US Plant Patent PP12105
Sunrenilapiho
Torenia plant named ‘Sunrenilapiho’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 7, 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
- PP12105
- Filed
- January 7, 1999
- Granted
- September 25, 2001
- Expires
- January 7, 2019
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a torenia plant named ‘Sunrenilapiho’ which forms in profusion attractive globose bicolored flowers that are white and reddish-purple. The duration of flowering is long and extends from June to November in the southern Kanto area of Japan. A medium branching propensity is displayed. The growth habit is semi-erect with stems that extend downward pliantly when grown in a hanging pot. Good resistance to heat and diseases is exhibited.
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 plant named ‘Sunrenilapiho’ substantially as herein illustrated and described, that displays: (a) A semi-erect growth habit with stems that extend downward pliantly when grown in a hanging pot, (b) A medium branching propensity, and (c) Forms attractive bicolored white and reddish-purple flowers in profusion from June to November in the southern Kanto area of Japan; substantially as herein shown and described.
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