US Plant Patent PP9152
Meridonna
Germanium plant named Meridonna
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 16, 2014. 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
- PP9152
- Filed
- February 16, 1994
- Granted
- May 30, 1995
- Expires
- February 16, 2014
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Meridonna, particularly characterized by the combined features of compact growth habit growing rather wide; foliage that is green with a light and very weak (RHS 137C) zone on the upperside; the left margins are double crenated and slightly wavy; the flower stalk is short, thick and grows above the plant; a large inflorescence with many open flowers; numerous flower buds that are elliptical in shape; semi-double flowers that are lilac-pink in color with a white-pink spot on the upper face of the lower flower petals; lower surface of the petals is 68D near the margin with a large white center; the plant branches spontaneously after a bud is present, flowering time is early and the plant flowers equally.
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 geranium plant named Meridonna, as illustrated and described.
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