USPP27000P3

USPP27000P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuzest’

Info

Publication number: USPP27000P3
Application number: US14/544,363
Authority: US
Inventors: Henricus Cornelius Maria Jacobs
Original assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association NV
Current assignee: Van Zanten Breeding BV
Priority date: 2014-12-30
Filing date: 2014-12-30
Publication date: 2016-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2034-12-30
Also published as: US20160192567P1

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuzest’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with bronze ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flowering date September 22; blooming for a period of about 4 to 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuzest’.

RELATED CULTIVARS

This new plant cultivar ‘Zanmuzest’ is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

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 ‘Zanmuzest’. ‘Zanmuzest’ 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 September 22, blooming for a period of about 4 to 5 weeks. ‘Zanmuzest’ is a seedling resulting from a cross of the female parent 24577 with the male parent 17159. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmuzest’ differ from plants of the female parent in the following characteristics. (1) Ray-floret color. And (2) Natural season flowering date. (1) Ray-florets of the seedling are bronze colored, while those of the female parent are yellow-bronze. (2). Plants of the seedling flower two weeks later in the season than those of the female parent. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmuzest’ differ from plants of the male parent in ray-floret color; the seedling have bronze colored ray-florets, while the male parent has dark bronze colored ray-florets.

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 2009. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmuzest’ 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 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 grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 25 in 2014, receiving drip irrigation. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 22. The average height of the plants was 30-35 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 blooming for a period of about 4 to 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuzest’ is ‘Zanmutomic’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,183). When ‘Zanmutomic’ and ‘Zanmuzest’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: natural season flowering date. Plants of ‘Zamutomic’ flower earlier in the season than those of ‘Zanmuzest’.

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

Bud
Size:	Small; cross-section 0.7-1 mm,
	height 5-7 mm
Shape:	Round
Texture:	Pubescent
Outside color:	Greyed-green 191A
Phyllaries
Number:	24, arranged in 3 rows
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Acute
Base:	Truncate
Margin:	Entire
Color:	Upper side: Green 139B
	Lower side: Greyed-green 191A
Length and width:	4-5 mm; 1.5 mm
Texture:	Pubescent
Inflorescences
Type:	Double
Height:	1.8 cm
Diameter:	5 cm
Peduncle length:	4.5-7 cm
Peduncle color:	Greyed-green 191B
Peduncle diameter:	1.5 mm
Peduncle texture:	Pubescent
Number per branch:	About. 5-7 inflorescences
Duration of flowering:	about 4 to 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: Greyed-orange 172A;
(disc florets):	Mature stage: Green-yellow 1B
Color of upper side of	Yellow 4A at base to
ray florets:	Greyed-Orange 171A at apex
Color of lower side of	Greyed-Orange 162C at base to Greyed-
ray florets:	Orange 173C at tip
Tonality from distance:	A garden mum with bronze blooms
Color of ray florets after	Greyed-orange 171D
aging of the plant:
Ray florets
Texture:	Upper and lower side smooth
Number:	130-140
Shape:	elliptic
Apex:	Pointed to dentate
Base:	Attenuate
Cross-section:	Flat
Longitudinal axis:	Straight
Length of corolla tube:	2-3 mm
Ray floret margin:	Entire
Ray floret length:	1.2-2.5 cm
Ray floret width:	2-6 mm
Ratio length/width:	Medium
Disc florets
Disc diameter:	1-2 mm
Distribution of disc florets:	Few, only visible in mature stage of
	inflorescence
Shape:	Funnels shaped
Color:	Yellow-Green 145C at base to Green-
	Yellow 1B at apex
Length:	3 mm
Diameter:	1 mm
Receptacle
Color:	Yellow-green 145D
Shape:	Domed raised
Height:	4 mm
Diameter:	2.8 mm
Reproductive Organs
Androecium:	Present on only disc florets
Stamen length:	3 mm
Stamen color:	Yellow-green 144A
Anther color:	Yellow 2A
Pollen:	Scarce
Pollen color:	Yellow 12A
Gynoecium:	Present on both ray and disc florets
Style color:	Yellow-green 154C
Style length:	4 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:	Vigorous
Height:	30-35 cm
Width:	60-65 cm
Stem color:	Greyed-brown 199A
Stem strength:	Not strong
Stem brittleness:	Brittle
Stem anthocyanin coloration:	absent
Internode length:	1-2.5 cm
Length of lateral branch:	From top to bottom 21-23 cm
Lateral branch color:	Green 138 A
Lateral branch, attachment:	Weak
Lateral branch diameter:	2 mm
Branching (average number of	Prolific with 8 breaks after pinching
lateral branches):
Natural season blooming date:	September 22 (week 39)
Foliage
Leaf color:	Upper side: Green 137A
	Lower side: Green 137B
Color midvein:	Upper side: Yellow-green 147D
	Lower side: Yellow-green 148D
Size:	Small; length 3-6.5 cm, width 1.7-3 cm
Quantity	10-12
(number per lateral branches):
Shape:	Elliptic
Texture upper side:	Sparsely pubescent
Texture under side:	Pubescent
Venation arrangement:	Pinnate
Shape of margin:	Serrated
Shape of base of	Rounded
sinus between lateral lobes:
Margin of sinus between	Diverging
lateral lobes:
Shape of base:	Truncate to attenuate
Apex:	Mucronulate
Petiole length:	0.8-1.5 cm
Petiole diameter:	2 mm
Petiole color:	Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2

Differences with the comparison variety,
when grown under identical conditions

	‘Zanmuzest’	‘Zanmutomic’

Natural season flowering date	Week 39	Week 37

Claims

I claim:

1. A new and distinct chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuzest’ as described and illustrated.