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US Plant Patent PP12562

Sampa

Amaryllis plant named ‘Sampa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 15, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12562, the photograph of Sampa printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12562, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12562
Filed
September 15, 1999
Granted
April 23, 2002
Expires
September 15, 2019
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
MEEROW ALAN

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Amaryllis plant named ‘Sampa’, characterized by its semi-dwarf, compact growth habit; freely flowering habit with three to four scapes per bulb and typically about five to eight open flowers per scape; red purple and white-striped flowers; resistance to Red Scorch Fungus, Staganospora curtisii and Leaf Spot, Cercospora pancratii ; and excellent high temperature tolerance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Amaryllis plant named ‘Sampa’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12562 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.