US Plant Patent PP12085
Namib Sunrise
Ornithogalum dubium plant named ‘Namib Sunrise’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 21, 2019. 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
- PP12085
- Filed
- June 21, 1999
- Granted
- September 11, 2001
- Expires
- June 21, 2019
- Inventor
- LITTLEJOHN GAIL; FARRINGER E L; FARRINGER C F
Abstract
‘Namib Sunrise’, an Ornithogalum dubium cultivar. ‘Namib Sunrise’ has a compact growth habit with three to eight leaves which grow to a length of up to eight-twelve cm. The most striking characteristic of the mature plant is its corymbose-shaped inflorescence (raceme) which is between 15 and 30 cm tall and includes 15-20 flowers. The flowers are RHS25A orange with no darkened centers. Each ‘Namib Sunrise’ flower is cup-shaped, and 2.8 to 3 cm wide.
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 Ornithogalum dubium plant named ‘Namib Sunrise’, substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.