US Plant Patent PP6501
Sylphide
Lily plant named Sylphide
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 18, 2007. 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
- PP6501
- Filed
- March 18, 1987
- Granted
- January 3, 1989
- Expires
- March 18, 2007
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- Edward A. McRae
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large upright to semi-upright flowers particularly characterized by their unspotted, pure white coloration with a soft pink reverse side. The flowers of this new plant are of excellent form and with their large size and substance, orientation and color, provide a combination that is completely new in the Oriental hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease, shows tolerance of virus, and is an excellent garden plant. The bulbs of this plant may be precooled and forced for cut flower production, the resulting clone being vigorous, a good grower, and an excellent propagator.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinctive variety of Oriental hybrid lily plant and parts thereof, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the pure white unspotted coloration of the flowers and the excellence of the flower form, size, and substance; by the unique upright to semi-upright orientation of the flowers; and by its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower producer.
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