U.S. patent number PP27,337 [Application Number 14/121,735] was granted by the patent office on 2016-11-01 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmdaypur`.
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 |
PP27,337 |
Wain |
November 1, 2016 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmdaypur`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmdaypur`, 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 purple-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: |
57181475 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/121,735 |
Filed: |
October 11, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/287 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287,292 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmdaypur` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMDAYPUR`.
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 `Fimmdaypur`.
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, 2010 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83261, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 83066, 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, 2010.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2010. 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 `Fimmdaypur`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fimmdaypur` 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
purple-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. 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 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. Grown 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 larger
inflorescences than plants of the male parent selection.
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 and `Pink
Pamplona Jogger` differed in ray floret color as plants of `Pink
Pamplona Jogger` had pink-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 `Fimmdaypur` 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 `Fimmdaypur`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83261, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83066, 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 18 cm. Plant
width.--About 24 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit;
about 13 lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex
(pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 10.5 cm. Diameter:
About 4 mm. Internode length: About 5 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect:
About 50.degree. from vertical. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color:
Close to 146C. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple.
Length.--About 3.5 cm. Width.--About 3 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; slightly dentate. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces.--Fine pubescence; slightly rough; veins
prominent on lower surface. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 138A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to
138B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to N137B;
venation, close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 147B; venation, close to 138C. Petioles.--Length: About 1
cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: 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 65
inflorescences developing per plant. Fragrance.--Strongly 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 4 mm. Diameter: About 5 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 147C. Inflorescence diameter.--About
3.5 cm. Inflorescence height.--About 1 cm. Receptacles.--Height:
About 3 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape: Ovate. Color: Close to
144D. Ray florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then about
80.degree. from vertical. Length: About 1.9 cm. Width: About 6 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 155 arranged in about ten whorls. Color: When
opening, upper surface: Close to N79A. When opening, lower surface:
Close to N79C. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to N79B; color
does not change with development. Fully opened, lower surface:
Close to N79D; 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 21 arranged in about four whorls. Length:
About 5 mm. Width: About 3 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Obtuse.
Base: Obtuse. 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 4.5 cm.
Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: About 40.degree.
from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 147D. Reproductive organs.--Androecium:
None observed. Gynoecium: Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape:
Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 8B. Style length: About 3 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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