Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
2003-09-02
2004-06-15
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
active
PP014916
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Annecy Lemon.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
and referred to by the name ‘Annecy Lemon’.
The new Chrysanthemum is a naturally occurring whole plant mutation of the Chrysanthemum cultivar Annecy, not patented. The new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the Inventor on Feb. 12, 2001 within a population of plants of the cultivar Annecy in a controlled environment in 's Gravenzande, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by terminal cuttings in 's Gravenzande, The Netherlands since Mar. 12, 2001, has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Annecy Lemon has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Annecy Lemon’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Annecy Lemon’ as a new and distinct cultivar.
1. Anemone type inflorescences with spooned light yellow-colored ray and darker yellow-colored disc florets; typically grown as a spray type.
2. Strong and erect flowering stems.
3. Early flowering response.
4. Good postproduction longevity.
5. Resistant to Chrysanthemum White Rust.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the parent, the cultivar Annecy, primarily in ray floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Annecy have light pink-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the cultivar Annecy Dark Yellow, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/654,345, primarily in ray and disc floret coloration.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum cultivar Yellow Bijoux, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,329. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in 's Gravenzande, The Netherlands, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were stronger growing than plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux.
2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered earlier than plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux.
3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux.
4. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux.
5. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were resistant to Chrysanthemum White Rust whereas plants of the cultivar Yellow Bijoux were susceptible to Chrysanthemum White Rust.
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