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Lily plant: Lilium `Headlight`
AssigneeMelridge, Inc.
InventorEdward A. McRae
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AssigneeMelridge, Inc.
InventorEdward A. McRae
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A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of medium-sized flowers of excellent form, strong color, and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant is characterized by having dark stems and excellent foliage. The flower form is excellent, the petals being broad and of fine substance. The buds display a rich reddish-orange color prior to opening. The flowers are characterized by a rich golden orange color and conspicuous spotting.
A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its single stem of dark green color, its abundant lanceolate deep green foliage, the deep reddish orange color of its buds upon first division, and their deep golden orange color upon unfurling, the excellence of its flower form, the exceptional breadth and fine substance of the tepals, the rich golden orange color of the tepals when the flower is in bloom, the resistance of the plant and flower to disease and its tolerance to infection by virus, and the versatility of the plant both as a garden plant and a plant rapidly produced from precooled bulbs forced for cut flowers or pot plants.
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My new variety of lily plant originated as a seedling selected from a group of seedlings at Gresham, Oreg. The seedlings were planted during a breeding program carried on by me since the year 1965. This program had as its objective the production of upright Asiatic lilies in the orange color range which had a high tolerance to virus infection, reliability and rapidity of forcing performance, and a flower form superior to Lilium `Harmony`.
I achieved the desired objective by using as the seed parent Lilium `Harmony` and as the pollen parent Lilium `Sunspot`.
My new lily plant is characterized by having single dark stems of medium height and abundant foliage of a deep green color. The buds have a deep reddish-orange color which is shown prior to opening, a characteristic of special valve when the plant is used for cut flowers or as a pot plant forced out of season.
My new variety of lily plant is illustrated in the accompanying photographic drawing which shows in full color the foliage, the buds, the petal arrangement, the conspicuous maculation, and in particular the intense golden orange color of the flowers.
The following is a detailed description of my new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily, with nomenclature according to The International Lily Register (Royal Horticultural Society, London, 2nd edition, 1969), and with color designations according to the Royal Horticultural Society Color Chart, published by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1966.
Origin: Seedling.
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