U.S. patent number PP25,617 [Application Number 13/987,343] was granted by the patent office on 2015-06-09 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmdayappleblos`.
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 |
PP25,617 |
Wain |
June 9, 2015 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmdayappleblos`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmdayappleblos`, 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 light purple
and white-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 |
|
|
Assignee: |
FIDES B.V. (De Lier,
NL)
|
Family
ID: |
53268080 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/987,343 |
Filed: |
July 15, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/287 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmdayappleblos`
as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMDAYAPPLEBLOS`.
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 `Fimmdayappleblos`.
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 83279, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 83339, 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 `Fimmdayappleblos`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmdayappleblos`
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 light
purple and white-colored ray florets. 5. Early flowering habit,
under natural season conditions, plants flower the second 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. 3.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the female parent selection
differ in ray floret color as plants of the female parent selection
have darker pink-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. Under natural season conditions, plants of the
new Chrysanthemum flower earlier than plants of the male parent
selection. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have slightly smaller
inflorescences than plants of the male parent selection. 3. Plants
of the new Chrysanthemum and the male parent selection differ in
ray floret color as plants of the male parent selection have
white-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Yogigi`, not patented. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of
`Yogigi` in the following characteristics: 1. Under natural season
conditions, plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered earlier than
plants of `Yogigi`. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger
inflorescences than plants of `Yogigi`. 3. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum and `Yogigi` differed in ray floret color as plants
of `Yogigi` had white-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 `Fimmdayappleblos` 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 `Fimmdayappleblos`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83279, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83339, 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 13 cm. Plant width.--About 19.5
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 5 mm. Strength: Strong, brittle.
Aspect: About 75.degree. from stem bending upwardly. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 146B. Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate,
simple. Length: About 5.5 cm. Width: About 4.2 cm. Shape:
Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with three to five lobes. Apex:
Broadly acute to slightly emarginate. Base: Attenuate to truncate.
Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes parallel to
divergent; dentate. 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 N137D; venation, close to 148B. Fully expanded leaves, lower
surface: Close to 147B; venation, close to 148C. Petioles: Length:
About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Fine pubescence. Color, upper surface: Close to 137C.
Color, lower surface: Close to 148C. 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 90
inflorescences developing per plant. Fragrance.--Mildly fragrant;
pungent, herbaceous. Flowering response.--Early flowering habit,
plants exposed to natural season conditions begin flowering the
second 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 6 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 144B. Inflorescence height.--About
1.3 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4 cm. Disc diameter.--About
7 mm. Receptacles.--Height: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 4 mm.
Shape: Ovoid. Color: Close to 145C. Ray florets.--Orientation:
Initially upright, then about 40.degree. to 85.degree. from
vertical bending upwardly. Length: About 2.3 cm. Width: About 7 mm.
Shape: Oblanceolate. Apex: Emarginate to praemorse. Base: Fused
into a short tube. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Number of ray florets per
inflorescence: About 72 arranged in about four whorls. Color: When
opening, upper surface: Close to 70B; towards the base, close to
NN155C. When opening, lower surface: Close to N155B; towards the
base, close to NN155C; towards the apical margin, close to 72C.
Fully opened, upper surface: Close to N78C; towards the base, close
to NN155C; color becoming closer to N78D with development. Fully
opened, lower surface: Close to N155B; towards the base, close to
NN155C; towards the apical margin, close to 72C. Disc
florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length: About 6 mm. Diameter:
About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 46
massed at the center of the inflorescence. Color, immature and
mature: Apex: Close to 9B. Mid-section: Close to 144D. Base: Close
to NN155C. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per inflorescence:
About 15 arranged in about three to five whorls. Length: About 7
mm. Width: About 3 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Acute to obtuse.
Base: Truncate, fused. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface:
Smooth, glabrous. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence. Color,
upper surface: Close to 143B. Color, lower surface: Close to 143C.
Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 2.5 cm. Diameter,
terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: About 40.degree. from
vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 139D. Reproductive organs.--Androecium:
None observed. Gynoecium (observed on ray florets only): Pistil
length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
5B. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 1C. 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. 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.
* * * * *