U.S. patent number PP30,457 [Application Number 15/732,514] was granted by the patent office on 2019-04-30 for chrysanthemum plant named `fichrysunfla`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Dummen Group B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is DUMMEN GROUP B.V.. Invention is credited to Peter Wain.
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United States Patent |
PP30,457 |
Wain |
April 30, 2019 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fichrysunfla`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fichrysunfla`, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading
and uniformly and broadly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous
growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant form;
uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences
with orange red and yellow-colored ray florets; early to mid-season
flowering habit, grown under natural season conditions, plants
begin flowering in mid to late August in the United Kingdom; and
good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Locks Heath,
GB) |
Applicant: |
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DUMMEN GROUP B.V. |
De Lier |
N/A |
NL |
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Assignee: |
Dummen Group B.V. (De Lier,
NL)
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Family
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62147403 |
Appl.
No.: |
15/732,514 |
Filed: |
November 21, 2017 |
Prior Publication Data
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US 20180146602 P1 |
May 24, 2018 |
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Application
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62497574 |
Nov 22, 2016 |
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Current U.S.
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PLT/295 |
Current CPC
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A01H
6/1424 (20180501); A01H 5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/14 (20180101) |
Field of
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;PLT/286,295,296 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fichrysunfla` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum X morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FICHRYSUNFLA`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct Chrysanthemum
plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum X morifolium,
commercially grown as a garden Chrysanthemum plant, referred to as
code number 65771 in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.
62/497,574 and hereinafter referred to by the name
`Fichrysunfla`.
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 X morifolium
identified as code number 802244, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X
morifolium identified as code number 802436, 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 `Fichrysunfla`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fichrysunfla` as
a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant: 1. Upright to outwardly
spreading and uniformly and broadly mounded plant habit. 2.
Moderately vigorous growth habit. 3. Freely branching habit; dense
and full plant form. 4. Uniform and freely flowering habit. 5.
Decorative-type inflorescences with orange red and yellow-colored
ray florets. 6. Early to mid-season flowering habit, grown under
natural season conditions, plants begin flowering 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
primarily from plants of the female parent selection in time to
flower as plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower earlier than
plants of the female parent selection.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the
male parent selection. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ
primarily from plants of the male parent selection in the following
characteristics: 1. 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 inflorescences
with pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum X morifolium `Fichrydayor`, disclosed in U.S. Plant
patent application Ser. No. 15/732,507, filed concurrently. In
side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ
primarily from plants of `Fichrydayor` in time to flower as plants
of the new Chrysanthemum flower later than plants of `Fichrydayor`.
In addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum and `Fichrydayor`
differ in ray floret color as plants of `Fichrydayor` have
inflorescences with bronze orange-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 top perspective view of a typical flowering
plant of `Fichrysunfla` grown in a 14-cm container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the summer and early
autumn 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 about
six weeks (including propagation period) and then grown under short
day/long night conditions to induce inflorescence initiation and
development. Plants were twelve 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 X morifolium `Fichrysunfla`. Parentage: Female, or
seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 802244, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 802436, 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. Plant description: Plant
and growth habit.--Herbaceous decorative-type garden Chrysanthemum;
stems upright to outwardly spreading giving a uniformly and broadly
mounded appearance to the plant; numerous lateral branches and
relatively short internodes, dense and full plant form; moderately
vigorous growth habit. Plant height.--About 22 cm. Plant
width.--About 41 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching habit;
about 15 lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex
(pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 17 cm. Diameter: About
3 mm. Internode length: About 2 cm. Strength: Strong. Aspect: About
80.degree. from vertical and then bending upwardly. Texture: Fine
pubescence. Color: Close to 143C. Leaf description:
Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 5.1 cm.
Width.--About 3.8 cm. Shape.--Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate with
three to five lobes. Apex.--Mucronate. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Slightly dentate and palmately lobed; sinuses between
lateral lobes mostly divergent. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Fine pubescence; slightly rough; veins prominent on
lower surface. Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to
137A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C. Fully
expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A; venation, close to
146B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 138A;
venation, close to 146C. Petioles.--Length: About 1.8 cm. Diameter:
About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence;
slightly rough. Color, upper surface: Close to 146B. Color, upper
surface: Close to 146C. 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 375
inflorescences developing per plant during the flowering season.
Fragrance.--Strongly fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering
response.--Early to mid-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 during
the flowering season. 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
143A. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4.4 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 1.7 cm. Disc diameter.--Inconspicious.
Receptacles.--Height: About 3 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape:
Conical. Color: Close to 149B. Ray florets.--Number of ray florets
per inflorescence: About 138 arranged in about eight whorls.
Orientation: Initially upright, then about 80.degree. from
vertical. Length: About 1.7 cm. Width: About 5 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 and lower surfaces: Close to 31B;
towards the base, close to 9A and 13C. Fully opened, upper surface:
Close to 13A; with development, color becoming closer to 7A. Fully
opened, lower surface: Close to 39B; with development, color
becoming closer to 11B and distally, closer to 31C. Disc
florets.--Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 8 massed
at the center of the receptacle; inconspicuous. Length: About 5 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 13B. Base: Close
to 1B. Color, fully opened: Apex: Close to 9A. Mid-section: Close
to 2C. Base: Close to 2B. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per
inflorescence: About 18 arranged in about three whorls. Length:
About 7 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Acute.
Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth,
glabrous; waxy. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence; waxy.
Color, upper surface: Close to 143B. Color, lower surface: Close to
143A. Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 3.3 cm.
Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: Erect to about
5.degree. from vertical. Strength: Strong. Texture: Densely
pubescent. Color: Close to 147A. Reproductive organs.--Androecium:
None observed. Gynoecium: Present only on ray florets. Pistil
length: About 4 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to
9A. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 4A. Ovary
color: Close to 155A. Seeds and fruits.--Seed and fruit production
has not been observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum to date.
Disease & pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests
common to Chrysanthemum plants has not been observed on plants of
the new Chrysanthemum to date. 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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