U.S. patent number PP30,884 [Application Number 15/732,522] was granted by the patent office on 2019-09-17 for chrysanthemum plant named `fichrymerchepu`.
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 |
PP30,884 |
Wain |
September 17, 2019 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fichrymerchepu`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fichrymerchepu`, 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; medium-sized
decorative-type inflorescences with dark red purple-colored ray
florets; mid-season flowering habit, grown under natural season
conditions, plants begin flowering in early to mid-September 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.
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15/732,522 |
Filed: |
November 21, 2017 |
Prior Publication Data
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US 20180146593 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/287 |
Current CPC
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A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
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A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/14 (20180101) |
Field of
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;PLT/287,292,293 |
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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 `Fichrymerchepu` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum X morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FICHRYMERCHEPU`.
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 65772 in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.
62/497,474 and hereinafter referred to by the name
`Fichrymerchepu`.
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
mid-season flowering garden Chrysanthemum plants with numerous
attractive inflorescences.
The new Chrysanthemum plant originated from a cross-pollination
made in January, 2009 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of an unidentified selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium,
not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unidentified
selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium, 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, 2009.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2009. 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 `Fichrymerchepu`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fichrymerchepu`
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.
Medium-sized decorative-type inflorescences with dark red
purple-colored ray florets. 6. Mid-season flowering habit, grown
under natural season conditions, plants begin flowering 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 and male parent selections. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in time to
flower as plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower earlier than
plants of the parent selections.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum X morifolium `Fichryevenpur`, disclosed in U.S. Plant
patent application Ser. No. 15/732,504. In side-by-side
comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from
plants of `Fichryevenpur` in time to flower as plants of the new
Chrysanthemum flower earlier than plants of `Fichryevenpur`. In
addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum have slightly larger
inflorescences than plants of `Fichryevenpur`.
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
`Fichrymerchepu` grown in a 14-cm container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and 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 about five 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 `Fichrymerchepu`. Parentage: Female, or
seed, parent.--Unidentified selection of Chrysanthemum X
morifolium, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Unidentified
selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium, 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.--Medium in thickness, 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
20 cm. Plant width.--About 34 cm. Branching habit.--Freely
branching habit; about 17 lateral branches develop after removal of
terminal apex (pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 18 cm.
Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode length: About 1 cm. Strength:
Strong. Aspect: About 45.degree. from vertical and then bending
upwardly. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 143C. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 4 cm.
Width.--About 3.2 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 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 146A; venation, close to
146B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 139C;
venation, close to 146B. Petioles.--Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter:
About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence;
slightly rough. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146B.
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 221 inflorescences
developing per plant during the flowering season.
Fragrance.--Strongly 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 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
137C. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 1.5 cm. Receptacles.--Height: About 2 mm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Shape: Conical. Color: Close to 145B. Ray
florets.--Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About 96
arranged in about eight whorls. Orientation: Initially upright,
then about 70.degree. from vertical. Length: About 1.4 cm. Width:
About 6 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 64A. When opening, lower surface: Close to 70B.
Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 72A; with development, color
becoming closer to 70A. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to N78C;
color does not change with development. Disc florets.--Disc floret
initiation and development has not been observed on plants of the
new Chrysanthemum to date. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per
inflorescence: About 18 arranged in about three whorls. Length:
About 6 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 143A. Color, lower surface: Close to
137C. Peduncles.--Length, terminal peduncle: About 3.9 cm.
Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm. Angle: Erect to about
10.degree. from vertical. Strength: Strong; flexible. Texture:
Densely pubescent. Color: Close to 137D. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium: Present only on ray
florets. Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma
color: Close to 9B. Style length: About 1 mm. Style color: Close to
1B. Ovary color: Close to NN155A. 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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