ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. PP37,345, issued on March 24, was assigned to FLORICULTURA B.V. (Heemskerk, Netherlands).
"Phalaenopsis plant named 'Talk Show'" was invented by Rene Schoone (Assendelft, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named 'Talk Show', characterized by its upright plant habit; relatively strong flowering stems; healthy and sturdy leaves; freely flowering habit with typically two inflorescences developing per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; 'big lip" type flowers with pale purple-colored flower petals and sepals that are heavily overlain with reddish purple-colored stripes and ...