Hybrid Asiatic lily named Quickstep

Abstract

A new variety of hybrid lily plant having flowers particularly characterized by their vivid golden orange coloration, large size, broad tepals, and complete lack of spotting. The flowers are borne in large clusters and are of excellent form and long persistence and its color pattern and forcing period are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial production for the cut flower market.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new and distinctive Asiatic hybrid lily plant and parts thereof, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its broad tepalled, unspotted, rich golden orange flowers, the excellence of its flower form, its vigorous growth, and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower variety particularly suited to forcing into flower out-of-season.