Lilium, July 2014

[Tony Willis]

here are three of mine in flower today

Lilium canadense again from seed  from John

Lilium bakerianum

Lilium amoenum

The new names on liliums seem to be proliferating as fast as the new crocus species,

No germination on my L. henrici seed yet so hopefully next spring

[Steve Garvie]

Superb lilies Tony!
Amoenum is a wee cracker!!!

[Robert]

Most of our L. henryi seedlings are a washed-out orange. This one takes the 38c heat well without fading.

Cardiocrinum cordatum looking good in the heat too. 

[arisaema]

Interesting hypothesis, Bjornar! In her email, Chen Yi stated that the lily shown was from SE-Tibet. I don't know if L. huidongense grows there.
However: when I bought the bulbs, they turned out to be L. taliense or L. duchartrei (...don't know how to separate these from each other).
Unfortunately with Chen Yi it is always a "Life is like a box of choclate....."-game. I guess about 30% of the catalogue is not what it should be. So I'm still hoping to meet the real L-123 one day.

The area where I collected L. henrici is very close to SE Tibet, we're talking a couple of hours drive, so it seems very likely that it occurs there too.

You misunderstood me slightly, what I meant to say is that the pictures of L. henrici on the web may in fact be L. huidongense, especially those from cultivated material. Chen Yi's husband served in the military in Liangshan (to which Huidong belongs), so a lot of her plants are dug up in that very area - including all the Lilium lijiangense she's supplied over the years. Note that the key in Flora of China says L. henrici is white flowered, while L. hudongense is pale red.

I'm heading to Huidong in a day or two, so keep your fingers crossed!

[arisaema]

The new names on liliums seem to be proliferating as fast as the new crocus species,

With the one exception of L. yapingense most of these species were described in the 60ies and 70ies, so I'm not sure they'd qualify as young... Fantastic L. bakerianum, by the way!

[Afloden]

The yellow Asiatic type lily I got from Chen Yi many years ago seems to be dauricum. It is identical to the yellow forms I raised from seed I got from Berkutenko just as many years back. That said, it was never one of the "images" that I selected for purchase, but was a lily I got nonetheless.

[Tony Willis]

Lilium lankongense

this came from Chen yi as L48 pink duchartrei

[Pete Clarke]

Can anyone put a name to this Lily?
It is like a daintier L. pardalinum, much shorter and smaller flowered.

[johnralphcarpenter]

The diminutive Lilium formosanum var. pricei.

[ichristie]

Hello all super pictures, we have a few Liliums in flower just now mega thunder storm last night a bit worried the flowers would get drowned, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[rgc]

My Lilium leichtlinii is just coming into flower. Quite a few unopened buds as you can see. It certainly makes a remarkably stately and impressive plant.
Bob

[Susan Band]

Some lilies flowering here at the moment. They all have something in common in that they never stay where you plant them but tend to run about.
Lilium deucartrei
Lilium palperiferrum
Lilium wardii

[fleurbleue]

Beautiful Lilium pics,  and your Lilium canadense is a real  gem, Tony   

[Tony Willis]

Very nice Susan

Four of mine today

Lilium papilliferum

Lilium auratum

Lilium brownii

Lilium chalcedonicum

[Dick Cheung]

Very nice Susan

Four of mine today

Lilium papilliferum

Lilium auratum

Lilium brownii

Lilium chalcedonicum

very nice lily, tony
and I like the L. papilliferum very much
but I don't think that is L. brownii because L. brownii seems to be white or green filaments
I think it might be close to L. sargentiae or L. leucanthum
and about the L. auratum,
it might be L. auratum var. virginale or  L. platyphyllum because it is spotless