US Plant Patent PP8764
Red Dwarf
Lily plant Lilium `Red Dwarf`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 30, 2013. 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
- PP8764
- Filed
- July 30, 1993
- Granted
- May 31, 1994
- Expires
- July 30, 2013
- Inventor
- MANTEL HOMME
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large upfacing to slightly outfacing flowers of excellent form and long persistence. The new hybrid is particularly characterized by a short, sturdy stem and by flowers of vibrant unspotted deep red color with clawed tepals and lightly ruffled outer tepal margins. This combination is completely new in the Asiatic hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The variety is highly resistant to fusarium disease and shows tolerance of virus. The bulbs may be precooled and forced into flower under glass out of season. The clone is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its high resistance to disease; its tolerance of virus; its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation; the excellence of its flower form, size, and substance; its versatility both as a garden plant and as a pot plant produced from pre-cooled bulbs forced under glass out of season; and in particular by its unique short, sturdy stems with scarlet red buds and semi-upfacing crimson red flowers with clawed tepals, a combination unique among Asiatic hybrid lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation.
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