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Lily plant: Lilium `Firebrand`
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, single stemmed, tall, and stately, with deep green leaves. The plant has numerous buds having a deep red color when the tepals divide and unfurl. The buds develop into upright flowers of fine form and substance with exceptionally broad tepals and an attractive deep red color. Both plant and flower are characterized by high disease resistance and high tolerance of infection by virus.
A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its tall, stately and erect growth, the great vigor of its growth, its strong dark-colored stem, its abundant deep green foliage, its numerous buds colored deep red when the tepals first divide and unfurl, the fine form and texture of the flowers, the exceptionally broad tepals, the distinctive vibrant deep red color of the flowers, its rapid propagation characteristics, its superb disease resistance, its high tolerance to virus, and its suitability for use both as a garden flower and as a cut flower produced by forcing precooled bulbs.
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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 1966. This program had as its primary objective the production of upright hybrid Asiatic lilies in the red color shades and characterized by plant vigor, rapid propagation, high resistance to disease, tolerance of infection by virus, having flowers of superior form and color.
I achieved the desired objective by using as the seed parent Lilium X `Harmony` clone and as the pollen parent Lilium X `Byam's Ruby`.
My new lily plant is single stemmed, tall and stately in form, and has vigorous growth and propagation characteristics. Its stems are dark in color and provide an attractive contrast to the abundant foliage which is deep green in color with a reddish cast.
My new variety of lily plant is illustrated in the accompanying photographic drawing which shows the plant, its stem and foliage, its buds in their various stages of development, and the open bloom in full color. Also shown is the tepal arrangement, the great width of the tepals, the connection of the flower to the stalk, and particularly the rich red color of the flower.
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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