US Plant Patent PP10807
S17
Spathiphyllum plant named `S17`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 17, 2017. 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
- PP10807
- Filed
- December 17, 1997
- Granted
- February 23, 1999
- Expires
- December 17, 2017
- Assignee
- OGLESBY PLANTS INTERNATIONAL I
- Inventor
- OSIECKI MARIAN W
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum is provided. The plant is large, full, symmetrical, suitable for production in a 15-25 cm pot from a single tissue culture produced microcutting; grows vigorously; branches freely; has abundant natural flowering; has large, glossy leaves; straight, thick, strong peduncles, large, bright white spathes with very little green coloration. The first inflorescence is exceptionally large and of a superior quality.
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 cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named `S17`, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly as to novelty by its large size; vigorous growth; abundant branching; abundant natural flowering; spathes of bright white color with limited green coloration; thick, strong, straight peduncles and large spathes on main stem; first inflorescence exceptionally large and of superior quality; large, glossy leaves.
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