US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Aechmea plant named 'A2508'" (Costa Rican Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. PP37,665, issued on Sept. 1.

"Aechmea plant named 'A2508'" was invented by Chester Skotak Jr. (Alajuela, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct Aechmea plant named 'A2508' particularly distinguished by a compact plant habit with a flattened, obovate rosette form; variegated foliage with green to greyed-green background and irregular silver transverse banding; an absence of spines on the leaf margins; inflorescence positioned slightly above the foliar plane with bright pink floral bracts and violet-blue flowers; moderate vigor and high uniformity in tissue culture propagation; and a production time of approximately 26 m...