Patent Grant
PP32676
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum x morifolium.
Cultivar denomination: ‘G21SOU01WH’.
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘G21SOU11OR’
Applicant: Elien Sofie Pieters
Filed: Concurrently with the instant application having application Ser. No. 16/873,480
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘G21SOU06PI’
Applicant: Elien Sofie Pieters
Filed: Concurrently with the instant application having application Ser. No. 16/873,481
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘G21SOU14RE’
Applicant: Elien Sofie Pieters
Filed: Concurrently with the instant application having application Ser. No. 16/873,463
Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘G21SOU04YE’
Applicant: Elien Sofie Pieters
Filed: Concurrently with the instant application having application Ser. No. 16/873,466
At the filing of this application, no Plant Breeder's Rights applications for the instant plant have been filed by the Applicant/Inventor nor by the Assignee, Paraty B.V.B.A. of Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium.
There have been no offers for sale anywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of this Application and no accessibility to one of ordinary skill in the art.
The Inventor/Applicant asserts that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor. Applicant claims a prior art exemption under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum x morifolium and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘G21SOU01WH’.
The new Chrysanthemum plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium. The objective of the breeding program is to create new uniformly mounding and freely flowering Chrysanthemum plants with unique and attractive inflorescence form and ray floret coloration.
The new Chrysanthemum plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘Tonato Pink’, not patented. The new Chrysanthemum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within a population of plants of ‘Tonato Pink’ in a controlled greenhouse environment in Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in October, 2018.
Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by vegetative terminal cuttings was first conducted in a controlled greenhouse environment in Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in January, 2019. Asexual reproduction by vegetative terminal cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘G21SOU01WH’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘G21SOU01WH’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant:
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the mutation parent, ‘Tonato Pink’. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘Tonato Pink’ in ray floret color as ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are initially light pale yellow in color becoming white with development whereas ray florets of plants of ‘Tonato Pink’ are initially dark pink in color becoming light pink with development.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘G21SOU11OR’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently having application Ser. No. 16/873,480. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘G21SOU11OR’ in ray floret color as ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are initially light pale yellow in color becoming white with development whereas ray florets of plants of ‘G21SOU11OR’ are initially red in color becoming golden orange with development.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘G21SOU06PI’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently having application Ser. No. 16/873,481. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘G21SOU06PI’ in ray floret color as ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are initially light pale yellow in color becoming white with development whereas ray florets of plants of ‘G21SOU06PI’ are initially red in color becoming light purple with development.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘G21SOU14RE’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently having application Ser. No. 16/873,463. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘G21SOU14RE’ in ray floret color as ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are initially light pale yellow in color becoming white with development whereas ray florets of plants of ‘G21SOU14RE’ are initially dark red in color becoming lighter red with development.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘G21SOU04YE’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant Patent application filed concurrently having application Ser. No. 16/873,466. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘G21SOU04YE’ in ray floret color as ray florets of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are initially light pale yellow in color becoming white with development whereas ray florets of plants of ‘G21SOU04YE’ are bright yellow in color.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘Jasoda White’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,884. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘Jasoda White’ in the following characteristics:
The accompanying photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. The photograph comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘G21SOU01WH’ grown in a container.
The aforementioned photograph and following observations and measurements describe plants grown in 19-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium under natural daylengths during the autumn and under cultural practices generally used in commercial Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 25° C. and night temperatures ranged from 12° C. to 18° C. Plants were 20 weeks old when the photograph and detailed description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
