Ceartist Orange

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Ceartist Yellow'

Summary: The inner side of the ray florets of 'Ceartist Orange' is nearest greyed orange but slightly more yellow and irregularly streaked with red while for 'Ceartist Yellow', it is yellow and irregularly streaked with red.

Description:

PLANT: medium height, eight (8) week response group
STEM: short to medium length internodes, thin to medium thick diameter, yellow green (RHS 144A), no anthocyanin colouration, weak to medium strength, angular in cross-section, no brittleness
LATERAL SHOOT: moderate attachment to stem, medium angle relative to stem

STIPULE: medium size
LEAF: short to medium length, medium width, medium to high length/width ratio, medium thickness, fleshy texture, medium to coarse serration, green (RHS 139A), long lower lobe, rounded tending to cordate base, mucronate apex
LEAF SINUS: round shape of base, claw present in base, converging margins

PEDUNCLE: medium thickness, short (terminal flower head only)
INFLORESCENCE: corymbiform tending to cylindrical, medium number of flower heads
FLOWER BUD: greyed red (RHS 181C) on outer side of outer ray florets
FLOWER HEAD: semi-double type, medium diameter, low to medium height, low to medium number of rows of ray florets, five or less rows of involucral bracts, no involucral bracts among florets
RAY FLORET (GENERAL): very short to short corolla tube, medium length/width ratio, weakly convex in cross-section, no keel, thick, medium number, textured surface, mamillate tip
RAY FLORET (MAJORITY): very weakly to weakly reflexing along most of distal half of longitudinal axis, greyed orange (RHS 163C) irregularly streaked with greyed orange (RHS 174C) on outer side, nearest greyed orange (RHS 167C) but slightly more yellow and irregularly streaked with red (RHS 53A) on inner side
RAY FLORET (OUTER ROW): very weakly to weakly reflexing along most of distal half of longitudinal axis, medium length, medium to broad
RAY FLORET (INNER ROWS): greyed orange (RHS 163C) irregularly streaked with greyed orange (RHS 174C) on outer side, nearest greyed orange (RHS 167C) but slightly more yellow and irregularly streaked with red (RHS 53A) on inner side

DISC: medium diameter, green before anther dehiscence, yellow at anther dehiscence, Type 4 distribution of disc florets (numerous, massed and clearly visible during all stages of flower head development)
DISC FLORET: long, tubular, yellow
RECEPTACLE: small to medium diameter, raised dome shape

Origin & Breeding History: 'Ceartist Orange' is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding colour mutants of the parent '99.2506'. The new cultivar was discovered as a whole plant mutation in 2002 in a controlled environment (greenhouse) at CBA Research BV, Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. After its selection, 'Ceartist Orange' was vegetatively reproduced by cuttings and subjected to a testing program in order to evaluate uniformity, stability, distinctness and commercial value.

Tests & Trials: The detailed description of 'Ceartist Orange' is based on the UPOV Report of Technical Examination, application number 2003/1961, purchased from the Community Plant Variety Office in Angers, France. The trials were conducted by the National Institute for Agricultural Botany in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2004. Colour determinations were made using the second edition (1986) Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour chart.

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Chrysanthemum: 'Ceartist Orange'