Copyrighted cultivars?

[homer]

I have found very little on this topic. I would like to know a good source or list of which CP cultivars are copyrighted ( meaning royalties are paid if one sells the plant ). Any ideas?

-Homer

 

[Hortman]

Homer, I'm not sure if you are aware that plants can't be trademarked, only names can be. An excellent example is Heritage River Birch - Betula nigra 'Cully', which has a trademarked name of Heritage attached to it.

See this excellent article by Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery: http://www.plantdelights.com/Tony/trademark.html

If it helps, here is a list of CP registered cultivars (I'm not sure how up to date it is): http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cultivars/names.html

 

[Alvin Meister]

Dionaea 'Royal Red' has a patent, but only to stop you tissue culturing it I think. You don't have to pay royalties (not that anyone would bother).