US Plant Patent PP4646
Superstar
Lily plant named Superstar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 27, 1999. 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
- PP4646
- Filed
- September 27, 1979
- Granted
- February 10, 1981
- Expires
- September 27, 1999
- Assignee
- SUN VALLEY BULB FARMS INC
- Inventor
- KIRSCH TED T
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Oriental hybrid lily plant of the Parkmannis type, particularly distinguished by the glossy, purplish red coloring of its large, seven to eight inch diameter, slightly cupped, upwardly facing flowers which comprise a raceme inflorescence borne on long, strong stems and having strong, erect pedicels, each pedicel usually having one bud or flower. This new plant is also distinguished by its habit of blooming profusely in July and by its dark green, glossy and relatively disease resistant foliage.
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 Oriental hybrid lily plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its very large, upwardly facing flowers borne on strong, stiff pedicels, and by the substantially overall bright purplish red coloring of the sepals and petals which are bordered by a white sinuous margin.
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