US Plant Patent PP5688
Orchid-SLC, Hazel Boyd, variety John Germaske
Orchid-SLC, Hazel Boyd, variety John Germaske
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 23, 2004. 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
- PP5688
- Filed
- August 23, 1984
- Granted
- March 11, 1986
- Expires
- August 23, 2004
- Inventor
- GERMASKE JOHN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of orchard hybrid plant which is outstanding and distinct from other orchids because of its matchless superior flowers, which combine the rare brilliant red coloring of the petals, the backside of the sepals turning to orange color at maturity, long lasting quality, extra large size of the petals for this type of plant, and vigorous and reliable blooming, the new variety is also distinctive from its parent population and similar hybrids by its plant structure.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of orchard plant substantially as herein described and illustrated and distinguished from its parent and other orchids by its combination of matchless rare brilliant red coloring, the color of the back of the sepals turning to orange at maturity, large size of the flowers, superior lasting quality and vigorous reliable blooming.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5688 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.