U.S. patent number PP31,158 [Application Number 15/732,516] was granted by the patent office on 2019-12-03 for chrysanthemum plant named `fichryrainsun`.
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 |
PP31,158 |
Wain |
December 3, 2019 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Fichryrainsun`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Fichryrainsun`, 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; large semi-decorative type
inflorescences with red and yellow bi-colored ray florets; response
time about 51 days under controlled photoperiodic treatments; and
good postproduction longevity.
Inventors: |
Wain; Peter (Locks Heath,
GB) |
Applicant: |
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DUMMEN GROUP B.V. |
De Lier |
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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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15/732,516 |
Filed: |
November 21, 2017 |
Prior Publication Data
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US 20180146603 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/286 |
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/286,298 |
Primary Examiner: Hwu; June
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Fichryrainsun` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum X morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `FICHRYRAINSUN`.
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 65712 in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.
62/497,574 and hereinafter referred to by the name
`Fichryrainsun`.
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
potted Chrysanthemum plants with numerous attractive
inflorescences.
The new Chrysanthemum plant originated from a cross-pollination
made in January, 2013 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 807341, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X
morifolium identified as code number 87333, 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, 2013.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2013. 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 `Fichryrainsun`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Fichryrainsun` 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. Large semi-decorative
type inflorescences with red and yellow bi-colored ray florets. 6.
Response time about 51 days under controlled photoperiodic
treatments. 7. Good postproduction longevity.
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 the
following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
flower about three days later 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 pink and white bi-colored ray
florets.
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 about
five days 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 solid red-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum X morifolium `Breeze Cardinal`, not patented. In
side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ
primarily from plants of `Breeze Cardinal` in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower about
five days later than plants of `Breeze Cardinal`. 2. Plants of the
new Chrysanthemum and `Breeze Cardinal` differ in ray floret color
as plants of `Breeze Cardinal` have inflorescences with solid
red-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
`Fichryrainsun` grown in a 14-cm container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the spring 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 two weeks and
then grown under short day/long night conditions to induce
inflorescence initiation and development. Plants were nine 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
`Fichryrainsun`. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium identified as code number
807341, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary
selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium identified as code number
87333, 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 two weeks 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 semi-decorative type potted
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 19 cm.
Plant width.--About 34 cm. Branching habit.--Freely branching
habit; about four primary lateral branches develop after removal of
terminal apex (pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 12 cm.
Diameter: About 4 mm. Internode length: About 1.3 cm. Strength:
Strong. Aspect: About 60.degree. from vertical and then bending
upwardly. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 146B. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 6.2
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 mostly divergent. Texture, upper and
lower surfaces.--Fine pubescence; slightly rough; veins prominent
on lower surface. Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close
to N137A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C. Fully
expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to N137A; venation, close to
146B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B;
venation, close to 146B. Petioles.--Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter:
About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Fine pubescence;
slightly rough. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146B.
Inflorescence description: Form and flowering
habit.--Semi-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 24
inflorescences developing per plant during the flowering season.
Fragrance.--Mildly fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering
response.--Plants flower uniformly about 51 days after starting
short day/long night photoperiodic treatments. Inflorescence
longevity.--Good postproduction longevity; inflorescences maintain
good color and substance for about two to three weeks on the plant;
inflorescences persistent. Inflorescence buds.--Height: About 5 mm.
Diameter: About 8 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 138A.
Inflorescence diameter.--Large, about 8 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 2.8 cm. Disc diameter.--About 1.5 cm.
Receptacles.--Height: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 6 mm. Shape:
Conical. Color: Close to 145B. Ray florets.--Number of ray florets
per inflorescence: About 25 arranged in about two whorls.
Orientation: Initially upright, then about 45.degree. from
vertical. Length: About 3 cm. Width: About 9 mm. Shape: Ligulate.
Apex: Mammillate. Base: Fused into a short tube. Margin: Entire.
Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; double-keeled.
Color: When opening, upper surface: Center and distally, close to
187C and towards the base, 14B. When opening, lower surface: Center
and distally, close to 187C and towards the base, 13B. Fully
opened, upper surface: Center and distally, close to 53A and
towards the base, 23B; with development, colors becoming closer to
187C and 14B. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 183C and 7B;
with development, colors becoming closer to 187C and 13B. Disc
florets.--Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 160
massed at the center of the receptacle. Length: About 6 mm.
Diameter: About 1 mm. Shape: Tubular, elongated; apices, acute.
Texture, inner and outer surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color, when
opening and fully opened: Apex: Close to 9A. Mid-section: Close to
145A. Base: Close to 157D. Phyllaries.--Number of phyllaries per
inflorescence: About 25 arranged in about two whorls. Length: About
9 mm. Width: About 3 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Obtuse. Base:
Obtuse. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;
waxy. Texture, lower surface: Fine pubescence; waxy. Color, upper
and lower surfaces: Close to 137C. Peduncles.--Length, terminal
peduncle: About 2 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm.
Angle: Erect to about 20.degree. from vertical. Strength:
Moderately strong. Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close to 138A.
Reproductive organs.--Androecium: None observed. Gynoecium: Present
only on ray florets. Pistil length: About 6 mm. Stigma shape:
Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 7A. Style length: About 0.4 mm.
Style color: Close to 145B. Ovary color: Close to 1D. 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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