U.S. patent number PP27,305 [Application Number 14/121,727] was granted by the patent office on 2016-10-25 for chrysanthemum plant named `fimmsunpeachcream`.
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 |
PP27,305 |
Wain |
October 25, 2016 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunpeachcream`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fimmsunpeachcream`, 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 blush pink
and cream-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: |
57136110 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/121,727 |
Filed: |
October 11, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/291 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/291,287 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fimmsunpeachcream`
as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIMMSUNPEACHCREAM`.
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 `Fimmsunpeachcream`.
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 92114, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 83298, 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 `Fimmsunpeachcream`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish
`Fimmsunpeachcream` 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 blush pink and cream-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 medium 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 and `Pink
Pamplona Jogger` differed in ray floret color as plants of `Pink
Pamplona Jogger` had solid 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 `Fimmsunpeachcream` 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 `Fimmsunpeachcream`.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 92114, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83298, 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 16 cm. Plant width.--About 22
cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit; about 15 lateral
branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching). Lateral
branches.--Length: About 11 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode
length: About 1 cm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 60.degree. from
vertical. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 148C. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 3.5
cm. Width.--About 3.3 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
surface.--Fine pubescence; slightly waxy. Texture, lower
surface.--Fine pubescence; veins prominent. Color.--Developing
leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A. Developing leaves, lower
surface: Close to 137C. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close
to N137C; venation, close to 146B. Fully expanded leaves, lower
surface: Close to 147B; venation, close to 147C. Petioles.--Length:
About 5 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Fine pubescence. Color, upper surface: Close to 146B.
Color, lower surface: Close to 147C. 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 135
inflorescences developing per plant. Fragrance.--Mildly 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 6 mm.
Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 138B. Inflorescence diameter.--About
4.5 cm. Inflorescence height.--About 1.5 cm. Receptacles.--Height:
About 3 mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Shape: Ovate; conical. Color:
Close to 146B. Ray florets.--Orientation: Initially upright, then
about 90.degree. from vertical. Length: About 2 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 165 arranged in about nine whorls. Color: When
opening and fully opened, upper surface: Initially, close to 52A;
becoming closer to 18A to 18B and with development, becoming closer
to 68B, and subsequently, closer to 68C. When opening and fully
opened, lower surface: Initially, close to 52A to 52B; becoming
closer to 18B and with development, becoming closer to 68C. Disc
florets.--Disc floret development has not been observed on plants
of the new Chrysanthemum. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per
inflorescence: About 20 arranged in about three whorls. Length:
About 7 mm. Width: About 3 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 4 cm.
Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: About 50.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 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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