U.S. patent number PP28,638 [Application Number 14/757,069] was granted by the patent office on 2017-11-14 for chrysanthemum plant named `fidmerbrobimp`.
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 |
PP28,638 |
Wain |
November 14, 2017 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fidmerbrobimp`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fidmerbrobimp`, characterized by its upright to outwardly
spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to
vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant
form; uniform and freely flowering habit; 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 |
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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.: |
14/757,069 |
Filed: |
November 11, 2015 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20170135271 P1 |
May 11, 2017 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/290 |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
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;PLT/290,287 |
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cover page, pp. 6-7. cited by examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fidmerbrobimp` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FIDMERBROBIMP`.
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 `Fidmerbrobimp`.
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 to mid-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 G0004, not
patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code
number 83524, 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 `Fidmerbrobimp`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fidmerbrobimp` as
a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant: 1. Upright to outwardly
spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit. 2. Moderately vigorous
to 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 orange bronze-colored ray
florets. 6. Mid-season flowering habit, grown under natural season
conditions, plants flower in early to mid-September 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. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more
mounding than and not as upright as 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 golden 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 ray floret color as plants
of the male parent selection have inflorescences with pink-colored
ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium `Daybreak Dark Bronze`, not
patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fareham,
Hampshire, United Kingdom, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed
from plants of `Daybreak Dark Bronze` in the following
characteristics: 1. Grown under natural season conditions, plants
of the new Chrysanthemum flowered later than plants of `Daybreak
Dark Bronze`. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger
inflorescences than plants of `Daybreak Dark Bronze`.
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
`Fidmerbrobimp` 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 `Fidmerbrobimp`. Parentage: Female,
or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number G0004, not
patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Chrysanthemum.times.morifolium identified as code number 83524, 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; medium density to
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 to vigorous growth habit.
Plant height.--About 23 cm. Plant width.--About 31 cm. Main stem
diameter.--About 5 mm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit;
about 16 lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex
(pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 9 cm. Diameter: About
3 mm. Internode length: About 9 mm. Strength: Moderately strong.
Aspect: About 85.degree. from vertical. Texture: Fine pubescence.
Color: Close to 147C. Leaf description: Arrangement.--Alternate,
simple. Length.--About 5.6 cm. Width.--About 4.5 cm.
Shape.--Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with three to five lobes.
Apex.--Broadly acuminate to mucronate. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Slightly dentate and palmately lobed; sinuses between
lateral lobes divergent. Texture, upper surface.--Fine pubescence;
slightly rough. Texture, lower surface.--Fine pubescence; veins
prominent on lower surface. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 137A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to
147B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B;
venation, close to 138B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 147B; venation, close to 138B. Petioles.--Length: About
2.1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper surface: Fine
pubescence; slightly rough. Texture, lower surface: Fine
pubescence. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 138B.
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 73 inflorescences
developing per plant. Fragrance.--Mildly fragrant; pungent,
herbaceous. Flowering response.--Mid-season flowering habit, plants
exposed to natural season conditions begin flowering in early to
mid-September 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 3 mm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to
137B. Inflorescence diameter.--About 5 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 1.5 cm. Receptacles.--Height: About 4 mm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Shape: Conical. Color: Close to 145B. Ray
florets.--Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About 203
arranged in about ten whorls. Orientation: Initially upright, then
about 45.degree. from vertical. Length: About 1.9 cm. Width: About
5 mm. Shape: Ligulate. Apex: Rounded and 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 N163C; towards the margins, close to 169A.
When opening, lower surface: Close to 42B. Fully opened, upper
surface: Close to N163C; towards the margins, close to 169A; with
development, color becoming closer to N163D. Fully opened, lower
surface: Close to 173B; with development, color becoming closer to
173C. Disc florets.--Disc floret development has not been observed
on plants of the new Chrysanthemum. Phyllaries.--Number of
phyllaries per inflorescence: About 24 arranged in about three
whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 3 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 146B. Color, lower surface:
Close to 146A. Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 5.5 cm.
Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: Erect to about
45.degree. from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong; flexible.
Texture: Dense 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 13A. Style length: About 3 mm. Style color: Close
to 160A. Ovary color: Close to 157C. 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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