Chrysanthemum plant named `Chakara`

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum, botanically known as Dendranthema grandiflora, and hereinafter is referred to by the cultivar name `Chakara`.

#The new cultivar is the product of a planned breeding program which had as its objective the creation of a new Chrysanthemum cultivar that is intended primarily for pot mum production.

#The breeding program which resulted in the production of the new cultivar of the present invention was carried out in a controlled environment during October 1984 at Nuaille, Trementines, France. The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Fada` cultivar (non-patented in the United States) having double flat purple blossoms that was created in France by a breeder named Bernard, and the male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the `Domi` cultivar (non-patented in the United States) that is an old French cultivar having honey-colored blossoms in an anemone spray configuration. The parentage of the new cultivar can be summarized as follows:

#The accompanying photographs were prepared during June, 1994, and show as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this character, typical plants and plant parts of the new cultivar of the present invention. The plants were 13 weeks of age and were grown at Nuaille, Trementines, France, under standard greenhouse conditions which approximate those commonly utilized for the production of decorative pot mums. The plants had been pinched once and had not been dibudded. No growth regulant was utilized. Any labels shown in the photographs are 2.5 cm. in width and can be used for size comparisons.

#FIG. 1 illustrates typical specimens of the overall plant wherein three cuttings were placed in a 20 cm. pot. The bright bronze anemone flowers, as well as the foliage, are apparent.

#FIG. 2 illustrates a closer view of typical flowers in various stages of opening. It is apparent that the blossom coloration tends to fade as the blossoms mature.

#The chart used in the identification of colors described hereafter is the R.H.S. Colour Chart of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, England. In some instances more common color terms are provided and are to be accorded their usual dictionary significance. The plants described were 13 weeks of age and were grown at Nuaille, Trementines, France, under standard greenhouse conditions which approximate those commonly utilized for the production of decorative pot mums.

#Classification:

#Botanical.--Dendranthema grandiflora, cv. `Chakara`.