Lilium plant named `Georgette`

Abstract

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large outfacing to upfacing flowers of excellent form and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut-flowers. The flowers of the new plant are particularly characterized by their large size and substance, their starry flower form, their lightly ruffled outer tepals, their outfacing to upfacing orientation, their ascending pedicels, their yellow coloration with a deeper flush of rich yellow along the basal midribs, and their inconspicuously colored papillae. This combination is completely new in the Oriental and Oriental/Aurelian hybrid lilies. The bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut-flower production under a wide range of light and temperature conditions. The clone is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive variety of Oriental hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its high resistance to disease; its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation; the excellence of its flower form, size, and substance; its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut-flower producer from pre-cooled bulbs forced under glass out of season; and in particular by its outfacing to upfacing buds, its ascending pedicels, and by its unique yellow coloration, with deeper yellow basal midrib, inconspicuous papillae and lightly ruffled outer tepals, a combination unique among Oriental and Oriental/Aurelian hybrid lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation.