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US Plant Patent PP12077

Everglades Gold

Cymbidium, orchid plant named ‘Everglades Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 11, 2019. 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
PP12077
Filed
June 11, 1999
Granted
September 4, 2001
Expires
June 11, 2019
Inventor
CARPENTER MILTON

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Cymbidium plant named ‘Everglades Gold’, characterized by a compact, upright growth habit with particular vigor in summer temperatures with a diurnal range of 70-95 degrees Fahrenheit, that is not normally characteristic of Cymbidium. Leaves are of intermediate diameter, upright till of length of approximately 20″ when they arch outwardly. The intensely colored cadmium yellow flowers are carried on a fleshy, erect peduncle without any arching character. Flowers will maintain quality with no obvious senescence for a minimum of 35 days in 70-95 degree Fahrenheit temperature range.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. It is claimed that this is a new and distinct variety of pot plant Cymbidium named ‘Everglades Gold’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12077 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.