Lilium 2010

[Martin Baxendale]

As requested by Roland, a couple of quick snaps of L. tsingtauense flowering here for the first time. The flowers were pollinated with pollen from an early white martagon and the petals dropped within a couple of days so I'm hoping the cross has worked. Have saved the tsingtauense pollen to use on other white and pale pink martagons. Hoping for orange and orange-red martagon hybrids in  a few years time.

[bulborum]

I thought you forgot me 

Roland

[Lesley Cox]

L. bakerianum is a beauty. I love that green spotted look.

[Pete Clarke]

@Pete Clarke, your unknown lily could be Lilium kesselringianum (a relation of L monadelphum, from the Caucasus)

That is very unlikely since kesselringianum is yellow please see http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=120&taxon_id=242442569
To me it looks like a typical trumpet lily of the regale/formosanum/brownii etc type. However it is difficult to say for sure. We really need several pictures in order to identify a lily. General habitus, flower from the front and from the side - if possible also bulb.
Göte

Hi Göte. I finally got some more pics.

[Giles]

A few hybrids out today.

[Lesley Cox]

They are very lovely, especially the pinks, so elegant.

[bulborum]

As promised Lilium formosanum White Form
outsh almost white with a little pink fade
but I don't want to see that tiny stripe   

Roland

[David Pilling]

A year back I was pestering people about what colour the polen of l. formosanum was. Interesting that in your picture it is brown. I've got plants with both brown and yellow.

The background to the pictures looks interesting ;-)

[rob krejzl]

Re Reply #113 on: June 29, 2010, 02:53:56 PM page 8 of this thread:



 

Giles,

what a great looking L. canadense!  Mine never bloomed and finally disappeared, but I plan to try again, especially after seeing this one.  Wonderful spotting.  Nice to see a shot of Nicotine, as mine was topped-off by slugs this season!  It can be maddening.    

thanks for sharing.

Canadense is not difficult in my place but it needs moisture. It has even seeded itself on my pond border. Not in the water of course but perhaps 10 cm above the water table. Since it is truly stoloniferous I would advice against pot culture.
Cheers
Göte

One of Rod Barwick's (of daffodil fame) party tricks when hosting meetings is to bring out pot-grown canadense. I suspect his whole stock is grown this way, since I've seen a dozen or so pots ranged on a table top.

[Giles]

Lilium lankongense

[bulborum]

Here some liliums I bought as
Lilium amoenum var L-29 from Chen Yi
I don't know if the name is correct
but it is a nice one

Roland

[bulborum]

A nice  l . martagon
I bought this one under the name
Lilium martagon albiflorum
I thought it would be white but surprise
a beautiful crème one with almost to many flowers

Roland

[Giles]

Roland,
These are the relevant bits from The Flora of China:
Thes is also a photograph on the North American Liliy Society website.

[bulborum]

flower looks very similar for me
the description says bulbs 22 cm
looks for me the size of a rape
thanks

Roland

[Otto Fauser]

Re Reply #113 on: June 29, 2010, 02:53:56 PM page 8 of this thread:

 Giles ,
 your L. canadense is the most striking form I have seen .I only grow the the yellow and red form , both with brown spots . They are easy in the garden with some moisture , less so in pots .

        Otto.