U.S. patent number PP27,068 [Application Number 14/121,725] was granted by the patent office on 2016-08-16 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmdaypi`.
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 |
PP27,068 |
Wain |
August 16, 2016 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `FIMMDAYPI`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmdaypi` 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 pink-colored ray florets;
early 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: |
56610571 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/121,725 |
Filed: |
October 11, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/267 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287,292,291 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmdaypi` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMDAYPI`.
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 plant and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Fimmdaypi`.
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 season-flowering garden Chrysanthemum plants with numerous
attractive inflorescences.
The new Chrysanthemum plant originated from a cross-pollination
made in January, 2009 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 92113, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 82680, 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, 2009.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2009. Asexual reproduction by terminal
vegetative cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new
Chrysanthemum plant 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 combinations of 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 `Fimmdaypi`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmdaypi` as a new and
distinct garden 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
pink-colored ray florets. 5. Early season-flowering habit; grown
under natural season conditions, plants flower in late 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. Grown 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 slightly
smaller 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 bronze-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. Grown under natural season conditions, plants
of the new Chrysanthemum flower slightly later 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 lighter pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Pink Pamplona Jogger`, not
patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham,
Hampshire, United Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed
from plants of `Pink Pamplona Jogger` in the following
characteristics: 1. Grown under natural season conditions, plants
of the new Chrysanthemum flowered earlier than plants of `Pink
Pamplona Jogger`. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger
inflorescences than plants of `Pink Pamplona Jogger`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
The accompanying photograph illustrates the overall appearance of
the new Chrysanthemum plant 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 plant.
The photograph comprises a top perspective view of a typical
flowering plant of `Fimmdaypi` grown in a 19-cm container during
the summer in a glass-covered greenhouse in De Lier, The
Netherlands. Plants were grown under short day/long night
conditions to induce inflorescence initiation and development.
Plants were 3.5 months old when the photograph was taken.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The 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 grown under long day/short night conditions for six
weeks and then grown under short day/long night conditions to
induce inflorescence initiation and development. Plants were twelve
weeks old when the detailed description was 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 `Fimmdaypi`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 92113, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 82680, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to
initiate roots, summer.--About ten days at temperatures about
21.degree. C. Time to initiate roots, winter.--About twelve days at
temperatures about 21.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young
plant, summer.--About three weeks at temperatures about 21.degree.
C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.--About four weeks
at temperatures 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 23 cm. Plant width.--About 24
cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit; about 20 lateral
branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching). Lateral
branches.--Length: About 5.5 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode
length: About 5 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 45.degree. from
vertical; stems bending upwardly. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color:
Close to 146D. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple.
Length.--About 4.5 cm. Width.--About 4 cm. Shape.--Palmately-lobed;
roughly ovate with three to five lobes. Apex.--Broadly mucronate to
acuminate. Base.--Attenuate to truncate. Margin.--Palmately lobed,
sinuses between lateral lobes divergent; dentate. Texture, upper
and lower surfaces.--Fine pubescence; slightly rough; veins
prominent on lower surface. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 137B. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to
137C. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to N137A;
venation, close to 147B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 147B; venation, close to 147B. Petioles.--Length: About
1.3 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Fine pubescence; slightly rough. Color, upper and lower surfaces:
Close to 147B. Inflorescence description: Form and flowering
habit.--Decorative-type inflorescence form with ligulate-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 80 inflorescences
developing per plant. Fragrance.--Fragrant; pungent, herbaceous.
Flowering response.--Early season-flowering habit, plants exposed
to natural season conditions begin flowering in late 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 3 mm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to
147B. Inflorescence diameter.--About 5 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 1.5 cm. Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm. Diameter:
About 4 mm. Shape: Ovate. Color: Close to 144D. Ray
florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about 110.degree.
from vertical. Length: About 2.5 cm. Width: About 7 mm. Shape:
Ligulate. Apex: Emarginate and slightly dentate. Base: Fused into a
short tube. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:
Smooth, glabrous. Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About
153 arranged in about ten whorls. Color: When opening, upper
surface: Close to 70A. When opening, lower surface: Close to 77C.
Fully opened, upper surface: Close to N79C; color becoming closer
to 77B with development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 76A;
color becoming closer to 77C with development. Disc florets.--Disc
floret development has not been observed on plants of the new
Chrysanthemum. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per inflorescence:
About 18 arranged in about three whorls. Length: About 9 mm. Width:
About 4 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Obtuse, fused.
Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; waxy.
Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence; waxy. Color, upper
surface: Close to 138B. Color, lower surface: Close to 138C.
Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 5 cm. Diameter,
terminal peduncle: About 1 mm. Angle: About 50.degree. from
vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 137B. Reproductive organs.--Androecium:
None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil length: About 6 mm. Stigma shape:
Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 8B. Style length: About 4 mm.
Style color: Close to 160C. Ovary color: Close to 157B. 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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