Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
2001-06-04
2003-05-13
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
active
PP013807
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME
Dendranthema morifolium
VARIETY
‘GEDI ONE GAL’
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Dendranthema morifolium
and herein after referred to by the cultivar name ‘GEDI ONE GAL.’
This new cultivar was the result of hybridization of a female parent, ‘Tripoli’ (U.S. Plant Pat No. 10,207) with a male parent, ‘Ampiro’ (unpatented in the United States). The new cultivar was selected in October 1997.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by apical tip cutting and meristem tissue culture was performed in Oxnard, Calif. and has shown that the unique features of this new cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type on successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘GEDI ONE GAL’ 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 ‘GEDI ONE GAL.’ These observations were made on plants approximately 140 days old from rooted cuttings. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘GEDI ONE GAL’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum:
1. Large decorative type inflorescence;
2. Consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 49 days of short day length;
3. Free branching habit; and
4. Dark redish-purple ray florets, resisting fading with age.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are similar to plants of the parent cultivars in most horticultural characteristics, however plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the female parent cultivar ‘Tripoli’ in the following characteristics:
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The new cultivar has a different bloom type;
2. The new cultivar has many more ray florets than the parent; and
3. The new cultivar has individual blooms resisting fading better.
The new cultivar also differed from the male parent ‘Ampiro’ in the following characteristics:
1. The new cultivar has a wider diameter flower; and
2. The new cultivar has different color ray florets.
The new cultivar can be compared to the Chrysanthemum cultivar ‘Jenny Wren’ (disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,213). However plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from the plants of the cultivar ‘Jenny Wren’ in the following characteristics:
1. The new cultivar naturally blooms 2 weeks later;
2. The new cultivar has darker reddish-purple ray florets;
3. The new cultivar has a more round plant shape;
4. The new cultivar has many more ray florets; and
5. The new cultivar has ray florets which are resistant to fading.
REFERENCES:
patent: PP10207 (1998-01-01), Pieters
patent: PP10213 (1998-01-01), Wain
Campell Bruce R.
Hwu June
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Pieters Plant Production BVBA
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