Plant of the cactaceae plant family named `Ashley`

Abstract

A new and distinct plant variety of the Cactaceae family is of the type known commercially as a `Spring Cactus` and has growth characteristics which are similar to those of the `Scarlet O'Hara` variety, but which are nevertheless modified by a combination of characteristics that include among others: flowers that have shorter and narrower tube laminating tepals, and different dominating hues of color in the tube laminating and tube forming tepals.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct plant variety of the Cactaceae family as shown and described and which is mainly distinguished from its antecedents and known related varieties by growth characteristics that are similar to those of the `Scarlet O'Hara` variety but as modified by the combination of the following characteristics: 1. Flowers which, in comparison to the `Scarlet O'Hara` variety, have (a) a tube laminating tepal series with generally shorter length dimensions and generally smaller width dimensions, (b) a tube forming tepal series with generally smaller width dimensions, (c) tube laminating and tube forming tepal series that are generally dominated by hues of orange, reddish orange, red and pink, whereas the tepals of the `Scarlet O'Hara` variety are generally dominated by hues of red, purplish red, and pink.