Asiatic lily plant named `Tribute`

Abstract

A new variety of Asiatic lily plant particularly characterized by its large sized upright flowers having a rich orange-red color tone with virtually no spotting, the flowers being borne in large raceme clusters with blooms of excellent form and long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high resistance of virus, it is an excellent garden plant, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production throughout the year. The clone is very vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized in particular by the orange-red coloration of its large sized, virtually unspotted flowers, by its high tolerance of virus, its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation, the excellence of its flower form, and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower producer from precooled bulbs forced out-of-season under glass.