Asiatic lily named Impact

Abstract

A new variety of hybrid Asiatic lily having flowers of large size and excellent form particularly characterized by their unusual combination of rich golden orange color brushmarked with deep magenta-purple presenting an intense and unusual color pattern that is new in the upright Asiatic division of lilies, the flowers being borne on a single stem in a large and compact raceme. This plant is highly resistant to disease, shows high tolerance to virus, and is an excellent garden plant with blooms having long persistence both on the plant and as cut-flowers. Also, the bulbs of this new plant may be precooled for cut-flower production.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Asiatic hybrid lily, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the excellence of its flower form and substance and in particular by its unusual and dramatic color pattern of golden orange flowers, each tepal of which is marked with a very large and intensely colored deep magenta-purple brushmark; and by its vigorous growth and propagation characteristics with versatility as both a garden plant and a plant grown from precooled bulbs for cut-flower production.