US Plant Patent PP5390
Pia Elise
Begonia plant named Pia Elise
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 20, 2003. 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
- PP5390
- Filed
- June 20, 1983
- Granted
- January 15, 1985
- Expires
- June 20, 2003
- Assignee
- DAEHNFELDT A S L
- Inventor
- BOLL HOLGER
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of begonia named Pia Elise, comprising a flower color mutation of the cultivar Barbara, and particularly characterized by its large double, deep pink flowers which do not significantly fade under abnormal conditions, with the flower color pleasantly contrasting with dark green foliage, vigorous growth habit, and by its ease of manipulation for year around flower production, especially for larger containers and hanging baskets for interior decorating.
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 named Pia Elise, as illustrated and described, comprising a flower color mutation of the cultivar Barbara, and particularly characterized by its large double, deep pink flowers which do not significantly fade under abnormal conditions, with the flower color pleasantly contrasting with dark green foliage; vigorous growth habit, and by its ease of manipulation for year around flower production, especially for larger containers and hanging baskets for interior decorating.
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