US Plant Patent PP11523
Lila
Neoregelia plant named `Lila`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 4, 2018. 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
- PP11523
- Filed
- August 4, 1998
- Granted
- September 26, 2000
- Expires
- August 4, 2018
- Inventor
- GROVES GRANT
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Neoregelia is provided. It is a medium size Neoregelia plant, suitable for production in 12.5 to 15 cm pots. `Lila` is a relatively low spreading rosette, full and symmetrical with numerous, closely overlapping, wide, relatively short and flat, glossy leaves. Several bright red-purple upper leaves provide the dominant plant color.
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 Neoregelia plant named `Lila`, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized as to novelty by its medium size; relatively low spreading, full, symmetrical rosette growth habit; numerous, wide, closely overlapping, glossy leaves; bright red-purple color of dominant top leaves and green with red-purple color of bottom leaves.
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