U.S. patent number PP25,817 [Application Number 13/987,340] was granted by the patent office on 2015-08-18 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmerdered`.
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 |
PP25,817 |
Wain |
August 18, 2015 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmerdered`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmerdered`, 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 deep red-colored
ray florets; mid-season 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: |
53786210 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/987,340 |
Filed: |
July 15, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/293 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/286,287,293 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmerdered` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMERDERED`.
CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY RELATED APPLICATIONS
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named `FIMMSUNRED`
Applicant: Peter Wain
Filed: Concurrently with this application
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 `Fimmerdered`.
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
mid-season 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 `Fimmerdered`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmerdered` 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 deep red-colored
ray florets. 5. Mid-season flowering habit, under natural season
conditions, plants flower the second week in 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. 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. Under natural season conditions, plants of the
new Chrysanthemum flower later 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
pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Fimmsunred`, disclosed in a U.S.
Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/987,339 filed concurrently. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of
`Fimmsunred` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum are larger and more vigorous than plants of
`Fimmsunred`. 2. Under natural season conditions, plants of the new
Chrysanthemum flower later than plants of `Fimmsunred`. 3. Plants
of the new Chrysanthemum have smaller inflorescences than plants of
`Fimmsunred`. 4. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and `Fimmsunred`
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 broadly mounded than and
not as upright as plants of `Yotabitha`. 2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum had slightly smaller inflorescences than plants of
`Yotabitha`. 3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and `Yotabitha`
differed in ray floret color as plants of `Yotabitha` had lighter
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 `Fimmerdered` 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 `Fimmerdered`.
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
to vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 16 cm. Plant
width.--About 26.5 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit,
about eight lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex
(pinching); each primary lateral with numerous secondary and
tertiary lateral branches. Lateral branches.--Length: About 11 cm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode length: About 1 cm. Strength:
Moderately strong, flexible. Aspect: About 50.degree. from stem
bending upwardly. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 139D.
Leaves.--Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About 4 cm. Width:
About 3 cm. Shape: Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with three to
five lobes. Apex: Broadly acute to mucronate. Base: Truncate with
attenuate tendencies. Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between
lateral lobes parallel to divergent and convergent; 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 139C. Fully
expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A; venation, close to
147C. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B;
venation, close to 147C. Petioles: Length: About 8 mm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence.
Color, upper surface: Close to 148B. Color, lower surface: Close to
148C. 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.--Mildly
fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering response.--Mid-season
flowering habit, plants exposed to natural season conditions begin
flowering the second week of September 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 3 mm.
Diameter: About 5 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 145C.
Inflorescence height.--About 1 cm. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4
cm. Disc diameter.--About 5 mm. Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape: Ovoid. Color: Close to 144D. Ray
florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about 90.degree.
from vertical. Length: About 2 cm. Width: About 6 mm. Shape:
Ligulate to narrowly obovate or 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 132 arranged in about eight whorls. Color:
When opening, upper surface: Close to 187B. When opening, lower
surface: Close to 181A. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 59A;
color becoming closer to 53A with development. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to 180A; color becoming closer to 180D with
development. Disc florets.--Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length:
About 3 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Number of disc florets per
inflorescence: About 32 massed at the center of the inflorescence.
Color, immature: Apex: Close to 9B. Mid-section: Close to 2C. Base:
Close to 155C. Color, mature: Apex: Close to 9A. Mid-section: Close
to 2C. Base: Close to 155C. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per
inflorescence: About 30 arranged in about four whorls. Length:
About 7 mm. Width: About 4 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: 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 2.7 cm. Diameter,
terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: About 30.degree. from
vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 145A. Reproductive organs.--Androecium:
None observed. Gynoecium (observed on ray florets only): Pistil
length: About 6 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
12B. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 2D. 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.
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