USPP19791P3 - Chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmufive’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmufive’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 4-8; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum morifolium L.

Cultivar denomination: ‘ZANMUFIVE’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Zanmufive’ 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 September 4-8; blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmufive’ 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 Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2005. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmufive’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in 2005 and propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

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. Pictures were taken of 16 week old plants.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in fill bloom

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

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of 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 in week 24 in 2006. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 4-8 (week 36). The average height of the plants was 28 cm. 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 red ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmufive’ are ‘Plutores’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,919) and ‘Manakin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,521) When ‘Plutores’, ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: The differences of ‘Plutores’, ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are (1) Flower type, (2) Flower size and (3) Natural season flowering time (1) The flower type of ‘Manakin’ is single, while that of ‘Plutores’ and ‘Zanmufive’ is double (2) The flowers of ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are smaller than those of ‘Plutores’ (3) The plants of ‘Plutores’, ‘Zanmufive’ and ‘Manakin’ flower at different times, resp. in late August, early and mid-September.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmufive’ 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 2001.

TABLE 1
Botanical Description of chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmufive’

Bud
Size	Small; cross-section 0.5 cm, height 0.4
	cm
Shape	Spherical
Texture	Pubescent
Outside Colour	Greyed green 192A
Phyllaries
Number	15, arranged in 3 rows
Shape	Elliptic
Apex	Acute
Base	Truncate
Margin	Entire
Colour	Green 138A
Length and width	7 mm and 3 mm
Texture	Pubescent
Presence among disc-florets	Not present
Bloom
Type	Double
Height	1-1.3 cm
Size	4.5 cm
Peduncle length	7 cm
Peduncle color	Greyed purple N 186C
Peduncle diameter	1 mm
Peduncle surface	Ribbed
Number of blooms per	Approx. 5 blooms
branch
Performance on the plant	5 weeks
Seeds	Produced in small quantities, ovate grey-
	brown 199A, 1½ mm in length.
Fragrance	Faint chrysanthemum odor
Color
Center of the flower	Immature stage: Red-purple 59A
	Mature stage: Red-purple 59A
Color of upper surface of the	Red 46A
ray-florets
Color of the lower surface	Greyed red 181A
of the ray-florets
Tonality from Distance	A garden mum with red flowers
Color of the ray-florets after	Greyed purple 185B
aging of the plant
Ray florets
Texture	Upper surface: Satiny
	Lower surface: Smooth
Number	130-140
Shape	Oblong
Apex	Rounded
Base	Attenuate
Cross-section	Flat
Longitudinal axis of	Straight
majority
Length of corolla tube	0.3-0.4 cm
Ray-floret margin	Entire
Ray-floret length	1.8-2 cm
Ray-floret width	0.4-0.5 cm
Ratio length/width	Medium
Shape of tip	Rounded
Disc florets	Absent
Receptacle
Shape	Conical raised
Height	2.5 mm
Diameter	2 mm
Reproductive Organs
Androecium	Absent in ray florets
Pollen	None
Gynoecium	Present in ray florets
Styles	Thin
Style color	Yellow 13A
Style Length	0.3 cm
Stigma color	Yellow-green 144A
Stigma Width	1 mm
Ovary	Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form	Grown as a spray type potmum, outdoor
	mounded and round
Growth habit	Spherical shape
Growth rate	Medium to high
Height	25-28 cm
Width	44-45 cm
Stem Color	Greyed-brown 199C
Stem Strength	Strong
Stem Brittleness	Not brittle
Stem Anthocyanin Coloration	Greyed purple N186C
Internode length	1-2 cm
Length of lateral branch	From top to bottom 20 cm
Lateral branch color	Greyed Green 195A with streaks of
	Greyed purple N 186C
Lateral branch, attachment	Strong
Branching (average number	Prolific with 9-10 breaks after pinching
of lateral branches)
Natural season blooming date	September 4-8
Foliage
Leaf color	Upper side Green 138A
	Lower side Green N138B
Color midvein	Upper side Yellow green 147D
	Lower side Yellow green 148D
Size	Small.; length 3.5-4.5 cm, width 2.5-
	3.5 cm
Quantity (number per lateral	15-16
branch)
Shape	Widely elliptic
Texture upper side	Glabrous
Texture lower side	Pubescent
Venation arrangement	Palmate
Shape of the margin	Serrated
Shape of Base of Sinus	Rounded
Between Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus Between	Diverging
Lateral Lobes
Shape of Base	Obtuse
Apex	Mucronulate
Petiole length	0.5-1 cm
Petiole diameter	1.5-2 mm
Petiole texture	Pubescent
Petiole color	Yellow-Green 147D

TABLE 2
Differences with the comparison varieties
‘Zanmufive’	‘Plutores’	‘Manakin’

Flower type	double	double	single
Flower size	4.5 cm	5-5.5 cm	3.8 cm
Natural season	Early September	Late August	Mid September
flowering date

Claims (1)

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

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