Dekskye

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Description:

PLANT: tall, non-bushy type, response group when grown under precise daylength control is 4 (7 weeks)
STEM: green
STIPULE: small

PETIOLE: attitude is moderately upwards, medium to long relative to leaf length
LEAF: medium to long including petiole, medium width, high length/width ratio, terminal lobe is very short to short relative to leaf length, lowest lateral sinus is medium depth, margins of lowest lateral sinus are diverging, rounded base, absent or very weak glossiness of upper side, medium green on upper side, attitude is horizontal
LEAF MARGIN: few to medium number of indentations, medium depth indentations

INFLORESCENCE: deeply domed form, narrow at widest point, medium size angle between primary lateral shoot and stem, upright to semi-upright attitude of lateral flower heads
FLOWER BUD: colour of outer side just before opening is nearest to yellow-green (RHS 144C, but slightly more yellow)
FLOWER HEAD: few per stem, double type, small diameter and short on non-disbudded plants, medium density of ray florets, medium length peduncle
RAY FLORET: ligulate type only, ribbed upper surface, short corolla tube, profile in cross-section at widest point is strongly concave, no rolling of margin, longitudinal axis is incurved, part of longitudinal axis which is not straight is the distal quarter, medium strength curvature along londitudinal axis, short, narrow to medium width, low length/width ratio, rounded tip, one coloured on inner side, main colour on inner side is white (between RHS NN155B and NN155C), colour of outer side compared to inner side is markedly different, colour on outer side is white (RHS NN155B) with yellow-green (RHS N144A) at the tip, colour on inner and outer sides in inner rows is white (RHS NN155A) with yellow-green (RHS N144A) at the tip

Origin & Breeding History: 'Dekskye' was bred and developed as part of a planned breeding program by the breeder, Cornelius W. Dekker, in Hensbroek, Netherlands. It originated from a hybrid cross conducted in February 2008 between the female parent, proprietary seeding number '41048', and the male parent, proprietary seedling number '04.42289.03'. 'Dekskye' was selected from the resultant progeny in October 2008 based on its good branching and stem strength, flower colour and type, and good vase life.

Tests & Trials: The detailed description of 'Dekskye' is based on the UPOV report of Technical Examination, application number 2010/0386, purchased from the Community Plant Variety Office, Angers, France. The trials were conducted by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2010. Colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

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Chrysanthemum: 'Dekskye'