U.S. patent number PP25,583 [Application Number 13/987,338] was granted by the patent office on 2015-05-26 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmsunred`.
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 |
PP25,583 |
Wain |
May 26, 2015 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunred`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmsunred`, 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-size decorative-type inflorescences with dark purple-colored
ray florets; early flowering habit; 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: |
53176539 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/987,338 |
Filed: |
July 15, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/287 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287,292 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunred` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMSUNRED`.
CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY RELATED APPLICATIONS
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named `FIMMERDERED`.
Applicant: Peter Wain.
Filed: Concurrently with this application. U.S. Plant patent
application Ser. No. 13/987,340.
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 `Fimmsunred`.
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, 2008 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82970, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 83261, 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, 2008.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2008. 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 `Fimmsunred`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmsunred` 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-size decorative-type inflorescences with dark purple-colored
ray florets. 5. Early flowering habit, under natural season
conditions, plants flower the third week in August 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. Under natural season conditions, plants of the
new Chrysanthemum flower earlier than plants of the female parent
selection. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have larger
inflorescences than plants of the female parent selection.
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 are more
compact than and not as vigorous as 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 pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Fimmerdered`, disclosed in U.S.
Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/987,340 filed concurrently. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of
`Fimmerdered` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Chrysanthemum are more compact than and not as vigorous as
plants of `Fimmerdered`. 2. Under natural season conditions, plants
of the new Chrysanthemum flower earlier than plants of
`Fimmerdered`. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have larger
inflorescences than plants of `Fimmerdered`. 4. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum and `Fimmerdered` differ slightly in ray floret
color.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also 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 were more mounded than and not as
upright as plants of `Yotabitha`. 2. Under natural season
conditions, plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered earlier than
plants of `Yotabitha`.
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 `Fimmsunred` grown in a container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the winter in 14-cm
containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom and under cultural practices typical of commercial
garden Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the
plants, day and night temperatures ranged from 17.degree. C. to
21.degree. C. and light levels averaged 6,000 lux. Plants were
pinched one time and were about twelve 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 `Fimmsunred`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82970, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83261, 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. 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 14 cm. Plant width.--About 20
cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit, about six lateral
branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching); each
primary lateral with numerous secondary and tertiary lateral
branches. Lateral branches.--Length: About 9 cm. Diameter: About 3
mm. Internode length: About 6 mm. Strength: Moderately strong,
brittle. Aspect: About 70.degree. from stem bending upwardly.
Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 146B.
Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About 3.5 cm.
Width: About 2.5 cm. Shape: Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with
three lobes. Apex: Broadly acute to mucronate. Base: Truncate to
attenuate. Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes
parallel to divergent. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine
pubescence; veins prominent on lower surface. Color: Developing
leaves, upper surface: Close to 144A. Developing leaves, lower
surface: Close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close
to N137B; venation, close to 147C. Fully expanded leaves, lower
surface: Close to 147B; venation, close to 147C. Petioles: Length:
About 1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Fine pubescence. Color, upper surface: Close to 137B.
Color, lower surface: Close to 147C. Inflorescence description:
Form and flowering habit.--Decorative-type inflorescence form with
ligulate to narrowly obovate or 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 96 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 August in the United
Kingdom. Inflorescence longevity.--Inflorescences maintain good
color and substance for about three to five weeks on the plant;
inflorescences persistent. Inflorescence buds.--Height: About 4 mm.
Diameter: About 5 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 143B.
Inflorescence height.--About 1.5 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About
5 cm. Disc diameter.--About 5 mm. Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: Close to 145B. Ray
florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about 95.degree.
from vertical. Length: About 2 cm. Width: About 6 mm. Shape:
Ligulate to narrowly obovate or 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 127 arranged in about seven whorls. Color:
When opening, upper surface: Close to 187B. When opening, lower
surface: Close to 183B. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 187C;
color becoming closer to 53A with development. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to 181A; color becoming closer to 182B with
development. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length:
About 6 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per
inflorescence: About 28 massed at the center of the inflorescence.
Color, immature: Apex: Close to 15A. Mid-section: Close to 157C.
Base: Close to NN155C. Color, mature: Apex: Close to 12C.
Mid-section: Close to 157C. Base: Close to 12C. Phyllaries.--Number
of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 20 arranged in about three
whorls. Length: About 6 mm. Width: About 4 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex:
Broadly acute. Base: Truncate, fused. Margin: Entire. Texture,
upper surface: Smooth, glabrous. Texture, lower surface: Fine
pubescence. Color, upper surface: Close to 141D. Color, lower
surface: Close to 137C. Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle:
About 3 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 1 mm. Angle: About
75.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 138B. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium (observed on ray
florets only): Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted.
Stigma color: Close to 6C. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color:
Close to 6D. Ovary color: Close to NN155A. 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. 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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