U.S. patent number PP27,070 [Application Number 14/121,733] was granted by the patent office on 2016-08-16 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmerbrobico`.
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 |
PP27,070 |
Wain |
August 16, 2016 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmerbrobico`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmerbrobico`, 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; small to medium-size decorative-type inflorescences with
orange bronze-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: |
56610566 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/121,733 |
Filed: |
October 11, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/290 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/290,287 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmerbrobico` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMERBROBICO`.
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 `Fimmerbrobico`.
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, 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 82796, 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 `Fimmerbrobico`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmerbrobico` 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. Small to medium-size decorative-type inflorescences with
orange bronze-colored ray florets. 5. Mid season-flowering habit;
grown under natural season conditions, plants flower in mid to late
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 darker-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 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 gold-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Conaco Bronze`, not patented. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of
`Conaco Bronze` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the
new Chrysanthemum had smaller inflorescences than plants of `Conaco
Bronze`. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and `Conaco Bronze`
differed in ray floret color as plants of `Conaco Bronze` had
darker-colored ray florets.
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 `Fimmerbrobico` grown in a 19-cm container
during the summer and autumn in a glass-covered greenhouse in De
Lier, The Netherlands. Plants were grown under natural season
conditions. 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 `Fimmerbrobico`.
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 82796, 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; compact to moderately
vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 26 cm. Plant
width.--About 43 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit;
about 14 lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex
(pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 20.5 cm. Diameter:
About 4 mm. Internode length: About 2.5 cm. Strength: Strong.
Aspect: About 45.degree. from vertical. Texture: Fine pubescence.
Color: Close to 146C. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Alternate,
simple. Length.--About 4.5 cm. Width.--About 3.2 cm.
Shape.--Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with three to five lobes.
Apex.--Broadly acuminate to mucronate. Base.--Attenuate to
truncate. Margin.--Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes
divergent; slightly dentate. Texture, upper surface.--Fine
pubescence; slightly rough. Texture, lower surface.--Fine
pubescence; veins prominent. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 137A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to
138A. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to N137C;
venation, close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 137B; venation, close to 138C. Petioles.--Length: About 7
mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper surface: Fine pubescence;
slightly rough. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence. Color,
upper surface: Close to 138B. Color, lower surface: Close to 138C.
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 265 inflorescences
developing per plant. Fragrance.--Mildly fragrant; pungent,
herbaceous. Flowering response.--Mid season-flowering habit, plants
exposed to natural season conditions begin flowering in mid to late
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 4 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 138A. Inflorescence diameter.--About
4.5 cm. Inflorescence height.--About 1.5 cm. Receptacles.--Height:
About 2 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape: Conical. Color: Close to
145B. Ray florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about
85.degree. from vertical. Length: About 2.2 cm. Width: About 6 mm.
Shape: Ligulate. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Fused into a short tube.
Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth,
glabrous. Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About 150
arranged in about ten whorls. Color: When opening, upper surface:
Close to N163D. When opening, lower surface: Close to 163A. Fully
opened, upper surface: Close to 163B; color does not change with
development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 163A; 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 22
arranged in about three whorls. Length: About 6 mm. Width: About 3
mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Bluntly acute. Base: Truncate. Margin:
Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; waxy. Texture,
lower surface: Fine pubescence; waxy. Color, upper surface: Close
to 137C. Color, lower surface: Close to 146A. Peduncles.--Length,
terminal peduncle: About 1.4 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About
1 mm. Angle: About 70.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately
strong; flexible. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 138B.
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil
length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
12A. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 6C. Ovary
color: Close to 155B. 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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