US Plant Patent PP5700
Improved Orlando
African violet plant named Improved Orlando
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 5, 2004. 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
- PP5700
- Filed
- January 5, 1984
- Granted
- March 25, 1986
- Expires
- January 5, 2004
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Improved Orlando particularly characterized by its compact growth habit, girl-type leaves, short, sturdy and upright flower stems each carrying 7 and more violet shaped and frilled flowers, intensive violet blue flower color, compact flower bouquet, long lasting and non-dropping flowers, and by its ability to produce a saleable plant in 9-10 weeks after potting.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Improved Orlando, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its compact growth habit, girl-type leaves, short, sturdy and upright flower stems each carrying 7 and more violet shaped and frilled flowers, intensive violet blue flower color, compact flower bouquet, long lasting and non-dropping flowers, and by its ability to produce a saleable plant in 9-10 weeks after potting.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5700 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.