‘Fimmerbrobico’ Chrysanthemum Has Orange Bronze Ray Florets in Autumn

Summary: ‘Fimmerbrobico’ chrysanthemum, a newly cultivated garden mum variety by British breeder Peter Wain, has orange bronze ray florets in autumn.

top perspective view of 3.5-month-old ‘Fimmerbrobico’ plant, grown indoors in a glass-covered greenhouse, during summer and autumn, in a 19-centimeter (-inch) container, De Lier, Netherlands; image included in patent application, filed Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, as application number 14/121,733, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); United States Plant Patent No. US PP27,070; Date of Patent Aug. 16, 2016: Peter Wain, Public Domain, via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

‘Fimmerbrobico’ chrysanthemum, a newly cultivated variety of common garden chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) by British breeder Peter Wain of Locks Heath, has orange bronze ray florets in autumn.

On Oct. 11, 2014, Peter Wain filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his invention, a chrysanthemum plant named ‘Fimmerbrobico.’ He listed Fides B.V. of De Lier, South Holland province, midwestern Netherlands. Primary examiner Keith Robinson reviewed the patent application for ‘Fimmerbrobico.’ On Aug. 16, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent PP26,884 for ‘Fimmerbrobico' chrysanthemum.

‘Fimmerbrobico’ originates in a cross-pollination program conducted January 2009 by the inventor. The program took place in a controlled greenhouse environment at Locks Heath, a suburb of Fareham, southern Hampshire county, southern England. Program subjects comprised proprietary selections of unpatented female and male Chrysanthemum x morifolium plants.

In September 2009 the inventor discovered and selected a single flowering plant, now known as ‘Fimmerbrobico,’ from the program’s progeny. Propagation by terminal vegetative cuttings, which first began in December 2009, demonstrated stable, true reproduction of distinctive traits of ‘Fimmerbrobico’ over successive generations.

The application’s description is based upon plants grown indoors in 14-centimeter (5.51-inch) containers during winter. Production occurred in a glass-covered greenhouse in Fareham, southern Hampshire county. Day and night temperatures during production ranged from 17 to 21 degrees Celsius (62.6 to 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit). Botanical details describe 12-week-old plants.

‘Fimmerbrobico’ is a decorative-type chrysanthemum with a compact, dense, uniformly mounded shape. Upright to outwardly spreading stems have numerous lateral branches. Plant height is about 26 centimeters (10.23 inches). Plant width spreads to about 43 centimeters (16.92 inches).

The plant’s freely branching habit yields lateral branch lengths of about 20.5 centimeters (8.07 inches). Lateral branch diameter is about 4 millimeters (0.15 inches). Branches are angled about 45 degrees from vertical.

Branch color is brown green (Royal Horticultural Society color 146C). Leaves form alternate arrangements along branches.

Palmately lobed leaves are roughly ovate (Latin: ovatus, “egg-shaped”), with three to five lobes. Margins are slightly dentate, or toothed.

Texture of leaf upper surfaces is slightly rough, with fine down, termed as pubescence. Lower surfaces have prominent veins as well as fine pubescence.

Upper surfaces of fully expanded leaves are brown green (RHS N137C) with brown green (RHS 138B) venation. Lower surfaces are brown green (RHS 137B) with brown green (RHS 138C) veins.

‘Fimmerbrobico’ has a mid-season flowering habit that begins in mid to late September in the United Kingdom. The newly cultivated mum variety’s freely flowering habit yields about 265 inflorescences per plant. Inflorescences, which are persistent, exhibit good color for about three to five weeks.

Flowers comprise ligulate-, or strap-, shaped ray florets. The National Chrysanthemum Society, USA, notes that all chrysanthemum classes have both disc and ray florets. Disc florets, however, are not apparent in many of the 13 classes.

Each flower comprises about 150 ray florets in a 10-whorled arrangement. Ray floret orientation transitions from initially upright to about 85 degrees from the vertical.

Texture of upper and lower surfaces of ray florets is smooth. Margins are smooth, described as entire.

Ray floret length is about 2.2 centimeters (0.86 inches). Width is about 6 millimeters (0.23 inches).

Upper surfaces of fully opened flowers are light yellow brown (RHS 163B). Lower surfaces of fully opened flowers are yellow brown (RHS 163A). Upper and lower surface colors are unchanged by development.

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Fimmerbrobico’ displays good garden performance, with a temperature tolerance ranging from about 0 to about 35 degrees Celsius (32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit). A mid-season flowering habit embellishes autumn floral palettes with a pleasingly compact, dense, mounded shape topped with orange bronze ray florets.

top perspective view of 18-week-old ‘Zanmupumpkin,’ another chrysanthemum plant with bronze ray florets; image included in patent application, filed Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, as application number 13/998,971, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); United States Plant Patent No. US PP26,884; Date of Patent June 28, 2016: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association Research B.V., Public Domain, via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

top perspective view of 3.5-month-old ‘Fimmerbrobico’ plant, grown indoors in a glass-covered greenhouse, during summer and autumn, in a 19-centimeter (7.48-inch) container, De Lier, Netherlands; image included in patent application, filed Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, as application number 14/121,733, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); United States Plant Patent No. US PP27,070; Date of Patent Aug. 16, 2016: Peter Wain, Public Domain, via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office @ http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=PP027070;
color scans via Plant Patents Image Database, Digital Collections @ University of Maryland Libraries, @ https://digital.lib.umd.edu/plantpatents/id/PP27070

top perspective view of 18-week-old ‘Zanmupumpkin,’ another chrysanthemum plant with bronze ray florets; image included in patent application, filed Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, as application number 13/998,971, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); United States Plant Patent No. US PP26,884; Date of Patent June 28, 2016: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association Research B.V., Public Domain, via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office @ http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=PP026884;
color scans via Plant Patents Image Database, Digital Collections @ University of Maryland Libraries, @ https://digital.lib.umd.edu/plantpatents/id/PP26884

For further information:

“Chrysanthemum.” New World Encyclopedia.
Available @ http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chrysanthemum

“Chrysanthemum Classifications.” New York Botanical Garden Mertz LibGuides > Plant & Gardening Help > Chrysanthemum History and Flower Form.
Available @ http://libguides.nybg.org/content.php?pid=671296&sid=5780887

“Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Fimmerbrobico.’” United States Patent and Trademark Office > Program in Word (PIW). Aug. 16, 2016.
Available @ http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=PP027070

“Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Zanmupumpkin.’” United States Patent and Trademark Office > Program in Word (PIW). June 28, 2016.
Available @ http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=PP026884

"History of the Chrysanthemum." National Chrysanthemum Society USA.
Available @ http://www.mums.org/history-of-the-chrysanthemum/

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. “Document TGP/14: Glossary of Technical, Botanical and Statistical Terms Used in UPOV Documents.” UPOV (Union Internationale Pour la Protection des Obtentions Végétales). Dec. 9, 2006.
Available @ http://www.upov.org/edocs/mdocs/upov/en/tc_edc/2007/tgp_14_draft_1_section_2_3_2.pdf

Marriner, Derdriu. "‘Fimmsunpur’ Chrysanthemum Has Early Cerise Pink Ray Florets in August." Earth and Space News. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.
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