US Plant Patent PP6830
Eloquence
Orchid Laeliocattleya ballet folklorico `Eloquence`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 17, 2007. 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
- PP6830
- Filed
- February 17, 1987
- Granted
- June 6, 1989
- Expires
- February 17, 2007
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of orchid, more particularly a Laeliocattleya hybrid plant having flowers of large size and clear coloring with flowers erectly carried on strong sprays. The new variety is distinct from siblings of its grex by its outstanding vigorous plant structure as well as frequency and freedom of bloom. Of primary note with this cultivar is its freedom from disease and tolerance to lower growing temperatures which permits it to be grown out of doors in many areas.
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 in the hybrid genus Laeliocattleya, discovered as a superior variety of the grex Lc. Ballet Folklorico, named `Eloquence`, characterized by a combination of clearness of coloring, superior flower substance, size, shape and further characterized by its exceptional vigor, reliabilyty of bloom, cold tolerance and lasting qualities.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6830 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.