Lilium ID

[Ray]

Would like a name for this lily.thanks bye Ray

[Otto Fauser]

nice lilly Ray - it could be Lilium parryi . Did you raise it from seed ?

[Susan Band]

I agree with otto. Do you know what the bulbs look like? If L. parryi they should have lots of rice grains rather than one solid typical lily bulb.
Susan

[Ray]

Hi Otto and Susan,thanks for your replies,I did raise this from seed.
I did consider L parryi as a possibilty but discarded it when I read in E Mcrae,s book that it has
whorls of leaves,the pic of the leaves is not what I would call whorls.
Susan,can't remember what the bulb look like,and the book dosen't make any reference to rice grains.thanks bye Ray

[pontus]

I would also say lilium parryii

i think that parryii^s leaves are quite variable. Mine have never had leaves in whorls, they have always been scattered along the stem like yours, especially when at the young seedling stage, they only produce scattered leaves. Is the flower scented? if so, it would be parryii.

Pontus

[gote]

Americans usually have the leaves in whorls but young plants may have them scattered. It might be more typical next year. Most Americans also have bulbs that have the growing axis horizontal rather than upright. This may sow as a full blown rhizome with next year's bulb at the end (canadense) or the bulb may only have an assymetric look. I am unable to look up parryii just now but you can keep it in mind when you repot or transplant.
Very nice one by the way
Göte