower surface: Close to 143A.
Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 3.7 cm. Diameter,
terminal peduncle: About 1.5 mm. Angle: Erect to about 15.degree.
from vertical. Strength: Weak; flexible. Texture: Fine pubescence.
Color: Close to 138A. Reproductive organs.--Androecium: None
observed. Gynoecium (present on ray and disc florets): Pistil
length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
12A. Style length: About 3 mm. Style color: Close to 4B. Ovary
color: Close to NN155C. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit
production has not been observed on plants of the new
Chrysanthemum. Disease & pest resistance: Resistance to
pathogens and pests common to Chrysanthemum plants has not been
observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum grown under commercial
conditions. Garden performance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
have demonstrated good garden performance and to tolerate
temperatures from about 0.degree. C. to about 35.degree. C.
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