A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by a gold/bronze colored flower with darker center. The plant has a round, mounding plant shape and naturally blooms in the last two weeks of August.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gedi Three Sie’ as herein illustrated and described.
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Latin name of the genus and species: Chrysanthemum morifolium.
Variety denomination: ‘Gedi Three Sie’.
The new cultivar is a product of hybridization of a female parent Chrysanthemum plant variety ‘Tr/96 AF 06’ (unpatented, undistributed seedling) and a male parent Chrysanthemum plant variety ‘Weiss’ (unpatented, undistributed in the U.S.). The new cultivar was discovered and selected by Dirk Pieters in a controlled environment in Oostniewkerke, Belgium, during September, 1997.
A sexual reproduction of the new cultivar ‘Gedi Three Sie’ by terminal cuttings and tissue culture was performed in Oxnard, Calif., and has shown that the unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type on successive generations.
The cultivar ‘Gedi Three Sie’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 Three Sie.’ These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Gedi Three Sie’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar:
Plants of the new cultivar ‘Gedi Three Sie’ are similar to plants of the female parent variety, ‘Tr/96 AF 06,’ in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar have longer lasting flowers, with bronze ray florets, rather than the yellow ray florets of the female parent. Additionally, plants of the new cultivar ‘Gedi Three Sie’ are shorter than plants of the female parent variety.
Plants of the new cultivar ‘Gedi Three Sie’ are similar to plants of the male parent variety, ‘Weiss,’ in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar have a longer lasting, smaller diameter flower than plants of the male parent variety. Plants of the new cultivar are also shorter than plants of the male parent variety.
In comparison to the commercially available variety ‘Gedi One Nov’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,796), ‘Gedi Three Sie’ has a smaller diameter flower with fewer ray florets. The new variety also has about 12 more flowers per flowering branch than the comparable variety ‘Gedi One Nov,’ The new variety ‘Gedi Three Sie’ also has shorter but wider leaves in comparison to ‘Gedi One Nov.’
In comparison to the commercially available variety ‘Gedi Two Fig’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,403), the new variety ‘Gedi Three Sie’ has a larger diameter flower and about 11 more flowers per flowering branch. Additionally, the floral longevity of the new variety ‘Gedi Three Sie’ is about eight days longer than the floral longevity of the comparable variety ‘Gedi Two Fig.’
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In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describe ‘Gedi Three Sie’ plants grown in a greenhouse in Oxnard, Ventura County, Calif., during the month of September 2003. The growing temperature ranged from about 12° C. to 15° C. at night to about 12° C. to 20° C. during the day. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical flowering types, and are believed to apply to plants of the variety grown under similar conditions of soil and climate elsewhere:
| Patent | Priority | Assignee | Title |
| PP19268, | Jun 27 2007 | Paraty BVBA | Chrysanthemum plant named ‘PPP ALB WH06’ |
| Patent | Priority | Assignee | Title |
| PP13796, | Jun 04 2001 | Pieters Plant Production, BVBA | Chrysanthemum plant named `Gedi One Nov` |
| PP14403, | May 01 2002 | Pieters Plant Production, BVBA | Chrysanthemum plant named `Gedi Two Fig` |
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