US Plant Patent PP10692
Prima Donna
Asiatic hybrid lily plant named `Prima Donna`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 6, 2017. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10692
- Filed
- August 6, 1997
- Granted
- November 17, 1998
- Expires
- August 6, 2017
- Inventor
- MAK-LEEK RIA
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing semi-upright flowers of excellent form and long persistence, both on the plant and as a cutflower. The flowers of the new plant are particularly characterized by their multiple coloration; yellow base, soft yellow and white center, and pink tips with dark spots at the base. This combination is completely new in the Asiatic hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mas commercial cultivation. The variety shows tolerance against fusarium. The bulbs may be precooled and forced for cutflower production. The clone is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its high resistance to disease; its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation; the excellence of its flower form, size, and substance; its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut-flower producer from pre-cooled bulbs forced under glass out of season; and in particular by its unique multiple flower coloration; yellow base, soft yellow and white center, and pink tips with dark spots at the base.
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