‘Apricot Star’, a new FA intersectional hybrid lily cultivar, was developed in 2008 at National Institute of Horticulturaland Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Korea. The cross were conducted between femaleparent Lilium FA hybrid ‘FA97-30 (L. formolongi hybrid ‘Raizan’ × L. Asiatic hybrid ‘A61’)’ and a male parent L. Asiatic hybrid‘Sgl Pepper’ by cut style pollination method (CSM) at Suwon in 1999. And immature embryos were rescue. The first selectionwas done and was tentatively named as ‘FA03-10’ in 2003. After in vitro multiplication, acclimatization, and bulb productionof ‘FA03-10’ line, growth and flowering characteristic tests were conducted from 2004 to 2007. The evaluations of cropcharacteristics and consumer preferences were surveyed at the lily flower show of NIHHS in 2008. ‘Apricot Star’ flowers in thelast of June and grows more than 150 cm in stem length. Flowers with light orange (RHS, O24B) blooms facing upward. Thepollen of ‘Apricot Star’ is sterile. Year-round flowering can be done by storing the bulbs at -1.5℃. It is needed to preventBotrytis disease in wet seasons.
