Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Tatoi’

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Tatoi’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with bronze ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 13-18; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Tatoi’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new chrysanthemum cultivars with a decorative type flower, a natural season flowers date around September 13-18; blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant. ‘Tatoi’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing program, set up by a previous breeder, and which records are unknown to the inventor. The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Mark Roland Boeder on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2001. The first act of asexual production of ‘Tatoi’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in 2001 and propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. 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 plants of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the near cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

The plant shown in the photographic drawings was fifteen (15) weeks old when those photographs were taken.

 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum morifolium L. 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 24 in 2004. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 13-18 (week 38). The average height of the plants was 40 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with bronze ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar cultivar in comparison to ‘Tatoi’ is ‘Iduna’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,925). When ‘Iduna’ and ‘Tatoi’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The difference of ‘Iduna’ and ‘Tatoi’ are (1) Color ray-florets. And (2) Color flower center (1) The ray-florets of ‘Iduna’ are more soft orange than those of ‘Tatoi’. (2) The flower center of ‘Iduna’ is darker colored than that of ‘Tatoi’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Tatoi’ 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 1995.

TABLE 1 Botanical Description of chrysanthemum plant ‘Tatoi’ Bud Size Small; cross-section 0.8 cm, height 0.6 cm Outside Color Yellow-green 145D Involucral bracts 2 rows, length 7 mm, width 3 mm Involucral bracts among disc- Not present florets Involucral bracts color Green 138B Bloom Type Double Height 2 cm Size Medium Fully Expanded 5.5 cm Peduncle length 7-11 cm Peduncle color Green 138C Number of blooms per Approx. 5 blooms per branch branch Performance on the plant 5 weeks Seeds Produced in small quantities, ovate grey- brown 199A, 1½ mm in length. Fragrance Typical chrysanthemum, slightly Color Center of the flower Immature Greyed-orange 172B Mature Greyed-orange 172B Color of upper surface of the Greyed-orange 163B to 168C ray-florets Color of the lower surface Greyed-orange 163C-D of the ray-florets Tonality from Distance A garden mum with bronze flowers Color of the ray-florets after Greyed-orange 165 C-D aging of the plant Ray florets Texture Upper and under side smooth Number 220-230 Cross-section Flat to convex Longitudinal axis of Straight to reflexing majority Length of corolla tube 0.7-1 cm Ray-floret margin Entire Ray-floret length 2.5 cm Ray-floret width 0.6 cm Ratio length/width Medium Shape of tip Rounded Disc florets Disc diameter 0.1 cm Distribution of disc florets Few, only visible in mature stage Shape Tubular Color Yellow 11D Receptacle shape Conical raised Reproductive Organs Stamen Present in disc florets only Stamen color Yellow-green 144A Pollen Present Pollen color Yellow 7A Styles Thin Style color Yellow 13A Style Length 0.3 cm Stigma color Yellow-green 144A Stigma Width 1 mm Ovaries Enclosed in calyx Plant Form Grown as spray type potmum, outdoor mounded and round Growth habit Spherical shape Growth rate High Height 40 cm Width 45 cm Stem Color Greyed-brown 199C Stem Strength Strong Stem Brittleness Not brittle Stem Anthocyanin Coloration Absent Internode length 3-3.5 cm Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 21 cm Lateral branch color Green 138B to Yellow-green 147C Lateral branch, attachment Medium strength Branching (average number Prolific with 10 breaks after pinching of lateral branches) Natural season blooming date September 13-18 Foliage Leaf color Upper side Green 137A-138A Lower side Green 138B-139C Color midvein Upper side Yellow-green 147D Lower side Yellow-green 148D Size Small; length 3.5-5.5 cm, width 2.5-3 cm Quantity (number per lateral 15-25 branch) Shape Elliptic-ovate Texture upper side Glabrous Texture under side Pubescent Venation arrangement Palmate Shape of the margin Serrated Shape of Base of Sinus Rounded Between Lateral Lobes Margin of Sinus Between Diverging Lateral Lobes Shape of Base Acute Apex Mucronulate Petiole length 1-1.5 cm Petiole color Green 137A-138A

TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison variety “Tatoi” ‘Iduna’ Color ray-florets Greyed-orange 163B to 168C Yellow-orange 22C Color flower center Greyed-orange 172B Greyed-red 179A

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
20070143900 June 21, 2007 Boeder
Patent History
Patent number: PP18543
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 16, 2005
Date of Patent: Mar 4, 2008
Patent Publication Number: 20070143900
Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association N.V. (Aalsmeer)
Inventor: Mark Roland Boeder (The Hague)
Primary Examiner: Wendy C. Haas
Assistant Examiner: George Helmer
Attorney: Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Application Number: 11/304,551
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Orange (PLT/290)
International Classification: A01H 5/00 (20060101);