Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIDZ0091’

A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIDZ0091’ particularly distinguished by the purple and white bicolor, daisy-type inflorescences, excellent flower production, strong growth and spreading plant habit, and very uniform flowering with response time of 8 weeks when grown under short days.

Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed:Chrysanthemum x morifolium.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a newChrysanthemum, botanically known asChrysanthemum x morifolium, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘CIDZ0091’.

‘CIDZ0091’ is a product of a planned breeding program. The new cultivar has purple and white bicolor, daisy-type inflorescences, excellent flower production, strong growth and spreading plant habit, and very uniform flowering with response time of 8 weeks when grown under short days.

‘CIDZ0091’ originated as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation discovered among flowering plants of ‘B8040’ growing in a greenhouse in Gilroy, Calif., in January 2014. The parent is the proprietary unpatented breeding line ‘B8040’, and having inflorescences of a dark purple hue under usual conditions, while it is similar to ‘CIDZ0091’ in all other characteristics.

The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘CIDZ0091’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were propagated from the initial selection in April 2014 in a greenhouse in Gilroy, Calif.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the plant initiated August, 2014, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘CIDZ0091’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.

A Plant Breeder's Right for this cultivar has not been applied for. ‘CIDZ0091’ has not been made publicly available prior to the effective filing date of this application, notwithstanding any disclosure that may have been made less than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application by the inventor or another who obtained ‘CIDZ0091’ directly from the inventor.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of the new variety. The combination of these characteristics distinguishes thisChrysanthemumas a new and distinct variety.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The plant descriptions and measurements were taken indoors in Gilroy, Calif. in January 2017 on about 12 week old plants. Unrooted cuttings had been planted, 4 plants per pot, in 6 inch pots on Oct. 24, 2016. The plants were pinched and moved to short days on Nov. 14, 2016 to induce flowering.

The aforementioned photographs:FIGS. 1 and 2were taken in Gilroy, Calif. in January 2017, and showing a plant from a trial, in which flowering had been induced by applying black cloth.