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US Plant Patent PP12376

77VR Rose Red

Begonia plant named ‘77VR Rose Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 21, 2020. 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 PP12376, the photograph of 77VR Rose Red printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12376, 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
PP12376
Filed
January 21, 2000
Granted
January 29, 2002
Expires
January 21, 2020
Assignee
GOLDEN STATE BULB GROWERS
Inventor
SNOW ANDREW B

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘77VR Rose Red’ characterized by having a definite and distinct flower fragrance that can be described as sweet and lingering but subtle and not overpowering. It is often compared to the scent of a fragrant rose bloom. The fragrance is most pronounced when the temperature is between 65° and 80° F. Male flowers are fully double and do not produce pollen or male reproductive parts under normal growing conditions. The cultivar ‘77VR Rose Red’ has a full and semi-pendulous plant habit with numerous flower shoots (4-6 or more). Each flowering shoot will produce anywhere from 4-6 peduncles with 1 or 2 male flowers on each during the growing season.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘77VR Rose Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12376 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.