USPP17371P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Effie’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Effie’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray florets and yellow center and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 11-15; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Effie’ 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 daisy type flower, a natural season flower date around August 11-15 blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant ‘Effie’ is a seedling resulting from the open pollination among groups of chrysanthemum cultivars maintained under the control of the inventor for breeding purposes. The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as one flowering plant by Mark Roland Boeder on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout Holland in August 2001. The plant has been asexually reproduced by cuttings in greenhouses at Rijsenhout Holland. 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 and foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum morifolium. The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, Holland under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2002. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 11-16 (week 33). 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 blooms with purple ray florets and a yellow center blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Effie’ is ‘Amphion’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,271). When ‘Amphion’ and ‘Effie’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: The differences of ‘Amphion’ and ‘Effie’ are (1) Flower size. Flower size of ‘Amphion’ is small, while that of ‘Effie’ is medium. (2) Number of ray-florets. The number of ray-florets of ‘Amphion’ is smaller than that of ‘Effie’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Effie’ 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 cultivar ‘Effie’

Bud
Size	Small; cross-section 0.7 cm, height 0.7 cm
Outside Color	Red-purple 70D
Involucral bracts	2 rows, length 7 mm, width 3 mm
Involucral bracts	Not present
among disc-florets
Involucral bracts color	Green 139C
Bloom
Type	Daisy
Size	Medium
Fully Expanded	4.5 cm
Peduncle length	4 cm
Peduncle color	Green 139C
Number of blooms	Approx. 7 blooms per branch
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 Red-purple 70A
	Mature Yellow 13A
Color of upper surface	Red-purple 70A
of the ray-florets
Color of the lower	Purple 78C
surface of the ray-florets
Tonality from Distance	A garden mum with purple flowers and
	a yellow disc
Color of upper side	Red-purple 70C
ray-florets at
aging of the plant
Ray florets
Texture	Upper and under side smooth
Number	200-220
Cross-section	Flat
Longitudinal axis	Reflexing
of majority
Length of corolla tube	0.5 cm
Ray-floret margin	Entire
Ray-floret length	2.1 cm
Ray-floret width	0.6 cm
Ratio length/width	Medium
Shape of tip	Rounded
Disc florets
Disc diameter	1 cm
Distribution of	Numerous, clearly visible in mature stage
disc florets
Shape	Tubular
Color	Yellow-green 145C
Receptacle shape	Domed Raised
Reproductive Organs
Stamen	Present in disc florets only
Stamen color	Yellow-green 144A
Pollen	Produced in large quantities
Pollen color	Yellow 7A
Styles	Thin
Style color	Yellow 13A
Style Length	3 mm
Stigma color	Yellow-green 144A
Stigma Width	1 mm
Ovaries	Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form	A garden mum outdoor mounded and round
Growth habit	Spreading
Growth rate	Low
Height	25 cm
Width	26 cm
Stem Color	Green 138B with streaks of Greyed-red 182C
Stem Strength	Medium
Stem Brittleness	Brittle
Stem Anthocyanin	Present
Coloration
Internode length	3.5 cm
Length of lateral	From top to bottom 18 cm
branch
Lateral branch color	Green 138B
Lateral branch,	Intermediate strength
attachment
Branching (average number	Good with 10 breaks after pinching
of lateral branches)
Natural season	August 11-15
blooming date
Foliage
Leaf color	Upper side Yellow-green 147B
	Under side Yellow-green 148B
Color midvein	Upper side Green 139D
	Under side Yellow-green 148D
Size	Small; length 4 cm, width 3 cm
Quantity (number	18
per lateral branch)
Shape	Cordiform
Texture upper side	Glabrous
Texture under side	Pubescent
Venation arrangement	Palmate
Shape of the margin	Serrated
Shape of Base of	Rounded
Sinus Between
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus	Diverging
Between Lateral Lobes
Shape of Base	Obtuse
Apex	Mucronate
Petiole length	1.5 cm
Petiole color	Green 139D

TABLE 2
Differences with the comparison variety

	‘Effie’	‘Amphion’

	Flower size	4.5 cm	3 cm
	Number of ray-florets	200	25

Claims (1)

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

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