USPP17122P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Lipsi’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Lipsi’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with salmon ray florets and prolific branching, natural season flower date August 23-30; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Lipsi’ 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 23-30; blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant ‘Lipsi’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing program, 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 Netherlands in 2001. The first act of asexual production of ‘Lipsi’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the intial selection in 2001 in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, 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 accompying 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 Netherlands under natural day length and temperature and planted week 24 in 2004. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 23-30 (week 35). The average height of the plants was 25 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on color or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with salmon ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Lipsi’ is ‘Stella’ (U.S. Plant Pat. Nos. 15, 421). When ‘Stella’ and ‘Lipsi’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: The differences of ‘Stella’ and ‘Lipsi’ are (1) Color ray-florets. The flowers of ‘Stella’ are more salmon colored than those of ‘Lipsi’ which have an orange hue in its soft colored florets. (2) Width ray-florets. The ray-florets of ‘Stella’ wider than those of ‘Lipsi’. (3) Natural blooming date. Under natural conditions, ‘Lipsi’ flowers earlier than ‘Stella’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Lipsi’ 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 tolerance. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, edition 1995.

TABLE 1
Botanical Description of chrysanthemum plant ‘LIPSI’

Bud
Size	Small; cross-section 0.5 cm,
	height 0.7 cm
Outside Color	Yellow-green 145C
Involucral bracts	2 rows, length 7 mm, width 3 mm
Involucral bracts among	Not present
disc-florets
Involucral bracts color	Green 138A
Bloom
Type	Decorative
Height	1.5 cm
Size	Medium
Fully Expanded	5.5 cm
Peduncle length	9-12 cm
Peduncle color	Yellow-green 146C
Number of blooms per branch	Approx. 5-6 blooms per branch
Performance on the plant	5 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-yellow 162C
	Mature Yellow-orange 23C
Color of upper surface of the	Greyed-orange 174D to Orange 24D
ray-florets
Color of the lower surface of the	Greyed-orange 163D at base
ray-florets	blending to Greyed-orange 173D at
	tip
Tonality from Distance	A garden mum with salmon flowers
Discoloration to color	Greyed-orange 164D to
	Greyed-orange 173D
Ray florets
Texture	Upper and under side smooth
Number	160-180
Cross-section	Flat
Longitudinal axis of majority	Straight
Length of corolla tube	0.3 cm
Ray-floret margin	Entire
Ray-floret length	2.5 cm
Ray-floret width	0.4 cm
Ratio length/width	High
Shape of tip	Pointed
Disc florets
Disc diameter	0.3-0.4 cm
Distribution of disc florets	Few, only visible in mature stage
Shape	Tubular
Color	Yellow 11D at base to
	Yellow-orange 23C at top
Receptacle shape	Conical raised
Reproductive Organs
Stamen	Present in disc florets only
Stamen color	Yellow-green 144A
Pollen	Present
Pollen color	Yellow 7A
Styles	Thick
Style color	Yellow 13A
Style Length	0.4 cm
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 shape
Growth rate	Medium
Height	25 cm
Width	35 cm
Stem Color	Greyed-brown 199C
Stem Strength	Strong
Stem Brittleness	Not brittle
Stem Anthocyanin Coloration	Absent
Internode length	3-4 cm
Length of lateral branch	From top to bottom 18 cm
Lateral branch color	Yellow-green 146D
Lateral branch, attachment	Medium strength
Branching (average number of	Good with 6-8 breaks after pinching
lateral branches)
Natural season blooming date	August 23-30
Foilage
Leaf color	Upper side Green 139A
	Lower side Green 138A
Color midvein	Upper side Yellow-green 148D
	Lower side Yellow-green 147D
Size	Small.; length 4.5-6 cm,
	width 2-3.5 cm
Quantity (number per lateral	15
branch)
Shape	Elliptic
Texture upper side	Glabrous
Texture under side	Pubescent
Venation arrangement	Palmate
Shape of the margin	Serrated
Shape of Base of Sinus Between	Rounded
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus Between Lateral	Diverging
Lobes
Shape of Base	Acute
Apex	Mucronulate
Petiole length	1-2 cm
Petiole color	Yellow-green 148D

TABLE 2
Differences with the comparison varieties

	‘Lipsi’	‘Stella’

Color upper surface ray-florets	Greyed-orange 174D to	Orange 29C
	Orange 24D
Width ray-florets	0.4 cm	0.7 cm
Start blooming date	Week 35	Week 38-39
(planted in week 24)

Claims (1)

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

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