US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Caladium plant named 'VIC 3-69'" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. PP37,807, issued on Oct. 20.

"Caladium plant named 'VIC 3-69'" was invented by Robert Dale Hartman (Lake Placid, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named 'VIC 3-69', characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit and relatively short in height; dense, leafy and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; rugose lance-type leaves that are mostly medium green in color with pink-colored venation surrounded by lighter pink interveinal areas and medium green-colored margins; and petioles that are tannish pink in color with brown-colored stripes."

The patent was filed on Ap...