Lilium 2009

[Paul T]

Hans,

The L. majoense is a cracker.  Glorious colour to it, and that wonderful tube to the flower.  Not a species I have seen except here I think.  Well done, and so many flower. 

[gote]

On another look, you may be right Gote. The leaves on mine tend to be a bit longer and strappier.

Quite! I enclose a scan of an old picture from 1973 of what I think is formosanum priceii. It is rather different.
I am not an expert on trumpets (they are usually not very hardy in my place) but I doubt thatit can be formosanum of any variety.
Longiflorum???
Göte

[johnw]

Has Lilium majoense hit the seed lists yet?

Two lovely dark red buds on Lilium grayi here, a first.

johnw - fog & rain & damn chilly, sun promised for Sunday, meanwhile thunder & lightening tonight and tomorrow.

[Rafa]

Hello,

Here are some pictures from the Lilium formosanum I grow, but not sure... look at the leaves.

Lilium anhuiense??

[Lesley Cox]

Mmmm, I'm not sure either.
Gote, your florums certainly look very longi

[Lesley Cox]

Is L. majoense not the correct (or recent) name for L. primulinum var burmanicum? In which case it may be on seedlists as that. I think Paul Christian has listed it under that name.

[Lesley Cox]

There are two stunning pics of L. majoense on the Old Forum, Mid July 2005 (starting July 12th) They are from John Humphries who kindly sent me seed. About 8 germinated but only one came through the subsequent winter. That one is still alive and growing, hopefully to flower in a year or two.

Why can't I discover how to copy and paste a link from elsewhere in the Forum? I can't manage to select the bit I want copied.

[Maggi Young]

http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/283/15609.html?1126544048
Posted  on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 12:35 pm:  
John Humphries post no. 125.
I highlight, copy and paste the link at the top of the page and give the post details, Lesley.
it is easier to do with the new forum because each post has it's own link.

[Rafa]

Another Lilium, without name... Lilium lijiangense? but it has little lanceolate leaves, and it is uniflorum.

[johnw]

Rafa   - Seems small but looks like Lilium taliense var kaichen. See my photo under Lilium 2008.

johnw      - over 150 mm of rain in June here but how many mm of fog?

[johnw]

Lilium grayi just out today here.

johnw

[johnw]

There are two stunning pics of L. majoense on the Old Forum, Mid July 2005 (starting July 12th) They are from John Humphries who kindly sent me seed. About 8 germinated but only one came through the subsequent winter. That one is still alive and growing, hopefully to flower in a year or two.

Why can't I discover how to copy and paste a link from elsewhere in the Forum? I can't manage to select the bit I want copied.

No problem on Apple.   johnw

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 12:35 pm:        
Here's a lily that fills the evening garden with scent.
L majoense from China has varied amounts of colour in the throat from merely speckled to almost totally purple-maroon.
You'll find it under L primulinum var ochraceum but it may yet get its own cultivar name.

Only trouble is like nepalense it hangs its head so you have to prop it up to see it. You can smell it from 20 yards though.

I had it in such deep shade that I could barely get a photograph last year so I've lifted a couple and they'e done well in pots, about 45" high.
 

Cheers
John H. Hampshire, South West England

[Rafa]

beautiful species John, I love both!
Thank you for the ID, I was looking for this name in IPNI, but no results, Is var. kaichen very new species?

[David Nicholson]

I don't have any real experience of Lilium but obtained seed from the last SRGC Seed Ex as follows:-

Lilium brownii-which I read to be an immediate hypogeal variety
Lilium  mackliniae-which I read to be an immediate epigeal varity
Lilium martagon which I read to be delayed hypogeal variety.

Seeds of all three were sown on 10 February 2009 and I have good germination from all of them. They germinated in my open frame which snails regard as the snail equivalent of McDonalds, and have been moved to the greenhouse. Should I leave them in the seed pots for another year or.........??  

[Lesley Cox]

Unless they're VERY crowded, leave them for another year David. Even if they are too crowded, only break the mass into three or four and repot each of those. Don't try to single them out. Too small.