Author Topic: Lilium 2009 (Read 66811 times)

johnw · « **on:** May 31, 2009, 12:46:57 PM »

I grew these from seed labelled Lilium kesselringianum cw Russia, Western Caucasus, 2000m {Ho} from Karmic 96 2/1/97 . Am wondering about them and who Karmic was - total memory failure but seems to me it was a nursery or seed seller.

A couple of other bulbs have opened today, Colour is a bit stronger.

johnw

Paul T · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:55:28 PM »

Beautiful, John. I love the colour and markings, particularly combined with the lovely dark anthers.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:56:22 PM »

Those purple tips to the petals are lovely.
John, pic size of 780 pixels wide is easier to see for most of us!!

arisaema · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2009, 01:03:09 PM »

Lovely species! If the label is faded, or you received the seeds from someone with (very) sloppy handwriting, I guess it could be Holubec? H and K look quite similar, and so do several of the other letters...

illingworth · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2009, 03:13:45 PM »

Karmic Exotix Nursery was a distribution company for seed from Eastern European collectors and growers, run by Andrew Osyany of the Ontario Rock Garden Society. Andrew discontinued the business a few years ago. The abbreviation Ho stood for Vojtech Holubec.

Sharon

johnw · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2009, 03:52:46 PM »

Thanks Sharon & Arisaema. I had completely forgotten about Andrew's operation. Holubec seed was very dependable as I recall.

Maggi - pix reduced. edit: Many thanks, John!

M

A couple more shots were added as well.

johnw

johnw · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:04:28 PM »

And a Lilium pyrenaicum from Barry Starling seed, 1993. Lovely foliage on this one. And no, that is not a lily beetle.

johnw

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2009, 11:03:44 PM »

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?

gote · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2009, 10:07:56 AM »

Quote from: johnw on May 31, 2009, 03:52:46 PM

Thanks Sharon & Arisaema. I had completely forgotten about Andrew's operation. Holubec seed was very dependable as I recall.

Maggi - pix reduced. edit: Many thanks, John! M

A couple more shots were added as well.

johnw

You use past tense.
Holubec is still around is he not? I got seed from him a couple of years ago and also his book about Caucasus.
Göte

arisaema · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2009, 10:11:22 AM »

Quote from: gote on June 02, 2009, 10:07:56 AM

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.

gote · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2009, 10:16:00 AM »

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

johnw · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2009, 04:12:06 PM »

Lilium szovitzianum from AGCBC seed.

johnw

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2009, 09:35:44 PM »

A beautiful thing John.

Paul T · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2009, 12:28:03 AM »

Glorious, John.

johnw · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:08:50 AM »

Quote from: Lesley Cox on May 31, 2009, 11:03:44 PM

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

It is not an insect but actually one of the many thousand different parts of an Ulmus that rain down throughout the year. The yellows in the L. kesselringii posting are other kesselringiis that have opened fully and reflexed.

re: Holubec - Using the past tense I meant that when I ordered Holubec seed through Andrew. If I had only known he had Lilium souliei...

johnw

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