US Plant Patent PP17574

TWYCA0018

Calathea plant named ‘TWYCA0018’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 6, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17574
Filed: October 6, 2005
Granted: April 3, 2007
Expires: October 6, 2025
Assignee: TWYFORD INT INC
Inventor: HAMBALI GREGORI G

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calathea plant named ‘TWYCA0018’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading growth habit; freely basally branching habit; and elliptic-shaped leaves with alternating dark and light green-colored chevrons and double-ringed dark green-colored margins.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Calathea plant named ‘TWYCA0018’, as illustrated and described.

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