U.S. patent number PP25,256 [Application Number 13/815,200] was granted by the patent office on 2015-01-27 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmerdabro`.
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 |
PP25,256 |
Wain |
January 27, 2015 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmerdabro`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmerdabro`, 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 to
large decorative-type inflorescences with dark bronze-colored ray
florets; early 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. (De Lier,
NL)
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Family
ID: |
52350877 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/815,200 |
Filed: |
February 8, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/296 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
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 `Fimmerdabro` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMERDABRO`.
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 `Fimmerdabro`.
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 82606, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number G003, 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 `Fimmerdabro`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmerdabro` 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 to large decorative-type inflorescences with dark
bronze-colored ray florets. 5. Plants flower under natural season
conditions the first 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 slightly
smaller 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 apricot-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 flower earlier
than plants of the male parent selection under natural season
conditions. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the male parent
selection differ in ray floret color as plants of the male parent
selection have red-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Yotabitha`, disclosed in U.S. Plant
Pat. No. 16,110. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham,
Hampshire, United Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed
from plants of `Yotabitha` in the following characteristics: 1.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered later than plants of
`Yotabitha` under natural season conditions. 2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum and `Yotabitha` differed in ray floret color as
plants of `Yotabitha` had red-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 `Fimmerdabro` 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 `Fimmerdabro`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82606, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number G003, 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; 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 24 cm. Plant width.--About 38
cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit, about eight lateral
branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching); each
primary lateral with numerous secondary laterals. Lateral
branches.--Length: About 20 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm. Internode
length: About 3 mm. Strength: Strong, brittle. Aspect: About
80.degree. from stem. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to
146D. Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About 4.5
cm. Width: About 2.9 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 and lower
surfaces: Fine pubescence; veins prominent on lower surface. Color:
Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to N137B. Developing
leaves, lower surface: Close to N138B. Fully expanded leaves, upper
surface: Close to 137B; venation, close to 138C. Fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B; venation, close to 138C.
Petiole: Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper
and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence. Color, upper and lower
surfaces: Close to 138C. Inflorescence description: Form and
flowering habit.--Decorative-type 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 13
inflorescences developing per lateral branch and about 390
inflorescences developing per plant. Fragrance.--Fragrant; pungent,
herbaceous. Flowering response.--Early flowering habit, plants
exposed to natural season conditions begin flowering the first week
of September in the United Kingdom; with photoinductive treatments,
response time is about 35 days. Inflorescence
longevity.--Inflorescences maintain good color and substance for
about three to five weeks on the plant; inflorescences persistent.
Inflorescence buds.--Height: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 8 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 138C. Inflorescence height.--About
1.3 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4.8 cm.
Receptacles.--Height: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape:
Ovoid. Color: Close to 145C. Ray florets.--Orientation: Initially
upright, then about 80.degree. to 90.degree. from vertical. Length:
About 2.1 cm. Width: About 7 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 125 arranged in about eleven whorls.
Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to 44A. When opening,
lower surface: Close to 25D. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to
44B; color becoming closer to 44D with development. Fully opened,
lower surface: Close to 32D; color does not change with
development. Disc florets.--Disc floret development has not been
observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum. Phyllaries.--Number of
phyllaries per inflorescence: About 25 arranged in about four
whorls. Length: About 6 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape: Obovate.
Apex: Acute to obtuse. Base: Truncate, fused. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous. Texture, lower surface:
Fine pubescence. Color, upper surface: Close to 137D. Color, lower
surface: Close to 137C. Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle:
About 6.5 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 3 mm. Angle: Erect
to about 30.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong;
flexible. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 146D.
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil
length: About 1 cm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
12A. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 1D. Ovary
color: Close to 157D. 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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