USPP25028P3

USPP25028P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflaminneon’

Info

Publication number: USPP25028P3
Application number: US13/694,698
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: 2014-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-26
Also published as: US20140182027P1

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with bright purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flowering August 29 (week 35); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuflaminneon’.

RELATED CULTIVARS

The new plant is related to ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589). ‘Zanmuflamineon’ is a mutant of ‘Zanmuflamin’.

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 ‘Zanmuflaminneon’. ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a natural mutant of the parent chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmuflamin’. Plants from the new cultivar ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ differ from plants of the female parent in the color of the ray-florets. The color is bright purple in the mutant, while it is more subdued in the parent.

The new cultivar was discovered as a color mutant in September 2006 by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom in a controlled environment (greenhouse) in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ was accomplished when after planting of the mutant as a motherplant in Rijsenhout; vegetative cuttings from this mutant were taken and propagated further. 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 blooms 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 22 in 2011. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 29 (week 35). The average height of the plants was 29 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insects resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought resistance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with bright purple ray florets blooming for a period of five weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589) and ‘Zanmuflamincran’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,367). When ‘Zanmuflamin’, ‘Zanmuflamincran’ and ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The ray-florets of ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are more bright purple than of those of “Zanmuflamin’ and ‘Zanmuflamincran’.

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

Bud
Size:	Small; cross-section 8 mm, height 4
	mm
Shape:	Round
Texture:	Pubescent
Outside color:	Greyed-green 191A
Phyllaries
Number:	18, arranged in 3 rows
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Acute
Base:	Truncate
Margin:	Entire
Color:	Upper side: Greyed-green 191B
	Lower side: Greyed-green 191C
Length and width:	5 mm; 2 mm
Texture:	Pubescent
Inflorescences
Type:	Double
Height:	1.5-2.5 cm
Diameter:	5 cm
Peduncle length:	10-13 cm
Peduncle color:	Green 138B
Peduncle diameter:	2 mm
Peduncle texture:	Pubescent
Number per branch:	About 5 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 58D;
	Mature stage: Red-purple 64C
Color of upper side of ray florets:	Red-purple 64D
Color of lower side of ray florets:	Greyed-purple 186D at base to
	Greyed-purple 186B at apex
Tonality from distance:	A garden mum with bright purple
	blooms
Color of ray florets after aging of	Greyed-purple 186C
the plant:
Ray florets
Texture:	Upper and lower side smooth
Number:	190-200
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Dentate
Base:	Attenuate
Cross-section:	Flat
Longitudinal axis:	Straight
Length of corolla tube:	4 mm
Ray floret margin:	Entire
Ray floret length:	1.5-2 cm
Ray floret width:	4-5 mm
Ratio length/width:	High
Disc florets	Absent
Receptacle
Color:	Yellow-green 145D
Shape:	Domed raised
Height:	3 mm
Diameter:	3 mm
Reproductive Organs
Androecium:	Absent
Gynoecium:	Present in 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:	28-30 cm
Width:	38-40 cm
Stem color:	Greyed-brown 199A
Stem strength:	Strong
Stem brittleness:	Not brittle
Stem anthocyanin coloration:	Only in mature plants
Internode length:	2-2.5 cm
Length of lateral branch:	From top to bottom 18 cm
Lateral branch color:	Green 137 C
Lateral branch, attachment:	Brittle
Lateral branch diameter:	3 mm
Branching (average number of	Prolific with 8 breaks after pinching
lateral branches):
Natural season blooming date:	August 29 (week 35-39)
Foliage
Leaf color:	Upper side: Green 138A; Lower side:
	Green 139C
Color midvein:	Upper side: Yellow-green 147D;
	Lower side: Yellow-green 148D
Size:	Small; length 3.5-4 cm, width 2-2.5
	cm
Quantity (number per lateral	16-18
branches):
Shape:	Elliptic
Texture upper side:	Sparsely pubescent
Texture under side:	Pubescent
Venation arrangement:	Palmate
Shape of margin:	Serrated
Shape of base of sinus between	Rounded
lateral lobes:
Margin of sinus between lateral	Diverging
lobes:
Shape of base:	Truncate
Apex:	Mucronulate
Petiole length:	0.5-1 cm
Petiole diameter:	2 mm
Petiole color:	Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 1

Difference with comparison varieties
(when grown under identical conditions)

	‘Zanmuflaminneon’	‘Zanmuflamincran’	‘Zanmuflamin’

Color upper	Red-purple 64D	Red 47A, with	Red-purple
side ray-florets		Yellow 6B at base	59D

Claims

I claim:

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