Lilium 2009

[Martin Baxendale]

Sorry, I meant to say the same for tsingtauense pollen.

[Armin]

Anthony,
indeed, a very nice pot of liliums.
Must give a strong sweet smell all around?

[Anthony Darby]

Yes Armin, a very pleasant smell, similar to, but not as strong as, 'Star Gazer'.

[gote]

Gote, would you have any spare pollen from L. distichum, or have the anthers already lost all their pollen? I'd love to freeze some to use on my martagons next year.

I am reding this too late but I think they were over a couple of days ago. I will check tomorrow.
Göte

[gote]

Sorry, I meant to say the same for tsingtauense pollen.

That should be possible. - the small one not the big one.
Göte

[gote]

Martin
Yes the distichum is over the small tsingtauense not
Please explain what I shall do. Here - not as mail.
I will not read mail until Monday (and it may have some general interest)
Göte

[Martin Baxendale]

That would be great, Gote. Just pop as many stamens as you can spare into a small plastic bag and seal it. I'll brush the pollen out into a storage container at this end.

[viovaslui]

Viovaslui,
welcome to the forum. You have a fine collection of lilies. Are you a apiarist? I saw many bee houses in one of the garden picture.
It seems you don't have to worry of a good pollination.

Yes,i am professional beekeeper.

[Stephenb]

This little beauty is now in flower. Lilium callosum I believe - received from Sergey Banketov in the Caucasus autumn 2006 ( I've also seen his seed list here) and geminated spring 2007.

[gote]

A Lilium maximowiczii that I grew from seed is now in flower it is taller than I am. I call it maximowiczii because this is the main form - it is the Japanese yellow one that is the variation and it was described earlier but unfortunately the publishers were slow. Thus lechtlinii var maximowiczii is according to rules but misleading.
Lilium concolor 'Aso form' is flowering for the first time - It looks like the ordinary one to me but the first year is often misleading.
Cheers
Göte

[johanneshoeller]

Lilium primulinum in my garden?

[Regelian]

Hans,

that is wonderful.  Does it set seed?  Bold and subtle all at once, plus late blooming.  Most of my hybrid lilies are over for this year.  I already miss the perfume.

[Paul T]

Beautiful, Hans.

[Susan Band]

Hans,
Is the lily relatively small  with leaves like fargesii? I have something the same that I have taken a photo of and was going to ask for an ID but you got to it first . Mine has narrow leaves and is about 50cm tall and is its first flowering from purchase about 5 years ago from chen yi. Would love to get a name. I felt mine was too small to be L. primulinum but maybe yours is bigger.
Susan

[gote]

I once got a lily under the name amoenum that was so like the illustration of primulinum in 'Lilies of the World' that it was uncanny. It was about 50 cm high. It was less yellow than the one Hans shows when fully open but quite as yellow when the bud started to unfold. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of the complete plant. It ided in the first winter presunmably killed by the cold.
It seems that we have a complex of lilies masquerading under the names primulinum, ochraceum, majoense, burmanicum and nepalense. Then there is the never properly described 'Rocks Lily'.  Lumpers state they are all the same species (nepalense). Splitters stick to the various names. The best source of information available on the net is probably 'Flora of China'.
Cheers
Göte