Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
2004-02-02
2004-11-16
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
active
PP015331
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Balsas.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of cut flower
Chrysanthemum
plant, botanically known as
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Balsas’.
The new
Chrysanthemum
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in De Lier, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create new high-yielding cut flower
Chrysanthemum
cultivars with attractive ray and disc coloration, good inflorescence form and substance and good post-production longevity.
The new
Chrysanthemum
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in January, 1999, in De Lier, The Netherlands, of the
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Sheba, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
selection identified as 748A 1, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent.
The cultivar Balsas was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in De Lier, The Netherlands in August, 1999. The selection of this plant was based on its desirable inflorescence coloration and good form and substance.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Chrysanthemum
by vegetative tip cuttings in a controlled environment in De Lier, The Netherlands since January, 2000, has shown that the unique features of this new
Chrysanthemum
are stable and reproduced Balsas to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Balsas have 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 ‘Balsas’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Balsas’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright cut
Chrysanthemum
that is usually grown as a natural spray.
2. Freely flowering habit, about 19 inflorescences per flowering stem.
3. Daisy-type inflorescences.
4. Attractive red purple-colored ray florets.
5. Response time about 51 days when grown at 18° C.
6. Dark green-colored foliage.
7. Strong flowering stems and peduncles.
8. Good postproduction longevity with inflorescences and foliage maintaining good substance and color for about two weeks in an interior environment.
Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
can be compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Sheba. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Lier, The Netherlands, plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
differed from plants of the cultivar Sheba in the following characteristics:
1. Flowering stems of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were shorter than flowering stems of plants of the cultivar Sheba.
2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
had stronger flowering stems than plants of the cultivar Sheba.
3. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
flowered more uniformly than plants of the cultivar Sheba.
4. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
had larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Sheba.
5. Ray florets of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were red purple in color whereas ray florets of plants of the cultivar Sheba were white in color.
Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
can be compared to plants of the male parent selection. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Lier, The Netherlands, plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
differed from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Flowering stems of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were longer than flowering stems of plants of the male parent selection.
2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
had larger inflorescences than plants of the male parent selection.
Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
can also be compared to plants of the
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Splendid Reagan, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,205. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Lier, The Netherlands, plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
differed from plants of the cultivar Splendid Reagan in the following characteristics:
1. Flowering stems of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were longer than flowering stems of plants of the cultivar Splendid Reagan.
2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
flowered about three days earlier than plants of the cultivar Splendid Reagan.
3. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were more tolerant to low production temperatures than plants of the cultivar Splendid Reagan.
Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
can also be compared to plants of the
Chrysanthemum×morifolium
cultivar Lineker, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in De Lier, The Netherlands, plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
differed from plants of the cultivar Lineker in the following characteristics:
1. Flowering stems of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were shorter than flowering stems of plants of the cultivar Lineker.
2. Plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
had larger inflorescences with larger discs than plants of the cultivar Lineker.
3. Ray florets of plants of the new
Chrysanthemum
were darker in color than ray florets of plants of the cultivar Lineker.
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