Yopueblo

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Yoauburn' (Auburn)

Summary: The leaf of 'Yopueblo' is shorter and narrower than the leaf of 'Yoauburn'. The flower head of 'Yopueblo' is smaller in diameter than the flower head of 'Yoauburn'. The ray florets are shorter in length for 'Yopueblo' than for 'Yoauburn'. The inner side of the ray floret of 'Yopueblo' is orange brown with yellow orange secondary colour while the inner side of the ray floret of 'Yoauburn' is red with orange yellow secondary colour and yellow tertiary colour. The disc of 'Yopueblo' is more indented than the disc of 'Yoauburn'.

Description:

PLANT: bushy type, upright growth habit, green stem

PETIOLE: moderately upwards to horizontal attitude, medium length relative to leaf length
LEAF: terminal lobe long relative to leaf length, lowest lateral sinus medium to deep with parallel margins, base obtuse, upper side dark green with absent or weak glossiness, medium to many deep margin indentations

FLOWER: many flower heads per plant, outer side of bud yellow brown (RHS N167C) with light yellow brown (RHS 162C) at opening, semi-double daisy head type
RAY FLORETS: few rows, predominantly ligulate type, moderately ascending attitude of basal part, upper surface with two keels, short corolla tube, ranging from weakly concave to flat to weakly convex profile in cross section at widest point, flat margin, straight along longitudinal axis at distal quarter, tip emarginate, dentate and mamillate
RAY FLORET - INNER SIDE: orange brown (RHS 34B-C) with yellow orange (RHS 13A) secondary colour at distal quarter and distributed throughout in a flushed pattern and in diffuse stripes, tertiary colour yellow (RHS 9A) in a solid or nearly solid pattern at base
RAY FLORET - OUTER SIDE: light yellow (RHS 10B-C) with undertones of orange (RHS 26D)
DISC: small to medium diameter relative to head diameter, indented to flat profile in cross section, green to yellowish before anther dehiscence with no dark spot at centre, yellowish green at anther dehiscence.

Origin & Breeding History: The variety 'Yopueblo' originated from a controlled pollination conducted in January 2004 in Salinas, California, USA. The female parent was a proprietary seedling designated YB-A4929 and the male parent was a proprietary seedling designated YB-A3803. The new variety was selected in Fort Myers, Florida, USA in March 2005. The selection criteria included growth habit, strong stems, flowering response time, flower form and colour and excellent post production longevity. Asexual reproduction by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in Fort Myers, Florida in June 2005.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Yopueblo' were conducted in a greenhouse trial during the Fall of 2011 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. On August 16, 2011, fifty unrooted cuttings were directly stuck into 15 cm pots, with 5 cuttings per pot. The trial included a total of 10 pots of each variety spaced 30 cm apart. Plants were pinched once prior to short day treatment. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of each variety on November 8, 2011. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Yopueblo' with reference variety 'Yoauburn'

Leaf length (cm)

Leaf width (cm)

Flower head diameter (cm)

Ray floret length (cm)

Colour of inner side of ray floret (RHS)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Yopueblo' (left) with reference variety 'Yoauburn' (right)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Yopueblo' (left) with reference variety 'Yoauburn' (right)