US Plant Patent PP4568
Conquistador
Kalanchoe named Conquistador
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 8, 1999. 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
- PP4568
- Filed
- February 8, 1979
- Granted
- July 8, 1980
- Expires
- February 8, 1999
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- HOPE CLAUDE
Abstract
A new kalanchoe variety for greenhouse culture as a pot plant and suitable for year around flowering with a 10-week response under photoperiod control characterized by the orange-red color of its medium sized florets which bloom for an extended period due to a continuous flower bud development during the first several weeks of the blooming period, and by its upright growth with medium plant height, compact habit, and medium sized glossy foliage.
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 kalanchoe cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the orange-red coloration of its medium sized blooms, by its compact growth habit, and by the medium height of the flowering plant.
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