US Plant Patent PP16868

Bodhigyel

Portulaca plant named ‘Bodhigyel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16868
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: April 3, 2025
Assignee: JOHN BODGER & SON S CO
Inventor: ARIMITSU YOSHIRO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Bodhigyel’, characterized by its upright, low spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; dense and bushy growth habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; large double bright yellow-colored flowers; and no pollen production.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Bodhigyel’, as illustrated and described.

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