Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yorichmond’

#Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

#Cultivar denomination: ‘Yorichmond’.

#The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium, commercially grown as a potted Chrysanthemum and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Yorichmond’.

#The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum. These photographs show the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum.

#The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a side perspective view of typical flowering plants of ‘Yorichmond’.

#The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of typical inflorescences of ‘Yorichmond’.

#The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown in Leamington, Ontario, Canada during the autumn in a glass-covered greenhouse and under conditions and practices which approximate those generally used in commercial potted Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from about 21° C. to 27° C., night temperatures ranged from about 17° C. to 19° C. and light levels ranged from 4,000 to 6,000 foot candles. Four unrooted cuttings were directly stuck in 15-cm containers, exposed to long day/short night conditions, and pinched about two weeks later. At that time, the photoinductive short day/long night treatments were started. Plants used in the photographs and for the description were center-budded and were about eleven weeks old. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Observations and measurements were taken from a single plants. Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium cultivar Yorichmond. Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum×morifolium identified as code number YB-A3803, not patented. Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Chrysanthemum×morifolium identified as code number YB-5465, not patented. Propagation: Type.—Terminal vegetative cuttings. Time to initiate roots.—About four days at temperatures of about 21° C. Time to produce a rooted young plant.—About ten days at temperatures of about 21° C. Root description.—Fine to thick, fibrous; white in color. Rooting habit.—Freely branching; moderately dense. Plant description: Appearance.—Herbaceous daisy-type potted Chrysanthemum typically grown as a center-budded or as a natural spray type. Stems upright and outwardly spreading giving a uniformly mounded appearance to the plant. Freely branching habit, about four lateral branches develop after removal of terminal apex (pinching); dense and full plant habit. Strong and vigorous growth habit. Plant height.—About 27 cm. Plant width.—About 20 cm. Lateral branches.—Length: About 24 cm. Diameter: About 4 mm. Internode length: About 2.2 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent. Color: 148A. Foliage description: Arrangement.—Alternate, simple. Length.—About 5.6 cm. Width.—About 4.2 cm. Shape.—Palmately lobed. Apex.—Cuspidate. Base.—Attenuate. Margin.—Palmately lobed, sinuses between lateral lobes mostly parallel. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Fine pubescence; veins prominent on lower surface. Color.—Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper surface: 147A; venation, 147B. Developing and fully expanded foliage, lower surface: 147B; venation, 147B. Petiole.—Length: About 2 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to 147C. Color, lower surface: Close to 147B. Inflorescence description: Appearance.—Daisy-type inflorescence form with ligulate to narrowly obovate-shaped ray florets. Inflorescences borne on terminals above foliage. Disk and ray florets arranged acropetally on a capitulum. Inflorescence not fragrant. Typically grown as a center-budded or as a natural spray type. Flowering response.—Under natural conditions, plants flower in the autumn/winter in the Northern Hemisphere. At other times of the year, inflorescence initiation and development can be induced under short day/long night conditions (at least 13.5 hours of darkness). Early flowering habit; plants exposed to two weeks of long day/short night conditions followed by photoinductive short day/long night conditions flower about seven weeks later. Postproduction longevity.—Inflorescences maintain good color and substance for about four weeks in an interior environment. Quantity of inflorescences.—Freely flowering, about 15 inflorescences develop per plant. Inflorescence bud.—Height: About 1.4 cm. Diameter: About 1.6 cm. Shape: Oblate. Color: Close to 184A. Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 7.8 cm. Depth (height): About 1.8 cm to 2 cm. Diameter of disc: About 2 cm. Receptacle height: About 6 mm. Receptacle diameter: About 2.2 cm. Receptacle color: 147A to 147B. Ray florets.—Shape: Ligulate to narrowly obovate. Orientation: Initially upright, then about 90° from vertical or perpendicular to peduncle; eventually reflexed. Aspect: Initially incurved, then mostly flat. Length: About 4.3 cm. Width: About 1 cm. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Attenuate; short corolla tube. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About 40 arranged in about two to three whorls. Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to 185A. When opening, lower surface: Close to 182B. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 187A to 187B. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 183C. Disc florets.—Arrangement: Massed at center of receptacle. Shape: Tubular, elongated. Apex: Five-pointed. Length: About 9 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Number of disc florets per inflorescence: About 180. Color, immature: Apex: Close to 13B. Mid-section: Close to 157A. Base: Close to 157C. Color, mature: Apex: Close to 13B. Mid-section: Close to 145C. Base: Close to 145D. Phyllaries.—Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 24 arranged in about two whorls. Length: About 1 cm. Width: About 4 mm. Shape: Elliptical. Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth, waxy. Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to 146A. Color, lower surface: Close to 148A. Peduncles.—Length: First peduncle: About 3.2 cm. Fourth peduncle: About 5.4 cm. Diameter (first peduncle): About 2 mm. Angle: About 45° to 50° from vertical. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close to 148A. Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Present on disc florets only. Filament length: About 3 mm. Filament color: Close to 157A. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther length: About 3 mm. Anther color: Close to 17A. Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 17A. Gynoecium: Present on both ray and disc florets. Pistil length: About 9 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma color: Close to 5A. Style length: About 6 mm. Style color: Close to 145C. Ovary color: Close to 157A. Seed/fruit.—Seed and fruit production has not been observed. Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to Chrysanthemums has not been observed on plants grown under commercial conditions. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have demonstrated good tolerance to low temperatures of about 5° C. and high temperatures of about 38° C.