US Plant Patent PP8343
Mount Robson
Kalanchoe plant -- Mount Robson cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 14, 2012. 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
- PP8343
- Filed
- April 14, 1992
- Granted
- August 10, 1993
- Expires
- April 14, 2012
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Mount Robson is provided. The plant forms attractive substantially white flowers, exhibits a strong growth habit, and is freely branched. The plant is highly floriferous, and is particularly well suited for growing as an ornamental potted plant which brightens the environment. The keeping quality of the new cultivar is good.
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 Kalanchoe plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms on a highly floriferous basis attractive substantially white flowers with numerous flowers per shoot, (b) exhibits a strong growth habit, (c) exhibits a freely branching character wherein shoots generally are formed at each node, (d) is suited for production in pots having a diameter of approximately 9 to 12 cm., (e) is amenable to the application of a growth regulator to reduce the peduncle elongation which otherwise would be achieved, (f) exhibits a flowering response of approximately 91/2 weeks, and (g) exhibits an extremely good keeping qualities, substantially as herein shown and described.
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