USPP16671P2 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Homer’ - Google Patents

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USPP16671P2
USPP16671P2 US11/020,258 US2025804V USPP16671P2 US PP16671 P2 USPP16671 P2 US PP16671P2 US 2025804 V US2025804 V US 2025804V US PP16671 P2 USPP16671 P2 US PP16671P2
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  • ‘Homer’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new chrysanthemum cultivars with a decorative type flower, a natural season flower date around August 16-23; blooming for a period of 6 weeks.
  • the new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant ‘Homer’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing program, which was set up by a previous breeder, and which records are unknown to the inventor.
  • the new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Mark Roland Boeder on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlans in 2001.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.
  • FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the new cultivar.
  • FIG. 3 shows the foliage of the new cultivar.
  • This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum morifolium L.
  • the observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlans under natural day length and temperature and planted week 24 in 2004.
  • the natural blooming date of this crop was August 16-23 (week 34).
  • the average height of the plants was 25 cms.
  • No growth retardants were used.
  • No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility.
  • No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance.
  • This new variety produces medium sized orange blooms flowering for a period of 6 weeks.

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A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Homer’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with orange ray florets and good branching natural season flower date August 16-23; blooming for a period of 6 weeks.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
‘Homer’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new chrysanthemum cultivars with a decorative type flower, a natural season flower date around August 16-23; blooming for a period of 6 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant ‘Homer’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing program, which was set up by a previous breeder, and which records are unknown to the inventor. The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Mark Roland Boeder on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlans in 2001. The first act of asexual production of ‘Homer’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in 2001 in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlans, and propagated further at this location. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.
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 a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.
FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the new cultivar.
FIG. 3 shows the foliage of the new cultivar.
 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum morifolium L. The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlans under natural day length and temperature and planted week 24 in 2004. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 16-23 (week 34). The average height of the plants was 25 cms. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized orange blooms flowering for a period of 6 weeks.
From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivars in comparison to ‘Homer’ are ‘Beryl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,416) and ‘Hector’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,404). When ‘Homer’, ‘Beryl’ and ‘Hector’ are being compared the following similarities and differences are noticed: All three varieties have medium sized decorative type orange blooms. The differences of ‘Homer’ and ‘Beryl’ and ‘Hector’ are (1) Number of ray-florets. ‘Homer’ has a higher number of ray-florets than ‘Beryl’ and ‘Hector’. (2) Size of bloom. Because of this high number in ‘Homer’, its blooms are large and more spherical shaped than those in ‘Beryl’ and ‘Hector’.
The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Homer’ 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. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, edition 1995.
TABLE 1
Botanical Description of chrysanthemum plant ‘HOMER’
Bud
Size Small; cross-section 0.5 cm,
height 0.5 cm
Outside Color Yellow-green 145D
Involucral bracts 2 rows, length 7 mm, width 3 mm
Involucral bracts among disc-florets Not present
Involucral bracts color Green 138A-138B
Bloom
Type Decorative
Height 2 cm
Size Medium
Fully Expanded 5.5 cm
Peduncle length 6-7 cm
Peduncle color Green 139C
Number of blooms per branch Approx. 6 blooms per branch
Performance on the plant 6 weeks
Seeds Produced in small quantities,
ovate grey-brown 199A,
1½ mm in length.
Fragrance Typical chrysanthemum, slightly
Color
Center of the flower Immature Greyed-orange 171B
Mature Greyed-orange 168B
Color of upper surface of the ray- Yellow-orange 17D overlain with
florets Greyed-orange 167C
Color of the lower surface of the Greyed-orange 164C overlain with
ray-florets Greyed-orange 167C
Tonality from Distance A garden mum with orange flowers
Discoloration to color Greyed-yellow 162B with
Greyed-orange 164B
Ray florets
Texture Upper and under side smooth
Number 280-300
Cross-section Flat
Longitudinal axis of majority Straight
Length of corolla tube 0.5 cm
Ray-floret margin Entire
Ray-floret length 2.5 cm
Ray-floret width 0.6 cm
Ratio length/width Medium
Shape of tip Dentate
Disc florets Absent
Receptacle shape Conical raised
Reproductive Organs
Stamen Absent
Styles Thick
Style color Yellow 13A
Style Length 4 mm
Stigma color Yellow-green 144A
Stigma Width 1 mm
Ovaries Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form Grown as a spray type potmum,
outdoor mounded and round
Growth habit Spherical and spreading
Growth rate Medium
Height 30 cm
Width 35 cm
Stem Color Green 138B with streaks of
Greyed-red 182B
Stem Strength Medium
Stem Brittleness Brittle
Stem Anthocyanin Coloration Present
Internode length 2-25 cm
Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 13 cm
Lateral branch color Green 138B-138C
Lateral branch, attachment Weak
Branching (average number of Good with 8-10 breaks
lateral branches) after pinching
Natural season blooming date August 16-23
Foliage
Leaf color Upper side Green 138A
Lower side Green 138B
Color midvein Upper side Green 139D
Lower side Yellow-green 148D
Size Medium; length 4-6 cm,
width 2.5-4 cm
Quantity (number per lateral 20
branch)
Shape Obovate
Texture upper side Glabrous
Texture under side Pubescent
Venation arrangement Palmate
Shape of the margin Serrated
Shape of Base or Sinus Between Rounded
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus Between Lateral Diverging
Lobes
Shape of Base Acute-obtuse
Apex Mucronulate
Petiole length 1-2 cm
Petiole color Green 139D
TABLE 2
Differences with the comparison varieties
‘Homer’ ‘Beryl’ ‘Hector’
Bloom type Decorative Decorative Decorative
Color upper side Yellow-orange Orange 26C Orange-red 34C
ray-florets 17D and
Greyed-orange
167C
Number of 280-300 250 250
ray-florets
Size of bloom 5.5 cm 4.5 cm 5.5. cm

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