US Plant Patent PP6367
Lemon Pixie
Lily plant named `Lemon Pixie`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 10, 2006. 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
- PP6367
- Filed
- November 10, 1986
- Granted
- November 1, 1988
- Expires
- November 10, 2006
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant having an average height of less than eighteen inches and bearing large clusters of medium sized, upright flowers distinguished by their lemon yellow coloration which is accented by a "ring" of small, deep magenta spots surrounding the center of each flower, the flowers being of excellent form and long persistence. This plant has abundant foliage comprising moderately long and full leaves which, together with the short stature of the plant and its upright flowers, make it especially suitable as a pot plant variety. This plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and the bulbs of this plant when dug may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production, the clone being vigorous and 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 distinct variety of Asiatic hybrid lily, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly distinguished by the unique color pattern of its flowers which are characterized by a ring of deep magenta spots surrounding the center of the flower, and the excellence of its flower form; the plant has a vigorous growth habit with rapid natural propagation; and its short stemmed, abundantly leaved and upright flowering silhouette as a pot plant specimen.
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