Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP8191

Pink Dawn

Orchid `Pink Dawn`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 8, 2011. 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
PP8191
Filed
April 8, 1991
Granted
March 30, 1993
Expires
April 8, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of orchid, more particularly a Cymbidium hydrid cultivar plant having flowers of large size and clear color with flowers erectly carried and well spaced on strong sprays. The new variety is distinct from siblings of its grex by its outstanding vigorous growth habit as well as frequency and freedom of bloom. Of primary note with this cultivar is its great vigor, compact growth habit and freedom of bloom and season which makes it extremely useful as a producer of Cymbidium flowers for the florist market.

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 Cymbidium substantially as described and illustrated herein which was discovered as a superior variety in the grex Cymbidium `Bangkok Beauty` named `Pink Dawn` 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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8191 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.