US Plant Patent PP10535
Mexico City
African violet plant named Mexico City
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 7, 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
- PP10535
- Filed
- February 7, 1997
- Granted
- August 4, 1998
- Expires
- February 7, 2017
- Assignee
- INT PLANT BREEDING A G
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Mexico City, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its extra large growth habit (35-45 cm in diameter); large, star-shaped, dark purplish blue flowers with wavy petal tips; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; very large, dark green, heart-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Mexico City, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its extra large growth habit (35-45 cm in diameter); large, star-shaped, dark purplish blue flowers with wavy petal tips; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; very large, dark green, heart-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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