Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dark Yoelmira’

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2003-10-01

2004-06-29

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Chrysanthemum

Plant Patent

active

PP014960

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Dark Yoelmira.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dark Yoelmira’.
The new Chrysanthemum is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Fort Myers, Fla. The objective of the program is to create or discover new potted Chrysanthemum cultivars that are suitable for year-round production with uniform plant growth habit, good vigor and strong branching habit, numerous inflorescences, desirable inflorescence form and floret colors, fast and uniform flowering response, and good postproduction longevity.
The new Chrysanthemum is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the Chrysanthemum cultivar Yoelmira, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,514. The new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within a population of flowering plants of Yoelmira in February, 2000, in a controlled environment in Fort Myers, Fla. The selection of this plant was based on its uniform plant growth habit, good vigor and strong branching habit, numerous inflorescences, desirable inflorescence form and floret colors, fast and uniform flowering response, and good postproduction longevity.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in Fort Myers, Fla. in May, 2000. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Dark Yoelmira has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, and/or light level, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dark Yoelmira’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dark Yoelmira’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum:
1. Uniform, compact and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Strong and freely branching growth habit.
3. Small dark green-colored foliage.
4. Uniform flowering response and habit.
5. Early flowering, 8-week response time.
6. Numerous small decorative-type inflorescences.
7. Purple-colored ray florets.
8. Good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about three or four weeks in an interior environment.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of the cultivar Yoelmira primarily in ray floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Yoelmira have light lavender-colored ray florets. In addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more vigorous and flower about one or two days later than plants of the cultivar Yoelmira.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the cultivar Apricot Yoelmira, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently, primarily in ray floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Apricot Yoelmira have apricot bronze-colored ray florets. In addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum typically produce a small amount of pollen whereas plants of the cultivar Apricot Yoelmira do not produce pollen.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the cultivar Yellow Yoelmira, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,529. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Fort Myers, Fla., plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the cultivar Yellow Yoelmira in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were more vigorous than plants of the cultivar Yellow Yoelmira.
2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered one or two days later than plants of the cultivar Yellow Yoelmira.
3. Ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum were apricot bronze in color whereas ray florets of plants of the cultivar Yellow Yoelmira were yellow in color.

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