BOTANICAL DESIGNATION
Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.
CULTIVAR DENOMINATION
‘Zanmuflaminneon’
RELATED CULTIVARS
The new plant is related to ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589). ‘Zanmuflamineon’ is a mutant of ‘Zanmuflamin’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmuflaminneon’. ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a whole plant mutant of the parent chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmuflamin’. Plants from the new cultivar ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ differ from plants of the female parent in the color of the ray-florets. The color is bright purple in the mutant, while it is more subdued in the parent.
The new cultivar was discovered as a color mutant in September 2006 by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom in a controlled environment (greenhouse) in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ was accomplished when after planting of the mutant as a motherplant in Rijsenhout; vegetative cuttings from this mutant were taken and propagated further. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.
FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.
FIG. 2 shows the various stages of blooms of the new cultivar.
FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 22 in 2011. The natural blooming date of this crop was August 29 (week 35). The average height of the plants was 29 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insects resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought resistance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with bright purple ray florets blooming for a period of five weeks.
From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589) and ‘Zanmuflamincran’ (pending U.S. Plant patent Ser. No. 13/200,324). When ‘Zanmuflamin’, ‘Zanmuflamincran’ and ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The ray-florets of ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ are more bright purple than of those of “Zanmuflamin’ and ‘Zanmuflamincran’. The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmuflaminneon’ as a new and distinct variety.
The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour chart, edition 2001.
TABLE 1
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Botanical Description of Chrysanthemum × morifolium
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Ramat. ‘Zanmuflaminneon’
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Bud
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Size:
Small; cross-section 8 mm,
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height 4 mm
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Shape:
Round
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Texture:
Pubescent
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Outside color:
Greyed-green 191A
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Phyllaries
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Number:
18, arranged in 3 rows
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Shape:
Elliptic
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Apex:
Acute
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Base:
Truncate
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Margin:
Entire
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Color:
Upper side:
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Greyed-green 191B
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Lower side:
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Greyed-green 191C
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Length and width:
5 mm; 2 mm
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Texture:
Pubescent
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Inflorescences
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Type:
Double
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Height:
1.5-2.5 cm
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Diameter:
5 cm
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Peduncle length:
10-13 cm
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Peduncle color:
Green 138B
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Peduncle diameter:
2 mm
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Peduncle texture:
Pubescent
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Number per branch:
About 5 inflorescences
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Duration of flowering:
5 weeks
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Seeds:
Produced in small quantities,
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ovate, Greyed-brown 199A,
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length 1.5 mm, diameter 0.5
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mm
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Fragrance:
Faint chrysanthemum odor
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Color inflorescences
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Center of inflorescence: Immature stage: Red-purple 58D; Mature stage:
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Red-purple 64C
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Color of upper side of ray florets: Red-purple 64D
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Color of lower side of ray florets: Greyed-purple 186D at base to
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Greyed-purple 186B at apex
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Tonality from distance: A garden mum with bright purple blooms
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Color of ray florets after aging of the plant: Greyed-purple 186C
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Ray florets
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Texture:
Upper and lower side smooth
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Number:
190-200
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Shape:
Elliptic
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Apex:
Dentate
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Base:
Attenuate
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Cross-section:
Flat
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Longitudinal axis:
Straight
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Length of corolla tube:
4 mm
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Ray floret margin:
Entire
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Ray floret length:
1.5-2 cm
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Ray floret width:
4-5 mm
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Ratio length/width:
High
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Disc florets
Absent
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Receptacle
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Color:
Yellow-green 145D
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Shape:
Domed raised
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Height:
3 mm
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Diameter:
3 mm
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Reproductive Organs
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Androecium:
Absent
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Gynoecium:
Present in ray florets
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Style color:
Yellow-green 154C
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Style length:
3 mm
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Stigma color:
Yellow 7A
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Stigma width:
1 mm
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Ovary:
Enclosed in calyx
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Plant
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Form:
Grown as a spray type pot
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mum, outdoor raised
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and mounded
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Growth habit:
Spherical shape
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Growth rate:
Medium
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Height:
28-30 cm
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Width:
38-40 cm
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Stem color:
Greyed-brown 199A
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Stem strength:
Strong
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Stem brittleness:
Not brittle
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Stem anthocyanin coloration:
Only in mature plants
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Internode length:
2-2.5 cm.
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Length of lateral branch:
From top to bottom 18 cm
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Lateral branch color:
Green 137 C
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Lateral branch, attachment:
Brittle
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Lateral branch diameter:
3 mm
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Branching (average number of lateral branches): Prolific with 8 breaks
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after pinching
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Natural season blooming date:
August 29 (week 35-40)
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Foliage
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Leaf color:
Upper side: Green 138A;
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Lower side: Green 139C
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Color midvein:
Upper side:
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Yellow-green 147D;
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Lower side:
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Yellow-green 148D
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Size:
Small; length 3.5-4 cm,
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width 2-2.5 cm
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Quantity (number per lateral branches):
16-18
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Shape:
Elliptic
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Texture upper side:
Sparsely pubescent
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Texture under side:
Pubescent
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Venation arrangement:
Palmate
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Shape of margin:
Serrated
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Shape of base of sinus between lateral lobes: Rounded
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Margin of sinus between lateral lobes:
Diverging
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Shape of base:
Truncate
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Apex:
Mucronulate
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Petiole length:
0.5-1 cm
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Petiole diameter:
2 mm
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Petiole color:
Yellow-green 147D
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TABLE 1
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Difference with comparison varieties (when grown under
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identical conditions)
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‘Zanmuflaminneon’
‘Zanmuflamincran’
‘Zanmuflamin’
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Color
Red-purple 64D
Red 47A, with Yellow
Red-purple 59D
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upper
6B at base
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side ray-
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florets
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Patent Application
20140182027
