U.S. patent number PP28,533 [Application Number 14/757,067] was granted by the patent office on 2017-10-17 for chrysanthemum plant named `fidaysofla`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Dummen Group B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Peter Wain. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
United States Patent |
PP28,533 |
Wain |
October 17, 2017 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fidaysofla`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fidaysofla`, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading
and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth
habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant form; uniform
and freely flowering habit; medium-size decorative-type
inflorescences with yellow and orange red bi-colored ray florets;
early season flowering habit; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Locks Heath,
GB) |
Applicant: |
Name |
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Wain; Peter |
Locks Heath |
N/A |
GB |
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Assignee: |
Dummen Group B.V. (De Lier,
NL)
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Appl.
No.: |
14/757,067 |
Filed: |
November 11, 2015 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20170135269 P1 |
May 11, 2017 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/287 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/287 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fidaysofla` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIDAYSOFLA`.
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 `Fidaysofla`.
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, 2011 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83420, 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, 2011.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2011. 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 `Fidaysofla`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Fidaysofla` as a new
and distinct Chrysanthemum plant: 1. Upright to outwardly spreading
and uniformly mounded plant habit. 2. Moderately vigorous growth
habit. 3. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant form. 4.
Uniform and freely flowering habit. 5. Medium-size decorative-type
inflorescences with yellow and orange red bi-colored ray florets.
6. Early season flowering habit, grown under natural season
conditions, plants flower in mid to late August in the United
Kingdom. 7. 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 and the female parent
selection differ in ray floret color as plants of the female parent
selection have inflorescences with red-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 ray floret color as plants
of the male parent selection have inflorescences with pink and
white-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. Grown under
natural season conditions, plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered
about one month earlier 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 inflorescences with solid
bronze-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
is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of
`Fidaysofla` grown in a 19-cm container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the winter in 19-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 eight weeks
(including propagation period) and then grown under short day/long
night conditions to induce inflorescence initiation and
development. Plants were 14 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 `Fidaysofla`. Parentage: Female, or
seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum
.times.morifolium identified as code number 83420, 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 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;
typically light brown in color, actual color of the roots is
dependent on substrate composition, water quality, fertilizer type
and formulation, substrate temperature and physiological age of
roots. Rooting habit.--Freely branching; dense. 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
form; moderately vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 20 cm.
Plant width.--About 31 cm. Main stem diameter.--About 5 mm.
Branching habit.--Freely branching habit; about twelve lateral
branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching). Lateral
branches.--Length: About 14.5 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode
length: About 1.5 cm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 45.degree.
from the main stem and then bending upwardly. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 139D. Leaf description:
Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 4.5 cm.
Width.--About 4.2 cm. Shape.--Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with
three to five lobes. Apex.--Broadly acuminate. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Slightly dentate and palmately lobed; sinuses between
lateral lobes divergent. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.--Fine
pubescence; slightly rough; veins prominent on lower surface.
Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 136B. Developing
leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B. Fully expanded leaves, upper
surface: Close to N137A; venation, close to 138B. Fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B; venation, close to 138C.
Petioles.--Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence; slightly rough. 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 96 inflorescences
developing per plant. Fragrance.--Mildly fragrant; pungent,
herbaceous. Flowering response.--Early season flowering habit,
plants exposed to natural season conditions begin flowering in mid
to late August in the United Kingdom; plants flower uniformly and
continuously. 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 7 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to
143A. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4.8 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 2 cm. Disc diameter.--About 6 mm.
Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Shape:
Conical. Color: Close to 145B. Ray florets.--Number of ray florets
per inflorescence: About 92 arranged in about six whorls.
Orientation: Initially upright, then about 75.degree. from
vertical. Length: About 2.2 cm. Width: About 7 mm. Shape: Ligulate.
Apex: Emarginate. Base: Fused into a short tube. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; double-keeled.
Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to 14A; towards the apex,
close to 46A. When opening, lower surface: Close to N34A; towards
the base, close to 9B. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 9C;
towards the apex, close to N34A; with development, color becoming
closer to 6B and towards the apex, close to 34B. Fully opened,
lower surface: Close to 9C; towards the apex, flushed with close to
34A; with development, color becoming closer to 6C and towards the
apex, flushed with close to 34C. Disc florets.--Number of disc
florets per inflorescence: About 70 massed at the center of the
receptacle. Length: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Shape:
Tubular, elongated; apices, acute. Texture, inner and outer
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, when opening: Apex: Close to
14A. Mid-section: Close to 1C. Base: Close to 155B. Color, fully
opened: Apex: Close to 14B. Mid-section: Close to 1B. Base: Close
to 155D. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About
20 arranged in about three whorls. Length: About 6 mm. Width: About
2 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; waxy. Texture, lower
surface: Fine pubescence; waxy. Color, upper surface: Close to
146A. Color, lower surface: Close to 146B. Peduncles.--Length,
terminal peduncle: About 2.2 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About
2 mm. Angle: About 40.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately
strong; flexible. Texture: Densely pubescence. Color: Close to
138B. Reproductive organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium:
Present only on ray florets. Pistil length: About 4 mm. Stigma
shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 14B. Style length: About 3
mm. Style color: Close to 1B. Ovary color: Close to 155D. 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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