Unknown Lilium

[WimB]

Received this plant as Lilium nanum, which it obviously is not:

it's only 15 cm in height, unfortunately a blackbird broke the stem just when it was flowering: so here a picture of the flower which was damaged by the same bird

[Maggi Young]

Lilium tigrinum

[WimB]

Thanks Maggi, that's it. 

[daveyp1970]

Maggie your on fire

[WimB]

Although, isn't 15 cm very low for L. tigrinum? Could it be L. davidii?

[Maggi Young]

Well, it could be.... but L. davidii can make 1.5m also! Very variable these things!!

[WimB]

Is there a distinguishing difference between tigrinum and davidii? 

[Maggi Young]

Well, L. tigrinum makes stem bulbils and davidii can be stoloniferous.....
I think some Forumists have  been discussing this lately........

[Maggi Young]

.... as I thought, this is a question which pops up every now and then as folk get confused with these orange spotted lilies! Here  are a few links for you to have a look at Wim:  discussing the tigrinum/lancifolium/ davidii thing...

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3876.msg103329;topicseen#msg103329

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3633.msg99326#msg99326

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1970.msg50458#msg50458

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4096.msg110511;topicseen#msg110511

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3868.msg102071;topicseen#msg102071

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=644.msg15105;topicseen#msg15105

 

[WimB]

Thanks Maggi,

I'll keep it as a Lilium tigrinum/lancifolium/davidii thingy. 

[Diane Clement]

Thanks Maggi,
I'll keep it as a Lilium tigrinum/lancifolium/davidii thingy.   

Keep it as a Lilium lancifolium/davidii thingy as L tigrinum is synonymous with L lancifolium (sorry Maggi, but it's not exactly a new change  )

[Maggi Young]

(sorry Maggi, but it's not exactly a new change  Roll Eyes)

 I know, I know.... but thank goodness for you knowing these things, Diane.... heaven help us if we had to rely on my naming!!

[gote]

L lancifolium usually has a less vivid colour and slightly more flattish tepals than the photo. My guess is some form of davidii. Lancifolium should, at the time of flowering, have stem bulbils that turn entirely black before falling off.
The most common lancifolium is triploid and does not set seed. Furthermore it is usually infested with a virus that can be transmitted to other lilies.
Therefore seed grown (diploids) are very valuable since virus is not transmitted through the seed.
Cheers
Göte

 

[WimB]

Thanks for the additional info, Gote

no stem bulbils, so it probably is L. davidii.

[Roma]

Another lily for id.  It is growing in the same pot as Lilium lankongense.  The pics are from 2008 but both are flowering this year. the leaves are longer and narrower than lankongense.  Leaves of both can be seen in the picture.