U.S. patent number PP31,591 [Application Number 16/350,605] was granted by the patent office on 2020-03-24 for chrysanthemum plant named `domdayyel`.
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 |
PP31,591 |
Wain |
March 24, 2020 |
Chrysanthemum plant named `Domdayyel`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named
`Domdayyel`, 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 bright yellow-colored ray florets; early season
flowering habit, grown under natural season conditions, plants
begin flowering in early 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 |
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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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66696616 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/350,605 |
Filed: |
December 7, 2018 |
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US 20190183018 P1 |
Jun 13, 2019 |
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Application
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62708405 |
Dec 8, 2017 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/289 |
Current CPC
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A01H
6/1424 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/14 (20180101) |
Field of
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;PLT/289 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named `Domdayyel` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum X morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: `DOMDAYYEL`.
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 66564 in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.
62/708,405 and hereinafter referred to by the name `Domdayyel`.
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
garden Chrysanthemum plants with numerous attractive
inflorescences.
The new Chrysanthemum plant originated from a cross-pollination
made in January, 2012 by the Inventor in Fareham, Hampshire, United
Kingdom of a proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 83327, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X
morifolium identified as code number 802244, 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, 2012.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by terminal
vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Fareham, Hampshire,
United Kingdom in December, 2012. 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 `Domdayyel`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Domdayyel` 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 bright yellow-colored ray
florets. 6. Early season flowering habit, grown under natural
season conditions, plants begin flowering in early 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 the
following characteristics: 1. 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 new Chrysanthemum have
inflorescences with bright yellow-colored ray florets whereas
plants of the female parent selection have inflorescences with dark
yellow-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 earlier
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 new Chrysanthemum have inflorescences with
bright yellow-colored ray florets whereas plants of the male parent
selection have inflorescences with bronze and yellow bi-colored ray
florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of
Chrysanthemum X morifolium `Sunbeam Yellow`, not patented. In
side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ
primarily from plants of `Sunbeam Yellow` in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are larger than
plants of `Sunbeam Yellow`. 2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum
flower earlier than plants of `Sunbeam Yellow`.
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
`Domdayyel` grown in a container.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and
measurements describe plants grown during the summer 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 `Domdayyel`. Parentage: Female, or seed,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 83327, not patented. Male, or pollen,
parent.--Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum X morifolium
identified as code number 802244, 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; sparse. Plant description: Plant and
growth habit.--Herbaceous decorative-type garden Chrysanthemum;
stems upright to outwardly spreading giving a uniformly broadly
mounded appearance to the plant; numerous lateral branches and
relatively short internodes, dense and full plant form; moderately
vigorous growth habit and medium growth rate. Plant height.--About
26 cm. Plant width.--About 42 cm. Branching habit.--Freely
branching habit; about five lateral branches develop after removal
of terminal apex (pinching). Lateral branches.--Length: About 18
cm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Internode length: About 7 mm. Strength:
Strong. Aspect: About 85.degree. from vertical and then bending
upwardly. Texture: Fine pubescence. Color: Close to 146D. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 4.3
cm. Width.--About 3.5 cm. Shape.--Palmately-lobed; roughly ovate
with three to five lobes. Apex.--Cuspidate. Base.--Attenuate.
Margin.--Slightly dentate and palmately lobed; sinuses between
lateral lobes mostly divergent. Texture, upper surface.--Fine
pubescence; rough. Texture, lower surface.--Fine pubescent;
slightly rough; veins prominent. Venation pattern.--Pinnate.
Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A. Developing
leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C. Fully expanded leaves, upper
surface: Close to 138A; venation, close to 144D. Fully expanded
leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B; venation, close to 144D.
Petioles.--Length: About 1.6 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture,
upper surface: Fine pubescence; rough. Texture, lower surface: Fine
pubescent; slightly rough. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close
to 144D. 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.--Fragrant; pungent, herbaceous. Flowering
response.--Early season flowering habit, plants exposed to natural
season conditions begin flowering in early 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 6 mm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to
138A. Inflorescence diameter.--About 4.5 cm. Inflorescence
height.--About 1.3 cm. Disc diameter.--Not conspicuous.
Receptacles.--Height: About 2 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape:
Oblate. Color: Close to 144C. Ray florets.--Number of ray florets
per inflorescence: About 140 arranged in about 13 whorls.
Orientation: Initially upright, then about 85.degree. from
vertical; weakly convex. Length: About 2.1 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 and fully opened,
upper surface: Close to 9A; color becoming closer to 8A with
development. When opening and fully opened, lower surface: Close to
9A; color becoming closer to 8B with development. Disc
florets.--Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 40 massed
at the center of the receptacle; inconspicuous. Length: About 4 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 13A. Mid-section: Close to
13C. Base: Close to 13B. Phyllaries.--Number ofphyllaries per
inflorescence: About 28 arranged in about two whorls. Length: About
8 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
and lower surfaces: Close to 138A. Peduncles.--Length, terminal
peduncle: About 4 cm. Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 2 mm.
Angle: Erect to about 15.degree. from vertical. Strength:
Moderately strong; flexible. Texture: Densely pubescent. Color:
Close to 146B. 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 3 mm. Style color: Close to 1B. Ovary color: Close to 155C.
Seeds and fruits.--To date, seed and fruit production has not been
observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum. Pathogen & pest
resistance: To date, 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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