US Plant Patent PP31570
Xplosion
Caladium plant named ‘Xplosion’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 13, 2039.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP31570
- Filed
- February 13, 2019
- Granted
- March 17, 2020
- Expires
- February 13, 2039
- Assignee
- HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
- Inventor
- HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Xplosion’, characterized by its intermediate height; mounding habit; dense and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; lance-type leaves that are dark green tinged with greyed purple in color with red purple to dark red-colored venation and interveinal areas that are white in color with light red-colored spots; with development leaves become lighter green and less tinged with greyed purple; and leaf petioles that are greyed red, green and greyed green in color with dark brown-colored streaks and stipples.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Caladium plant named ‘Xplosion’ as illustrated and described.
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