Syaub Oran

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Delightful Victoria Orange'

Summary: The plant of 'Syaub Oran' is shorter than the plant of 'Delightful Victoria Orange'. The leaf of 'Syaub Oran' is longer than the leaf of 'Delightful Victoria Orange'. The terminal leaf lobe of 'Syaub Oran' is long relative to the leaf length while the terminal lobe of 'Delightful Victoria Orange' is medium in length. The flower head of 'Syaub Oran' is larger in diameter than the flower head of 'Delightful Victoria Orange'. The secondary colour on the inner side of the ray floret is orange brown for 'Syaub Oran' while it is a darker orange brown for 'Delightful Victoria Orange'.

Description:

PLANT: bushy, hemispherical growth habit, dense branching
STEM: green

LEAF: moderately upwards attitude of petiole, terminal lobe long relative to leaf length, lowest lateral lobe of sinus medium in depth with diverging to parallel margins, acute to obtuse base, absent or weak glossiness on upper side, dark green on upper side, margin indentations few in number and medium in depth

INFLORESCENCE: flat corymbiform, many flower heads per plant
BUD: outer side orange brown (RHS 171B-C)
FLOWER HEAD: double, low height, dense ray florets, predominately ligulate type ray florets
RAY FLORET: horizontal attitude of basal part, two keels on upper surface, absent or very short corolla tube, flat to weakly convex in cross section at widest part, flat margin, very weak reflexing along longitudinal axis at distal quarter, emarginate and mamillate tip, inner side yellow orange (RHS 22A) with lighter tones of yellow orange (RHS 20A), orange brown (RHS 34D, 170B) secondary colour distributed throughout in a flushed pattern, outer side yellow orange (RHS 16C) with brown red (RHS 180C-D) in middle zone between keels, inner side of ray florets from inner rows yellow orange (RHS 17B) with orange brown (RHS 34B) at tip, outer side yellow orange (RHS 14C) with orange brown (RHS 34C) at tip.

Origin & Breeding History: The variety 'Syaub Oran' originated from a controlled cross made in Alva, Florida, USA in February 2007. The female parent was the variety 'Yohannah' and the male parent was the variety 'Yobonnie'. The resultant seed was collected and sown in a greenhouse in June 2007. A single plant from the progeny was selected by the breeder on November 6, 2007 in Alva, Florida. The new variety was selected based on criteria for flower colour, flower type, flower size, early flowering, response time and plant habit.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Syaub Oran' were conducted in an outdoor irrigated trial during the summer of 2011 in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included a total of 15 plants each of the candidate and reference varieties. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 20 cm pots on June 23, 2011. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of the candidate variety on September 27, 2011 and the reference variety on September 30, 2011. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart

Comparison tables for 'Syaub Oran' with reference variety 'Delightful Victoria Orange'

Plant height (cm)

Leaf length (cm)

Flower head diameter (cm)

Colour of inner side of ray floret (RHS)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syaub Oran' (left) with reference variety 'Delightful Victoria Orange' (right)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syaub Oran' (left) with reference variety 'Delightful Victoria Orange' (right)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syaub Oran' (left) with reference variety 'Delightful Victoria Orange' (right)