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US Plant Patent PP33132

Leading Lady Orchid

Monarda plant named ‘Leading Lady Orchid’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 30, 2038.

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 PP33132, the photograph of Leading Lady Orchid printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33132, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP33132
Filed
November 30, 2018
Granted
June 1, 2021
Expires
November 30, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of hybrid ornamental Bee Balm plant named Monarda ‘Leading Lady Orchid’ with slightly-glossy, powdery mildew-tolerant foliage, flower heads of magenta-pink flowers with lower petals accented by dark fuchsia spotting, each globular head subtended by wine-colored bracts. Flowering in dense verticils beginning about two weeks earlier than typical Monarda didyma cultivars. Flowers of side branches stretching above initial globular heads extends the fresh appearance over along period. The plant habit is short, compact and winter-hardy, useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a containerized plant.

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 cultivar of hybrid ornamental Bee Balm plant, Monarda ‘Leading Lady Orchid’, as herein described and illustrated.

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