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US Plant Patent PP7809

Pioneer

Kalanchoe plant named Pioneer

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 31, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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
PP7809
Filed
October 31, 1990
Granted
February 25, 1992
Expires
October 31, 2010

Abstract

A Kalanchoe plant named Pioneer particularly characterized by its multi-colored inflorescences, with individual florets opening to yellows, golds, oranges, and shade between, and maintaining such colors through maturity; flower diameter of up to 15 mm at maturity; flowering response of from 10 weeks in summer to 12 weeks in winter after start of short days; floriferous, with excellent display of many flowers; excellent keeping quality of both flowers and foliage; excellent free branching with or without pinching; intermediate vigor with short internodes; fine textured, medium sized, nicely serrated foliage; good response to B-9 to reduce peduncle elongation, and adaptability to various pot sizes.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Kalanchoe plant named Pioneer, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7809 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.