Lilium 2009

[johnw]

A ladybird then? I do hope my seedlings of L. kesselringii turn out like those above. So very elegant and refined. What is the yellow John? And do you find that L. pyrenaicum has a lovely scent when you get a whiff as you walk past but close up, it is really cloyingly foul?

Lesley - The L. kesselringii smells of face soap - not unpleasant.  The pyrenaicum is on first whiff not so nice but second sniff smells of one of those perfumes in tiny bottles at Woolworths way back when - remember them Lily of the Valley etc., I don't know if they were samplers or for sale - and not unpleasant. Seems flowers of pyr. at different stages of development have different smells, the more mature the better they smell

johnw

[johnw]

If you get some extra seeds from the top one, I am begging at the door  
Holubec was very generous and included extra packages for free.
Göte

Göte  - Top pod is marked to send you seed.  

johnw

[johnw]

Holubec is still around is he not?

He certainly is, I got L. souliei seeds and a bunch of other goodies from him this winter His email is holubec at vurv dot cz.

Arisaema  - Thanks for the email address, but.....  Have just had my email to him come back saying invalid address - holubec@vurv.cz - any thoughts?

johnw

[arisaema]

Have just had my email to him come back saying invalid address - holubec@vurv.cz - any thoughts?

That's odd, it's the address listed on this years receipt. Snail-mail address below:

[gote]

If you get some extra seeds from the top one, I am begging at the door  
Holubec was very generous and included extra packages for free.
Göte

Göte  - Top pod is marked to send you seed.  

johnw

Thank you John
The caucasians are among my favourites (but take time from seed)
Göte

[gote]

Holubec is still around is he not?

He certainly is, I got L. souliei seeds and a bunch of other goodies from him this winter His email is holubec at vurv dot cz.

Arisaema  - Thanks for the email address, but.....  Have just had my email to him come back saying invalid address - holubec@vurv.cz - any thoughts?

johnw

A thought.
Gerd Moen was publishing his seed list some times ago - It is still there. Perhaps he knows??
Göte

[arisaema]

Thanks for the suggestion, Göte. I've just sent off an email to Geir Moen, tried yesterday and got the same error as John.

[johanneshoeller]

Some Lilium (Lilium pumilum-1,5m tall, Lilium from Croatia / hybrid with m. cattaniae? lophophorum 30cm tall, taliense, lijiangense, ?)

[Paul T]

Hans,

Beautiful Liliums.  2, 3, 4 and 5 are just stunning.

[arisaema]

Here's another seed-grown L. szowitsianum.

[Paul T]

Beautiful, Arisaema.  And perfect pictures too!! 

[johnw]

Have just had my email to him come back saying invalid address - holubec@vurv.cz - any thoughts?

That's odd, it's the address listed on this years receipt. Snail-mail address below:

I re-sent the same email using the above address and vholubec@vurv.cz and neither bounced back. So I don't know what the problem was the first time. No response back; I had asked about the availibility of L. soulei seed, one I have been chasing for some time.

johnw

[gote]

Grüß Gott Hans,
Your lilies look very good. If the Croatian one is from the wild it is an enigma because it looks like a hansonii hybrid from the shape of the bud and the flower.
It seems that you have them in a greenhouse. (or is that just in the background) Lijiangense and lopophorum are perfectly frost hardy in the ground here.
Re your unknown: Is it a martagon type or a caucasian type? The flowers are beautiful but I cannot se the general habitus.
Cheers
Göte
 

[Lesley Cox]

I have a little late seed of Lilium hansonii if anyone would like it Perhaps enough for 2 or 3 people to have a dozen seeds each. I'm pretty sure it is the true species, not a hybrid. Let me know privately.

[johnw]

Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne - a tad paler than usual this year, maybe if the sun would come out again...

johnw