US Plant Patent PP11131
Sunrenidibu
Torenia plant named `Sunrenidibu`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 10, 2017. 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
- PP11131
- Filed
- September 10, 1997
- Granted
- November 23, 1999
- Expires
- September 10, 2017
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a Torenia hybrida plant which has bi-colored brilliant purple and deep purple flower petals and a brilliant purple floral tube. The plant has semi-erect growth habit, medium branching and forms a great profusion blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for an extended period of time. The plant has a high resistance to heat, and moderate resistance to diseases and pests. The new variety has the ability to flower and to maintain its advantageous semi-erect growth habit even when grown in the shade.
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 Torenia hybrida plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a semi-erect growth habit, (b) forms in abundance attractive bi-colored brilliant purple and deep purple blossoms over an extended period of time, (c) well tolerates growing in the shade, and (d) exhibits good resistance to heat; substantially as illustrated and described.
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