US PATENT SUBCLASS PLT / 311
.~ Orchid


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PLT /   HD   PLANTS

263  DF  HERBACEOUS ORANAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANT (E.G., NICOTIANA, TRITOMA, DELPHINIUM, DICENTRA, LOBELIA, NASTURTIUM, ETC.) {43}
311.~ Orchid


DEFINITION

Classification: PLT/311

Orchid:

(under subclass 263) Plant which belongs to the family Orchidaceae.

(1) Note. These plants are characterized as having sympodial or monopodial growth, pseudobulbs, leaves of parallel venation, and flowers which are terminal, and which are normally composed of three sepals, two upper and one lower bearded petal centering a column.

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d ( ) Note. While this family contains over 50,000 members of a myriad of descriptions, predominant commercial species will be limited to Cattleya, Vanda, and Cymbidium. This subclass is intended to comprehend all plants which are to be commercially marketed as "Orchid" plants by art recognition.

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