Syelect Ambe

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Crazy Victoria Amber'

Summary: The terminal leaf lobe of 'Syelect Ambe' is short in length relative to the leaf length while the terminal leaf lobe of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' is medium in length. The lowest lateral leaf sinus of 'Syelect Ambe' is shallow while the sinus of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' is medium in depth. The leaf base is acute for 'Syelect Ambe' while it is obtuse and truncate for 'Crazy Victoria Amber'. The leaf of 'Syelect Ambe' has very few shallow margin indentations while the leaf of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' has a medium number of medium depth incisions. The flower head of 'Syelect Ambe' is larger in diameter than the flower head of 'Crazy Victoria Amber'. The flower head of 'Syelect Ambe' has ligulate and spatulate type ray florets while the flower head of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' has ligulate types only. The inner side of the ray floret of 'Syelect Ambe' has a flush of orange pink to light red pink secondary colour while the ray floret of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' has a strong overlay of orange red to orange pink secondary colour. The outer side of the ray floret of 'Syelect Ambe' is light yellow with tones of orange pink to light red pink while the outer side of the ray floret of 'Crazy Victoria Amber' is yellow to light yellow with orange brown at the apex and middle zone.

Description:

PLANT: bushy, hemispherical growth habit, dense branching
STEM: green tinged with purple or brown

LEAF: moderately upwards attitude of petiole, terminal lobe short relative to leaf length, lowest lateral lobe of sinus shallow in depth with diverging margins, acute base, no glossiness on upper side, dark green on upper side, margin indentations very few in number and shallow in depth

INFLORESCENCE: flat corymbiform, small angle between primary and lateral shoot, upright attitude of lateral flower heads, many flower heads per plant
BUD: outer side brown red (RHS 181B) with yellow (RHS 12A) at base
FLOWER HEAD: double, medium height, dense ray florets, predominately ligulate with some spatulate type ray florets
RAY FLORET: moderately ascending attitude of basal part, upper surface keeled, long corolla tube in spatulate types, straight to reflexing with age in cross section along longitudinal axis, ray florets from inner rows with weak incurving along longitudinal axis at distal quarter, emarginate and mamillate tip, inner side yellow (RHS 9B) with flush of orange pink to light red pink (RHS 35C-D) secondary colour on outer petals, inner side fading to yellow (RHS 12B) with tones of slightly darker yellow (RHS 9B) with age, outer side light yellow (RHS 8B) with tones of orange pink to light red pink (RHS 35C-D).

Origin & Breeding History: The variety 'Syelect Ambe' originated from a controlled cross made in Alva, Florida, USA in February 2007. The female parent was a proprietary seedling designated 04-M266-YL DC and the male parent was the variety 'Yoursula'. 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 October 12, 2007 in Alva, Florida. The new variety was selected based on criteria for flower colour, flower size, early flowering and plant habit.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Syelect Ambe' 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 14, 2011 and the reference variety on September 28, 2011. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Syelect Ambe' with reference variety 'Crazy Victoria Amber'

Flower head diameter (cm)

Colour of ray floret (RHS)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syelect Ambe' (left) with reference variety 'Crazy Victoria Amber' (right)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syelect Ambe' (left) with reference variety 'Crazy Victoria Amber' (right)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Syelect Ambe' (left) with reference variety 'Crazy Victoria Amber' (right)