Re: [Sansevierias] Home Depot Treasure

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I looked up the patent description on this.
http://www.google.com/patents/US20130191954

my plant which does show signs of unkind handling 
is over two feet tall and has leaves which are 
five inches wide at the base. It does not have 
the appearance of being full grown at all.

No way is it a 'Compacta' type.

I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED! I tell you that a person 
can get a patent on such a plant!

MANY years ago I was selling 'Hoya 'Krinkle 8' 
and found out by accident that it had a patent, 
----(I had a major guilt attack!) so I hunted 
down the nursery of origin in Florida and wrote 
to them and said, I AM SO SORRY but I have sold 
about ten 'Krinkle 8' this year, and I did not 
know it had a patent, how much money shall I send 
you? and they called me and LAUGHED and said, 
essentially that they care only about people 
commercially producing this and reselling it  in 
large amounts wholesale, and they are well aware 
that folks give each other cuttings and have tiny 
nurseries, and that I should go in peace.

Somebody here patented a cultivar of some 
variegated dwarf bamboo which already has a 
cultivar name and looks exactly  like what they 
patented. you could see Roger SNEERING at this. I 
just mentioned this to him and he said PULEEZE do 
not even TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS INSANE CRAP.

however it is good that folks are noticing 
aberrations in their plants. I am all for that.

hermine
>Today I went out to browse through some local 
>nurseries.  I saw some tempting sans. They had 
>all the color variations of Lillian True, plus 
>some very wide and robust looking leaves.  The 
>tag said "Black Jack", also described as med to 
>tall.  I didn't bring one home though.  They 
>were not in the best shape, having some of those 
>blistered areas that were weeping. Yuk!
>I looked on the net for Black Jack and found 
>several pictures.  This plant really does have some beautiful markings.
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