US Plant Patent PP5540
Capricorn
African violet plant named Capricorn
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 23, 2003. 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
- PP5540
- Filed
- September 23, 1983
- Granted
- August 20, 1985
- Expires
- September 23, 2003
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Capricorn characterized by its deep purple-red slightly waved single flowers, variegated leaves having a bright green leaf center, with the leaves being wavy and funnel shaped, and serrated at the edges; very floriferous flowering habit, with 7-9 upright and rigid flower stems being formed, each carrying up to 13 or more single flowers, and by its compact and full flower bouquet positioned centrally above the leaves.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Capricorn, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its deep purple-red slightly waved single flowers, variegated leaves having a bright green leaf center, with the leaves being wavy and funnel shaped, and serrated at the edges; very floriferous flowering habit, with 7-9 upright and rigid flower stems being formed, each carrying up to 13 or more single flowers, and by its compact and full flower bouquet positioned centrally above the leaves.
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