US Plant Patent PP4702
Lc
Orchid-Lc. Puppy Love-True Beauty
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 15, 2000. 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
- PP4702
- Filed
- April 15, 1980
- Granted
- April 28, 1981
- Expires
- April 15, 2000
- Assignee
- FRED A STEWART INC
- Inventor
- HETHERINGTON ERNEST E
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of orchid, and more particularly a Laeliocattleya hybrid plant having flowers of a delicate clear pale lilac coloring. The new variety is distinctive from its parent population by its outstanding plant structure as well as its unusual coloring. The flowers are of exceptional substance (thicker and more resilient petals); they achieve perfect placement on the stem; the stem is superior in strength to the closest relatives; the flowers achieve longer bloom life; and 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.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of orchid, of the hybrid genus Laeliocattleya, discovered as a superior variety of the grex Lc.-Puppy Love, and characterized by a combination of delicate lilac flower color and superior flower substance, i.e. strength of flower structure and stems; and further characterized by vigor, reliability of bloom, and exceptional lasting qualities.
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