charisma

charisma

Lily plant: Lilium `charisma`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 3, 1995. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 21, 1997, but this patent ends 749 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Abstract

A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of medium-sized flowers of excellent form, strong color, and long persistence, both on the plant and as a cut flower; the flowers of the new plant are characterized particularly by their unique vibrant golden-orange color and by the distinctive pattern of the color tones on the tepals. The flowers are completely unspotted. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance to virus. It is an excellent garden plant. The bulbs may be precooled and forced as pot plants, retaining their short stature without chemical treatment. The clone is very vigorous and is an excellent grower and propagator.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the distinctive genetically short habit of the plant, the exceptional length of the plant leaves, the resistance of the plant to disease; its high tolerance of viral infection; the vigorous growth and propagation characteristics of its clone; the excellence of its flower form; the versatility of the plant both as a garden plant and as a pot plant uniformly and rapidly forced out of season from precooled bulbs; and in particular by the pure, unspotted, vibrant golden-orange color of its flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4180 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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