plant named ‘Zanmurageous’
A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmurageous’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with orange red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flowering date September 19 (week 38); blooming for a period of 4 weeks.
Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.
Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmurageous’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe 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 ‘Zanmurageous’. ‘Zanmurageous’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new cultivars with a double type inflorescence, a natural season flowering date around September 19 (week 38), blooming for a period of 4 weeks. ‘Zanmurageous’ is a seedling resulting from a cross of the female parent id 24610 with the male parent id 22135. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmurageous’ differ from plants of the female parent in the color of the ray-florets; the ray-florets of the female parent are red, while those of the seedling are orange. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmurageous’ differ from plants of the male parent in the following characteristics. (1) Color ray-florets. And (2) Plant vigor. (1). Ray-florets of the male parent are more deeply orange colored than those of the seedling. (2). Plants of the male parent are less vigorous than those of the seedling.
The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Wilhelmus Bemardus Blom on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2006. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmurageous’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings from the initial selection in 2006 were propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.
The present invention of a new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum (of about 17 weeks) is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.
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 September 19 (week 38) . The average height of the plants was 30 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 orange red ray florets blooming for a period of 4 weeks.
From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmurageous’ is ‘Zanmutomic’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,183). When ‘Zanmutomic’ and ‘Zanmurageous’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: (1) Number ray-florets. And (2) Color ray-florets. (1) The number of ray-florets is lower in ‘Zanmutomic’ than in ‘Zanmurageous’. (2) The orange colored ray-florets are more reddish in ‘Zanmurageous’ than in ‘Zanmutomic’.
The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmurageous’ 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.
Claims
1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmurageous’ as described and illustrated.
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 26, 2012
Date of Patent: Jul 22, 2014
Patent Publication Number: 20140182031
Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association Research B.V. (Valkenburg)
Inventor: Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom (Leimuiden)
Primary Examiner: Anne Grunberg
Application Number: 13/694,697
