US Plant Patent PP4344
Montezuma
Kalanchoe named Montezuma
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 9, 1998. 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
- PP4344
- Filed
- February 9, 1978
- Granted
- December 12, 1978
- Expires
- February 9, 1998
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- HOPE CLAUDE
Abstract
A kalanchoe cultivar for greenhouse culture as a potted plant and suitable for year around flowering with photoperiod control, characterized by its intense orange colored florets of medium size which exhibit minimal fading upon aging and which bloom over an extended period due to several weeks of continuous flower bud development. This cultivar is a plant of medium height with an abundance of relatively large glossy foliage at its base, a uniform 10-week response, and a strong resistance to powdery mildew.
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 variety of kalanchoe plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its abundant display of intense orange colored florets appearing on stems of medium height extending from a base of relatively large, glossy green foliage.
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