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Lily plant: Lilium `charisma`
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 a cut flower; the flowers of the new plant are characterized particularly by their unique vibrant golden-orange color and by the distinctive pattern of the color tones on the tepals. The flowers are completely unspotted. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance to virus. It is an excellent garden plant. The bulbs may be precooled and forced as pot plants, retaining their short stature without chemical treatment. The clone is very vigorous and is an excellent grower and propagator.
A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the distinctive genetically short habit of the plant, the exceptional length of the plant leaves, the resistance of the plant to disease;
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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 as a result of breeding efforts carried on by me since the year 1968. The breeding efforts had as their objective the production of upright flowering Asiatic lilies with miniature bushy plants suitable without chemical dwarfingfor pot culture, mass planting, and landscape work.
I achieved the desired objective by using as a seed parent Lilium `Cinnabar` and as the pollen parent Lilium `Red Carpet`.
My new lily plant is characterized by a miniature bushy plant habit well suited for pot culture, mass planting, and landscape work. The leaves are exceptionally long for any lily.
My new variety of lily plant is illustrated in the accompanying photographic drawing which shows the bud and the open blooms in full color and illustrates the flower form, the tepal arrangement, the connection of the flowers to the stalk, the vibrant, pure, orange-yellow color of the flower, and the long-leaved, bushy character of the plant.
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 R.H.S. in 1966.
Origin: Seedling.
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