US Plant Patent PP8320
Kalapana
Anthurium cultivar named Kalapana
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 31, 2011. 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
- PP8320
- Filed
- May 31, 1991
- Granted
- July 27, 1993
- Expires
- May 31, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct anthurium cultivar named Kalapana is characterized by its red-green, broad heart-shaped spathe carried above the foliage on a long, erect peduncle. The slightly reclining spadix is yellow to orange, turning white with maturity. Kalapana is resistant to anthracnose (spadix rot) and is tolerant to the systemic phase of bacterial blight.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct Anthurium andraeanum cultivar substantially as described and illustrated, known by the cultivar name Kalapana and characterized by the combined features of red obake spathe with slightly overlapping lobes, yellow to orange spadix turning white with maturity, long and straight peduncle carrying the spathe at approximately 70 to 90 degrees from the peduncle and well above the foliage, heart-shaped green leaf blade, good flower yield, resistance to anthracnose (spadix rot), and tolerance to the systemic phase of bacterial blight.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8320 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.