ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. PP37,247, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to VDE Plant B.V. (Woubrugge, Netherlands).

"Philodendron plant named 'WHIWAMIN'" was invented by Edwin van der Eijk (Woubrugge, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'WHIWAMIN' is a distinctive Philodendron plant which is characterized by the combination of a small stature, a compact growth habit with an abundance of uniquely variegated foliage, white juvenile foliage that is suffused and mottled with green in between the lateral veins, dark green mature foliage with white suffusion immediately adjacent to the lateral veins, and the uniformity and stability of these characteristics from generati...