USPP13447P2 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Pink Refocus’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named Pink Refocus characterized by its small sized blooms with pink ray florets and green-yellow disc florets.

Description

The present invention is related to the plants in the following co-pending applications:

	Application no.	Filing Date	Title
	09/149,300 (now U.S.	Sep. 9, 1998	Refocus
	Plant Patent No. 11,621)
	09/149,460 (now U.S.	Sep. 9, 1998	Red Refocus
	Plant Patent No. 11,664)
	09/149,657 (now U.S.	Sep. 9, 1998	White Refocus
	Plant Patent No. 11,675)

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention comprises a new and distinct ultivar of chrysanthemum plant that is a natural occurring sport of a parent chrysanthemum named Refocus. Parent chrysanthemum Refocus is also described in this application. The new cultivar was discovered as a whole plant mutation in May, 1993 by Rob Noodelijk in a greenhouse in Ter Aar, Holland.

The first act of asexual reproduction was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in August, 1993 in a controlled environment in Ter Aar, Holland.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum bearing small sized blooms with pink ray florets and green-yellow disc florets.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.

FIG. 1 shows the stem of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom and foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Dendranthema grandiflora. When grown in the vicinity of Ter Aar, Holland, it has a response time of approximately 8 weeks. This new variety produces small sized blooms with pink ray florets and green-yellow disc florets having a 3 week performance (i.e., vase life of 21 days). This new variety of chrysanthemum has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics throughout successive propagations. However, the phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as light intensity and temperature. To show a phenotype as described, Pink Refocus may be planted year round under greenhouse conditions in Holland.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish Pink Refocus as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances.

