USPP24646P2

USPP24646P2 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuryder’

Info

Publication number: USPP24646P2
Application number: US13/694,694
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom
Original assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association NV
Current assignee: Van Zanten Breeding BV
Priority date: 2012-12-26
Filing date: 2012-12-26
Publication date: 2014-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-26
Also published as: US20140182026P1

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuryder’ characterized by its small sized blooms with dark red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flowering date August 27 (week 35); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuryder’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmuryder’. ‘Zanmuryder’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new cultivars with a double type inflorescence, a natural season flowering date around August 27 (week 35), blooming for a period of 5 weeks. ‘Zanmuryder’ is a seedling resulting from a cross of the female parent id 16733 with an unknow male parent. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmuryder’ differ from plants of the female parent in plant vigor; plants of the seedling are less vigorous than those of the female parent.

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 2009. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmuryder’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings from the initial selection in 2009 were 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 about 14 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 2012. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 27 (week 35). 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 small sized blooms with dark red ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuryder’ is ‘Manakin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,521). When ‘Zanmuryder’ and ‘Manakin’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: (1) Inflorescence type. And (2) Color ray-florets. (1) Inflorescence type in ‘Zanmuryder’ is double, while it is daisy in ‘Manakin’. (2) Ray-florets in ‘Zanmuryder’ are more purple colored than those of ‘Manakin’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmuryder’ 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 ×morifolium Ramat.
‘Zanmuryder’

Bud
Size:	Small; cross-section 7 mm, height 4 mm
Shape:	Round
Texture:	Pubescent
Outside color:	Greyed-green 191A
Phyllaries
Number:	36, arranged in 3 rows
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Acute
Base:	Truncate
Margin:	Entire
Color:	Upper side: Green 138A
	Lower side: Green 143C
Length and width:	4-5 mm; 2 mm
Texture:	Pubescent
Inflorescences
Type:	Double
Height:	1.5 cm
Diameter:	3.5-4 cm
Peduncle length:	6.5-8 cm
Peduncle color:	Green 138B
Peduncle diameter:	2 mm
Peduncle texture:	Pubescent
Number per branch:	Approx. 6-8 inflorescences
Duration of flowering:	5 weeks
Seeds:	Produced in small quantities, ovate,
	Greyed-brown 199A, length 1.5 mm,
	diameter 0.5 mm
Fragrance:	Faint chrysanthemum odor
Color inflorescences
Center of inflorescence:	Immature stage: Red-purple 60A; Mature
	stage: Red-purple 60A
Color of upper side of ray	Red-purple 60A
florets:
Color of lower side of ray	Greyed-yellow 161C at base to Greyed-
florets:	purple 184B at tip
Tonality from distance:	A garden mum with dark red blooms
Color of ray florets after	Greyed-purple 185A
aging of the plant:
Ray florets
Texture:	Upper and lower side smooth
Number:	180-200
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Dentate
Base:	Attenuate
Cross-section:	Flat
Longitudinal axis:	Straight
Length of corolla tube:	2 mm
Ray floret margin:	Entire
Ray floret length:	1.2-2.1 cm
Ray floret width:	2-3 mm
Ratio length/width:	High
Disc florets	Absent
Receptacle
Color:	Yellow-green 145D
Shape:	Domed raised
Height:	8 mm
Diameter:	4 mm
Reproductive Organs
Androecium:	Absent
Pollen:	Absent
Gynoecium:	Present on ray florets
Style color:	Yellow-green 154C
Style length:	3 mm
Stigma color:	Yellow 7A
Stigma width:	1 mm
Ovary:	Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form:	Grown as a spray type pot mum, outdoor
	raised and mounded
Growth habit:	Spherical shape
Growth rate:	Medium
Height:	30 cm
Width:	40 cm
Stem color:	Greyed-brown 199A
Stem strength:	Strong
Stem brittleness:	Not brittle
Stem anthocyanin	Present, Greyed-purple 185C
coloration:
Internode length:	1.5-3 cm
Length of lateral branch:	From top to bottom 16-18 cm
Lateral branch color:	Green 137 C
Lateral branch, attachment:	Strong
Lateral branch diameter:	3-4 mm
Branching (average number	Prolific with 8-10 breaks after pinching
of lateral branches):
Natural season blooming	August 27 (week 35)
date:
Foliage
Leaf color:	Upper side: Green 137A; Lower side: Green
	N138B
Color midvein:	Upper side: Yellow-green 147D;
	Lower side: Yellow-green 148D
Size:	Small; length 3-5 cm, width 1.5-3.5 cm
Quantity (number per lateral	14-16
branches):
Shape:	Elliptic
Texture upper side:	Sparsely pubescent
Texture under side:	Pubescent
Venation arrangement:	Palmate
Shape of margin:	Serrated
Shape of base of sinus	Rounded
between lateral lobes:
Margin of sinus between	Diverging
lateral lobes:
Shape of base:	Attenuate
Apex:	Mucronulate
Petiole length:	0.5-1.5 cm
Petiole diameter:	2 mm
Petiole color:	Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2

Differences with the comparison variety,
when grown under identical conditions

	‘Zanmuryder’	‘Manakin’

Inflorescence type	double	daisy
Color ray-florets	Red-purple 60A	Red 46A

Claims

I claim:

1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuryder’ as described and illustrated.