US Plant Patent PP6196
Orchid-L.C. trick or treat C.V. orange magic
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 21, 2006. 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
- PP6196
- Filed
- April 21, 1986
- Granted
- June 7, 1988
- Expires
- April 21, 2006
- Assignee
- STEWARD ORCHIDS
- Inventor
- HETHERINGTON ERNEST E
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant. Through the 1980s and early 1990s that was still common: naming every new cultivar only became standard practice as plants began to be marketed under brand names. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of orchid, more particularly a Laeliocattleya hybrid plant having flowers of rich orange coloration on erectly carried many flowered sprays. The new variety is distinct from siblings of its grex by its outstanding vigorous plant structure as well as richness of coloring of the flowers. The flowers are of exceptional substance which imparts long lasting quality and are well placed on erect strong stems, superior to all siblings of this population. The flower production is also superior to others of the same line of breeding.
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 variety of orchid of the hybrid genus Laeliocattleya, discovered as a superior variety of the grex Lc. Trick or Treat, in particular the cultivar `Orange Magic`, and characterized by a combination of brilliant flower color, superior flower substance, size, and shape, further characterized by its exceptional vigor, reliability of bloom and floriferousness.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6196 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.