Boca

Boca

Hippeastrum plant named ‘Boca’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 14, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 11, 2033. This patent earned 125 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25788, the photograph of Boca printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25788, 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

A new and distinct tripolid (2n=33) Hippeastrum interspecific hybrid plant named ‘Boca’ particularly characterized by “butterfly” shape flowers, measuring approximately 13-14 cm and 15-16 cm long, approximately 12-13.5 cm and 14-15 cm wide laterally, approximately 14-16 cm and 16-18 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, The flowers are densely striated purple pink (approximately red purple RHS 57A) on their inner surfaces, with an irregular marginal white RHS 155D picotee and a faint white RHS 155D keel on the outer lateral segments; the outer surfaces are more lightly striated with infusions of green RHS 149B and maroon RHS 178B along the keels.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of amaryllis plant (genus Hippeastrum ) named ‘Boca’, as illustrated and described.

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Abstract