Sunbelhopi

Sunbelhopi

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelhopi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 26, 2024. This patent earned 138 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16447, the photograph of Sunbelhopi printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16447, 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.

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant having a spreading growth habit. The Calibrachoa plant has abundant branching, and a great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and small, the petals having a vivid reddish purple color. The inside color of the corolla throat is vivid yellow and the outside of the corolla tube is brilliant greenish yellow with dark grayish reddish brown vein. The plant exhibits high resistance to heat, cold, rain and disease.

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1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelhopi’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16447 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract