USPP20589P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflamin’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflamin’ characterized by its medium sized double type blooms with bright purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 11 (week 37); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuflamin’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Zanmuflamin’ 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 double type flower, a natural season flower date around September 10 (week 37); blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmuflamin’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing of the female plant id 16,609 and the male plant id 871. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmuflamin’ differ from the parent plants in the following characteristics (1) bloom type and (2) color ray-florets. (1) The bloom type of ‘Zanmuflamin’ is double, while that of the female parent is double—spider, and of the male parent double—pompon. (2) The ray-florets of ‘Zanmuflamin’ are bright pink, while those of the female parent are salmon, and of the male parent red.

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 2004. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmuflamin’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in 2004 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 DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum (of ca. 17 weeks) 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 various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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 23 in 2006. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 11 (week 37). The average height of the plants was 30 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 double type blooms with bright purple ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuflamin’ is ‘Venus’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,378). When ‘Venus’ and ‘Zanmuflamin’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The difference of ‘Venus’ and ‘Zanmuflamin’ are (1) flower colour and (2) natural season blooming date. (1) The flower colour of ‘Zamuflamin’ is more pink than of ‘Venus’ (2) ‘Venus’ flowers later than ‘Zanmuflamin’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmuflamin’ 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 xmorifolium Ramat.
‘Zanmuflamin’

Bud
Size	Small; cross-section 1 cm, height
	0.8 cm
Outside Color	Greyed-purple 186D
Phyllaries	2 rows
Phyllaries among disc-florets	Not present
Bloom
Type	Double
Height	1.5 cm
Size	4.5 cm
Phyllary number	12-14
Phyllary color	Green 138A
Phyllary length and width	2 cm and 2 mm
Peduncle length	4-4.5 cm
Peduncle color	Green 138B
Number of blooms per branch	Approx. 5 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 stage: Red-purple 58A
	Mature stage (17 weeks):
	Red-purple 58A
Color of upper surface of the ray-	Red-purple 59D
florets
Color of the lower surface of the	Greyed-purple 186C (at top) to
ray-florets	186D (at base)
Tonality from Distance	A garden mum with bright purple
	flowers
Color of the ray-florets after aging	Greyed-purple 186B
of the plant
Ray florets
Texture	Upper and under side smooth
Number	200-220
Cross-section	Flat
Longitudinal axis of majority	Straight
Length of corolla tube	0.3-0.4 cm
Ray-floret margin	Entire
Ray-floret length	2-2.2 cm
Ray-floret width	0.3-0.5 cm
Ratio length/width	High
Shape of tip	Rounded
Disc florets	Absent
Receptacle shape	Conical raised
Reproductive Organs
Stamen	Lacking
Styles	Short
Style color	Yellow 13A
Style Length	3 mm
Stigma color	Yellow-green 144A
Stigma Width	1 mm
Ovaries	Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form	Grown as a spray type pot mum,
	outdoor mounded and round
Growth habit	Spherical shape
Growth rate	Medium vigour
Height	30 cm
Width	40 cm
Stem Color	Greyed-brown 199C
Stem Strength	Strong
Stem Brittleness	Not brittle
Stem Anthocyanin Coloration	Present, Greyed-Purple 185C
Internode length	1-2 cm
Length of lateral branch	From top to bottom 15-18 cm
Lateral branch color	Yellow-green 146C
Lateral branch, attachment	Medium strength
Branching (average number of	Good with 6-7 breaks after
lateral branches)	pinching
Natural season blooming date	September 11 (week 37)
Foliage
Leaf color	Upper side Green 143b
	Lower side Green 143C
Color midvein	Upper side Yellow-green 147D
	Lower side Yellow-green 148D
Size	Small.; length 4.5-6.5 cm. width
	3-3.5 cm
Quantity (number per lateral	16
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	Acute
Lateral Lobes
Margin of Sinus Between Lateral	Diverging
Lobes
Shape of Base	Truncate
Apex	Mucronulate
Petiole length	1 cm
Petiole color	Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2
Differences with the comparison variety
(grown under identical conditions)

	‘Zanmuflamin’	‘Venus’

Flower colour	Red-purple 59D	Red-purple 60A
Natural season	September 11 (week 37)	September 18 (week 38)
blooming date

Claims (1)

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

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