Lilium 2010

[Giles]

Lilium xanthellum
Lilium regale

[bulborum]

Hello Giles

Your Lilium xanthellum is amazing

Roland

[Giles]

Roland,
Thankyou.
Unfortunately 'in real life' it is a bit disappointing: the plant is about 1.5 metres tall, yet the flower is only about 2 cm in diameter.

[bulborum]

Giles

I hardly can believe this
You mean inches

Roland
 

[Maggi Young]

the flower is only about 2 cm in diameter.

I'm surprised by this, too.... is that from curl to curl of the petals or from tip to tip? Seem very little......

[johnw]

Two in flower here. Lilium grayi and Lilium hansonii with very thick petals.

johnw

[Tony Willis]

Roland,
Thankyou.
Unfortunately 'in real life' it is a bit disappointing: the plant is about 1.5 metres tall, yet the flower is only about 2 cm in diameter.

Giles I have had a similar experience,mine has now disappeared.

John that L. grayi is fabulous

[Giles]

- I have to agree - L.grayi is wonderful.
Here is the L.xanthellum against my garden shed, in a 6 inch pot. It's been in full sun, so can't be etiolated.
Not much flower power per foot of plant.

[Maggi Young]

Not much flower power per foot of plant.

Oooh, errrrr! Fancy that... perhaps it wants feeding up a bit? It looks like an anorexic supermodel, poor thing.

[johnw]

John that L. grayi is fabulous

If only I could capture the true red colour.   It seems my camera only does erdbeertorte correctly.

johnw

[bulborum]

Hello John

Just send me a bulb
and I make a good picture for you   

Roland

[Pascal B]

If only I could capture the true red colour.   It seems my camera only does erdbeertorte correctly.

johnw

Now what is so bad about that? Makes me wanna go to the bakery....

But my Canon probably does an equally bad job at that red as your Nikon, your picture still gives a good idea. And every computerscreen has its own characteristics and gives colours their own little twist so it could look the incorrect red at your end but the good one at my end... Some colours are horrible to photograph anyway true to nature.

[Martin Baxendale]

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

When I saw the photo and read the comment about the scent, I immediately thought it looked and sounded like a white version of monadelphum /szovitsianum - especially with that pollen colour.

[Martin Baxendale]

Yippee, I finally have L. tsingtauense flowering here, just as the various martagons start, so I can start crossing them - something I've always wanted to try in the hope of ending up with orange martagons galore

[bulborum]

Hello Martin

Am I missing a nice picture   
or you just want to keep it for yourself   

Roland