Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoclaudia’

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2000-01-06

2001-11-20

Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)

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ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Dendranthema grandiflora
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Yoclaudia.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Salinas, Calif. and Alva, Fla. The objective of the breeding program is to create new garden-type Chrysanthemum cultivars having inflorescences with desirable inflorescence forms, attractive floret colors and good garden performance.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in Salinas, Calif., February, 1993, of the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Nicole, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,517, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Stephanie, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,445, as the male, or pollen, parent.
The cultivar Yoclaudia was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Alva, Fla. in November, 1995. The selection of this plant was based on its desirable inflorescence form, attractive ray floret color and excellent garden performance.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Alva, Fla. 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 Yoclaudia 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 ‘Yoclaudia’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Yoclaudia’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Uniformly mounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching, dense, full plants.
3. Uniform and early flowering.
4. Daisy-type inflorescences that are about 4.5 cm in diameter.
5. Attractive non-fading bright yellow ray florets and golden yellow disc florets.
6. Numerous inflorescences per plant.
7. Excellent garden performance.
Compared to plants of the parent cultivar, Nicole, plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more rounded and differ in inflorescence form and ray floret color. Compared to plants of the parent cultivar, Stephanie, plants of the new Chrysanthemum have smaller inflorescences and differ in ray floret color.
The new Chrysanthemum is similar to the Chrysanthemum cultivar Bright Stephanie, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,904. However in side-by-side comparisons under commercial practice, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more compact than plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie.
2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have smaller leaves and inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie.
3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more freely branching and are also more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie.
4. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower more uniformly than plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie.
5. Ray floret color of plants of the new Chrysanthemum is brighter yellow than ray floret color of plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie; in addition ray floret color of plants of the new Chrysanthemum does not fade whereas ray floret color of plants of the cultivar Bright Stephanie fades to light yellow.


REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 9445 (1996-01-01), VandenBerg
patent: P.P. 9945 (1997-07-01), Rabin
patent: P.P. 11904 (2001-06-01), Glicenstein

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