Meiptipier

Meiptipier

Mini-flora rose plant named ‘Meiptipier’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 31, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14194, the photograph of Meiptipier printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14194, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Mini-Flora Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive double bicolored blossoms that are deep rosy pink on the inner petals and pale ivory pink on the outer petals. The buds are globose in configuration and are borne on stems having relatively few thorns. An open vase-shaped growth habit is exhibited. The foliage is matte medium to dark green and contrasts nicely with the bicolored pink blossoms. The new variety is well suited for the production of cut flowers under greenhouse growing conditions.

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 Mini-Flora rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms generally globose buds in the form of a spray on stems having relative few thorns, (b) forms in abundance attractive double bicolored blossoms that are deep rosy pink on the central petals and pale ivory pink on the outer petals, (c) exhibits an open vase-shaped growth habit, and (d) forms attractive matte medium to dark green foliage upon maturity; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14194 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

Abstract