Botanical Description of Pink Refocus, Refocus, Red Refocus and
White Refocus

		Parent Cultivar
CULTIVAR	PINK REFOCUS	REFOCUS
Bud
Size	medium, cross section ±	medium, cross section ±
	1.2 cm, height ± 1.2 cm	1.2 cm, height ± 1.2 cm
Outside Color	red-purple 58B	red-purple 70A
Bloom
Size	Small	small
Fully Expanded	4½-5 cm	4-4½ cm
Borne	upper portion single	upper portion single
	flower per peduncle,	flower per peduncle,
	lower portion plural	lower portion plural
	flower per peduncle	flower per peduncle
Number of Blooms	average of 10	average of 10
(per single stem)
Peduncle Lengths	near the top ± 10 cm,	near the top ± 10 cm,
	near the middle 20 cm,	near the middle 20 cm,
	near the bottom 20 cm.	near the bottom 20 cm.
Peduncle Lateral	medium to strong	medium
Shoot, Attachment
Peduncle Lateral	30°-35°	30°-35°
Shoot, Angle
Form	single (daisy)	single (daisy)
Performance	good, 21 days	good, 21 days
	(18°-20° C.)	(18°-20° C.)
CULTIVAR	RED REFOCUS	WHITE REFOCUS
Bud
Size	small cross section ±	medium cross
	1.0 cm, height ± 1.2 cm	section ± 1.5 cm,
		height ± 1.0 cm
Outside Color	red 46B	yellow-orange 20D
Bloom
Size	small	small
Fully Expanded	4-4½ cm	3½-4 cm
Borne	upper portion single	upper portion single
	flower per peduncle,	flower per peduncle,
	lower portion plural	lower portion plural
	flower per peduncle	flower per peduncle
Number of Blooms	average of 10	average of 10
(per single stem)
Peduncle Lengths	near the top ± 10 cm,	near the top ± 10 cm,
	near the middle 20 cm,	near the middle 20 cm,
	near the bottom 20 cm.	near the bottom 20 cm.
Peduncle Lateral	medium	medium
Shoot, Attachment
Peduncle Lateral	30°	30°-35°
Shoot, Angle
Form	single (daisy)	single (daisy)
Performance	good, 21 days	good, 21 days
	(18°-20° C.)	(18°-20° C.)
		Parent Cultivar
CULTIVAR	PINK REFOCUS	REFOCUS
Color
Center of Flower/	yellow-green 144B at an	yellow-green 145A at
disc floret	early stage of	an early stage of
	florescence, mature	florescence, mature
	yellow-orange 14B	yellow-orange 14B
Color of upper sur-	near red-purple 58C	red-purple 71C
face of the majority
of the ray-florets
Color of the lower	red-purple 58C	purple violet 80 D
surface of the
majority of the
ray-florets
Tonality from	a small pink/purple	a small purple daisy
Distance	daisy
Discoloration	ray-florets to red-	ray-florets to red-
	purple 58D disc-floret	purple 72D disc-floret
	to yellow-orange 14B	to yellow-orange 14B
Pollen	yellow-orange 14A	yellow-orange 14A
Ray florets
Texture	upperside smooth,	upperside smooth,
	underside smooth	underside smooth
Number	38-45 (3 rows)	35-40 (2-3 rows)
Cross-section	concave	concave
Longitudinal axis	straight	Straight
of majority
Shape of tip	pointed	Pointed
Fragrance	typical chrysanthemum	Typical
		chrysanthemum
Disc Diameter	small to medium	Small to medium
	(1.0-1.2 cm)	(15.0-1.2 cm)
CULTIVAR	RED REFOCUS	WHITE REFOCUS
Color
Center of Flower/	yellow-green at an	yellow-green 144A at
disc floret	early stage of	an early stage of
	florescence, mature	florescence, mature
	yellow-orange 14B	yellow-orange 14B
Color of upper sur-	red 45A	pure white 155D
face of the majority		(but whiter)
of the ray-florets
Color of the lower	red 45C	pure white 155D
surface of the		(but whiter)
majority of the
ray-florets
Tonality from	a small red daisy	a clear white
Distance		small daisy
Discoloration	ray-florets to red 45C	ray floret none,
	disc-floret	disc florets
	to yellow-orange 14B	to yellow-orange 14B
Pollen	yellow-orange 14A	none
Ray florets
Texture	upperside smooth,	upperside smooth,
	underside smooth	underside smooth
Number	35-40 (2-3 rows)	22-26 (2 rows)
Cross-section	concave	convex (no keels)
Longitudinal axis	straight	reflexing
of majority
Shape of tip	pointed	rounded
Fragrance	typical chrysanthemum	typical chrysanthemum
Disc Diameter	small to medium	small to medium
	(1.0-1.2 cm)	(1.2-1.5 cm)
		Parent Cultivar
CULTIVAR	PINK REFOCUS	REFOCUS
Reproductive
Organs
Stamen (present in	yellow-green, thin,	Yellow-green, thin,
disc florets only)	±4 mm im length	±4 mm im length
Pollen	present, abundant	present, abundant
Styles (present in	yellow-green, thin	Yellow-green, thin
both ray and
disc florets)
Style Length	±4 mm	±4 mm
Stigmas	Yellow	yellow
Stigma Width	±1 mm	±1 mm
Ovaries	enclosed in calyx	enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form	spray mum meant for	spray mum meant for
	erect culture.	erect culture.
	Herbaceous	Herbaceous
Growth	short to medium	short to medium
Height	±100-105 cm	±95-100 cm
Stem Color	yellow-green 146B	yellow-green 146B
Stem Strength	strong	Strong
Stem Brittleness	absent	Present
Stem Anthocyanin	Present	Absent
Coloration
Internodes	short (1.5-2.0 cm)	short (1.5-2.0 cm)
Flowering Response	8 weeks	8 weeks
(photoperiodic con-
trolled crop, no
natural growing)
CULTIVAR	RED REFOCUS	WHITE REFOCUS
Reproductive
Organs
Stamen (present in	yellow-green, thin,	yellow-green, thin,
disc florets only)	±4 mm im length	±4 mm im length
Pollen	present, abundant	not present
Styles (present in	yellow-green, thin	yellow-green, thin
both ray and
disc florets)
Style Length	±4 mm	±4 mm
Stigmas	yellow	yellow
Stigma Width	±1 mm	±1 mm
Ovaries	enclosed in calyx	enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form	spray mum meant for	spray mum meant for
	erect culture.	erect culture.
	Herbaceous	Herbaceous
Growth	short to medium	short to medium
Height	±95-100 cm	±100-105 cm
Stem Color	yellow-green 146B	yellow-green 147B
Stem Strength	strong	strong
Stem Brittleness	absent	present
Stem Anthocyanin	present	present
Coloration
Internodes	short (1.5-2.0 cm)	short (1.5-2.0 cm)
Flowering Response	8 weeks	8 weeks
(photoperiodic con-
trolled crop, no
natural growing)
		Parent Cultivar
CULTIVAR	PINK REFOCUS	REFOCUS
Foliage
Color	Upperside yellow-	upperside yellow-
	green 147A	green 147A
	Underside yellow-	Underside yellow-
	green 147B	green 147B
Size	length 9 cm;	length 9 cm;
	width 6 cm	width 6 cm
Quantity (per	28-32	28-32
single stem)
Shape	egg-shaped	egg-shaped
Texture	Fleshy	Fleshy
Ribs and Veins	both ribs and veins	both ribs and veins
	well developed	well developed
Edge	Crenated	Crenated
Shape of Base of	Round	Round
Sinus Between
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus	Converging	Converging
Between Lateral
Lobes
Shape of Base	obtuse	rounded
Apex	Cuspidate	Mucronate
Year of Discovery	1993	1992
CULTIVAR	RED REFOCUS	WHITE REFOCUS
Foliage
Color	upperside yellow-	upperside yellow-
	green 147A	green 147A
	underside yellow-	underside yellow-
	green 147B	green 147B
Size	length 10 cm;	length 9 cm;
	width 7 cm	width 6 cm
Quantity (per	28-32	30-35
single stem)
Shape	egg-shaped	egg-shaped
Texture	fleshy	fleshy
Ribs and Veins	both ribs and veins	both ribs and veins
	well developed	well Developed
Edge	crenated	crenated
Shape of Base of	round	round
Sinus Between
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus	converging	converging
Between Lateral
Lobes
Shape of Base	truncated	truncated
Apex	mucronate	mucronate
Year of Discovery	1993	1995

Claims (1)

I claim:

1. A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

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