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US Plant Patent PP29597

Mardi Gras

Echinopsis plant named ‘Mardi Gras’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 18, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29597, the photograph of Mardi Gras printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29597, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP29597
Filed
October 18, 2016
Granted
August 14, 2018
Expires
October 18, 2036
Assignee
ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS INC, OCONNELL RENEE
Inventor
O'CONNELL RENEE

Abstract

A new and distinct Echinopsis cultivar named ‘Mardi Gras’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive large flowers of golden yellow with a vermillion mid-stripe. Flowering occurs more than once between Spring and Fall, continuing as late as August or September. Plants have a distinctive upright morphology. Echinopsis is an ornamental cactus, useful as an indoor ornamental plant and outdoors in warm climates.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Echinopsis plant named ‘MARDI GRAS’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29597 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.