US Plant Patent PP4375
Senior II
Anthurium plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 28, 1998. 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
- PP4375
- Filed
- June 28, 1978
- Granted
- February 6, 1979
- Expires
- June 28, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP SR HERMANN
Abstract
The new anthurium cultivar Senior II is characterized by its fiery red, generally heart-shaped spathe which have a wavy surface and a slight indentation along an edge thereof. Straight and wiry petioles position the spathe slightly above the leaves, which are medium to dark green. The new cultivar has an early blooming habit, a slightly spreading growth habit, and can be asexually reproduced only by tissue culture.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of anthurium substantially as described and illustrated, known by the cultivar name Senior II and characterized by the combined features of fiery red, generally heart-shaped spathe having a wavy surface and a slight indentation along an edge thereof; straight and wiry petioles which position the spathe slightly above the leaves; medium to dark green leaves; early blooming habit; slightly spreading growth habit, and by the ability to be asexually reproduced only by tissue culture.
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