USPP26556P3

USPP26556P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuperfecor’

Info

Publication number: USPP26556P3
Application number: US13/998,969
Authority: US
Inventors: Henricus Cornelius Maria Jacobs
Original assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association NV
Current assignee: Van Zanten Breeding BV
Priority date: 2013-12-30
Filing date: 2013-12-30
Publication date: 2016-03-29
Also published as: US20150189815P1

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuperfecor’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with bronze ray florets and a dark center, and prolific branching; natural season flowering date September 9-14 (week 37); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuperfecor’.

RELATED CULTIVARS

This new plant a mutant obtained from the Chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmuperfect’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,015).

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 ‘Zanmuperfecor’.‘Zanmuperfecor’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of finding color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a whole plant mutation from the Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuperfect’. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmuperfecor’ differ from plants of the parent in the color of the inflorescences; the inflorescences are orange in ‘Zanmuperfecor’ and pink in ‘Zanmuperfect’.

The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Henricus Cornelius Maria Jacobs on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2007. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmuperfecor’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings from the initial selection in 2007 were propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. In summer, about 6-8 days are needed to initiate roots in cuttings of the new cultivar, after another 5 days rooted plants are formed. 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 16 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, in the period of 15 to 22 weeks of age, grown outdoor in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2013 (with a warm summer), receiving drip irrigation. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 9-14 (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 blooms with bronze ray florets and a dark center blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to the inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuperfecor’ is its parent ‘Zanmuperfect’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,015). When ‘Zanmuperfecor’ and ‘Zanmuperfect’ are being compared the following differences are noticed. (1). Color center inflorescences. And (2). Ray-floret color. (1). Inflorescences of ‘Zanmuperfecor’ have an orange center, while those of ‘Zanmuperfect’ have a red center. (2). Ray-florets of ‘Zanmuperfecor’ are bronze, while those of ‘Zanmuperfect’ are pink.

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

Bud
Size:	Small; cross-section 6-8 mm,
	height 4-5 mm
Shape:	Round
Texture:	Pubescent
Outside color:	Greyed-green 191A
Phyllaries
Number:	21-22, arranged in 3 rows
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Acute
Base:	Truncate
Margin:	Entire
Color:	Upper side: Green 137A
	Lower side: Green N138C
Length and width:	8-10 mm; 2-3 mm
Texture:	Pubescent
Inflorescences
Type:	Double
Height:	2 cm
Diameter:	5.5 cm
Peduncle length:	9.5-11 cm
Peduncle color:	Green 138C
Peduncle diameter:	2 mm
Peduncle texture:	Pubescent
Peduncle strength:	Weak
Number per branch:	About. 5-7 inflorescences
Duration of flowering:	5 weeks
Seeds:	Produced in small quantities, ovate,
	Greyed-brown 199A, length 1.5 mm,
	diameter 0.5 mm; structure: rough with
	ribs
Fragrance:	Faint chrysanthemum odor
Color inflorescences
Center of inflorescence:	Immature stage: Greyed-orange 173A;
	Mature stage: Greyed-orange 173A
Color of upper side of ray florets:	Greyed-orange 166C
Color of lower side of ray florets:	Greyed-orange 165C
Tonality from distance:	A garden mum with bronze blooms and
	a dark center
Color of ray florets after	Greyed-orange 164C
aging of the plant:
Ray florets
Type:	Ligulate
Texture:	Upper and lower side smooth
Number:	170-180
Shape:	elliptic
Apex:	dentate
Base:	acute
Cross-section:	flat
Longitudinal axis:	straight
Length of corolla tube:	3-4 mm
Diameter corolla tube:	1 mm
Ray floret margin:	Entire
Ray floret length:	1.7-2.7 cm
Ray floret width:	2-4 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
Pollen:	absent
Gynoecium:	Present on ray florets
Style color:	Yellow-green 154C
Style length:	4 mm
Stigma color:	Yellow 7A
Stigma width:	1 mm
Ovary:	Enclosed in calyx; color: Yellow-green
	149D
Plant
Type:	Bushy
Growth habit:	Spherical shape
Growth rate:	Medium to high
Height:	30 cm
Width:	50 cm
Stem color:	Greyed-brown 199A
Stem strength:	weak
Stem brittleness:	brittle
Stern anthocyanin coloration:	absent
Internode length:	1-2.5 cm
Length of lateral branch:	From top to bottom 25 cm
Lateral branch color:	Green 137 C
Lateral branch, attachment:	Weak
Lateral branch diameter:	2.5 mm
Lateral branch texture:	Pubescent with ribs
Branching (average	Dense with 8 breaks after pinching
number of lateral branches):
Natural season blooming date:	September 9-14 (week 37) in
	Rijsenhout, The Netherlands
Roots—habits:	Fine, freely branching
Roots—color:	White 155D
Foliage
Glossiness:	Leaf upper side: very weak
	Leaf lower side: absent
Leaf color:	Upper side: Green 139A
	Lower side: Green 138A
Color midvein:	Upper side: Yellow-green 147D
	Lower side: Yellow-green 148D
Size:	Small; length 3.-4.5 cm, width 1.8-2.5 cm
Quantity (number per	28-30
lateral branches):
Shape:	Elliptic to broadly 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	Diverging
between lateral lobes:
Shape of base:	Truncate to asymmetric
Apex:	Mucronulate
Petiole attitude:	Moderately upwards
Petiole length:	0.8-1 cm
Petiole diameter:	1.5-2 mm
Petiole color:	Yellow-green 147D
Stipule:	Small, about 1 cm

TABLE 2

Differences with the comparison variety,
when grown under identical conditions

	‘Zanmuperfecor’	‘Zanmuperfect’

Color ray-florets	Greyed-orange 166C	Red-purple 70D
Color center inflorescences	Greyed-orange 173A	Red 51A

Claims

I claim:

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