Lilium 2009

[gote]

I like the lophophorum "lanterns" before they burst open.

That is highly variable. Some never form lanterns, some stay a lantern all the time. My very limited experience is that the lantern ones are shorter.
Göte

Lesley / Göte
Interesting, I have never seen ones that burst open. Can you show us pictures sometime?
johnw

This picture shows one a day or so after bursting. I did not anticipate your question so I have no picture before. 
Göte

[Paul T]

I'm fascinated by the pics of Lilium lophophorum that I've seen.  So many of them sort of look like the poor thing never opens properly, yet the lantern effect is beautiful by itself as well.  Such an interesting species by the look of it.

[johnw]

Göte - Thanks.   Glad to see they don't reflex too much.  A lovely species.

johnw

[gote]

A couple of pictures from previous years:
The books say that there is only one flower. I once had one with half a dozen buds but it succumbed to some kind of fungus. Three flowers is still more than one. The big one is nearly 40cm high It never had any lanterns.
The small one never burst open at all and is not more than 20cm.
Göte

[Paul T]

Lovely, Göte.  Just lovely!  The first one with the 3 flowers almost looks to me to have a touch of fasciation, given that you can sort of see 3 melded stems below them.  Very nice looking plant and flower, regardless of the reason for your having more than one flower per stem. 

[johanneshoeller]

Some nameless Lilium! I show the flowers and the leaves because this could help (or not)
unknown
not pumilum
orange pumilum with leaves of martagon
unknown
taliensis (not white) with wrong leaves

[Hans J]

After some years in cultivation in my garden here now the first flower :

Lilium pardalinum

[arisaema]

...and the "pink" lophophorum is yellow, looks like my other "Chinese lanterns" On the bright side it's potted and can be protected from rain, so I may finally get seeds that haven't already germinated inside the pods.

Lesley; are all yours blushed with red, or is the flower in the pic fading?

Johannes;

Beautiful plants, the first in particular! From the top I see:
Lilium bakerianum v. rubrum x 2
Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii or L. amabile (if the leaves are fussy) x 2
Lilium medeoloides
Asiatic hybrid x 2
Lilium lankongense x 2

[Brian Ellis]

After some years in cultivation in my garden here now the first flower :

Lilium pardalinum

Thanks for posting Hans, that gives me hope that one day I too will get flowers!

[Hans J]

Hi Brian ,

mhhhh -so it seems it is a bit difficould with flowering ?
I have it tried on several places in my garden -without succsess ....
Now I have it on a border with woodplants -more or less shady ....I think this plants needs acid soil -and here is all calcy  ...so I have never big succsess exept with L. candium + L. henry ...all other are lost after one or two years

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

hi everybody,
I'm not a specialist in growing lilium but try to cultivate some ( not too stout ) on my balcony. Here's one which flowered quite good this spring : lilium cernuum ssp album ( labelled as ).

[Brian Ellis]

Hans it is not that it is difficult with flowering, it is that it has - until this year been quite a weak plant.  This year it looks much better, so I hope

[Susan Band]

Hans,
Are you sure that is L. pardalinum? I think it might be L. humboldtii. I can't be sure but most of the L. pardalium I have seen are orange in the centre and a deeper red on the tips of the petals. L. humboldtii might be a bit more difficult to flower than pardalinum which is reliable here.
Susan

[Hans J]

Susan ,

I have my plants of L.pardalinum from a 'importent' person from England - I'm shure her plants are all correct named ....
In 'Bulbs' from Phillip & Rix is written that they flowers from yellow to red with marron spots ....
Sorry -but I'm really not a Lilium specialist !

[gote]

Johannes;

Beautiful plants, the first in particular! From the top I see:
Lilium bakerianum v. rubrum x 2
Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii or L. amabile (if the leaves are fussy) x 2
Lilium medeoloides
Asiatic hybrid x 2
Lilium lankongense x 2

The first one looks as amoenum to me but I may misjudge the size. How big is it??
Second, I should think amabile is the better bet. Maximowiczii is more orange. Note the black streak in the center of the tepals.
Medeloides undoubtedly.
I agree lankongense is the best bet but these are somewhat variable.
Göte