Poli – New Bulgariаn Lily Variety

Abstract

Poli is a new Bulgarian lily cultivar. It was created at the Institute of Ornamental Plants – Sofia by the method of intraspecific hybridization, i.e. by crossing Pinguin and White Palermo varieties. It belongs to the group of Asian hybrids.Variety Poli is of high ornamental quality: with light pinkish color petal s and dark wine-red points, medium high and intraspecific, very strong green stem, that makes it competitive on the market. Cultivar Poli is characterized by long flowering period in comparison with standard cultivar, respectively 7 days. The number of blossoms per one plant and yield of cut flower number/100 m2 from the new variety are higher in comparison with the standard variety White Palermo, respectively 10.63% and 21.04%. The cut flowers of cultivar Poli show longer vase life in water, than standard variety, respectively 5 days. The new variety is suitable for greenhouse production and urban landscaping purposes.