US Plant Patent PP7013
Laeliocattleya Veldorado
Orchid Laeliocattleya Veldorado Polka
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 27, 2008. 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
- PP7013
- Filed
- June 27, 1988
- Granted
- September 5, 1989
- Expires
- June 27, 2008
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 freedom of bloom and the carriage of its flowers. Of primary note with this cultivar is the brilliance of yellow coloring of the flower in contrast to the intensity of the dark maroon color of the labellum.
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 Laeliocattlya, as described and illustrated, discovered as a superior variety of the grex LC. Veldorado and in particular the cultivar `Polka`, is characterized by a combination of clearness of coloring, superior flower substance, size, shape and further characterized by its exceptional vigor, reliability of bloom, and lasting qualities and to further support the claim of superiority, a plant of this cultivar was exhibited in England before the Orchid Committee of The Royal Horticultural Society where it received an Award of Merit with a two-thirds vote of the Committee who voted this recognition for its superior flower quality.
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