ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. PP37,072, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Brian's Botanicals (Louisville, Ky.).
"Colocasia plant named 'FLOCOPHADR'" was invented by Brian Paul Williams (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'FLOCOPHADR' is a distinctive Colocasia plant which is characterized by the combination of green petioles that are suffused with red-purple, laminas that are marbled with varying shades of green, with a light yellow-white color immediately adjacent to the veins which is itself narrowly margined yellow, light greyed-green foliar veins that are strongly suffused with red-purple at and near the union with the petiole, laminas that become progr...