Lilies: How baby lilies relocate, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
greenjay, I can't see your roots very well, it's a little blurry.

I had some bulbils on my L. Bellingham Hybrid, all at the top in each leaf node. Yesterday, after we had a good rain, I noticed several roots growing from them and the main stem was starting to yellow, so I took them off and planted them in a long window type tub in a gritty, leafy mix, and piled some leafy compost on top. I will leave mine outside as I think they will grow fine there in a sheltered spot. I have grown very small Asiatic offset bulbs like that with good success, I'm perhaps in a warmer zone.

I got 33 of different sizes, most already had good roots or just starting to make roots. Do they look like yours? I can't really see the concertina effect, but there does seem to be vertical lines on some.

You said your roots are flat, is that on both sides or have they got a rounded top? The roots of mine were wrapping themselves around the leaf below, or venturing down the main stem, I wonder if this would give them a flat surface?

The old stem and leaves are even more yellow today, we had about an inch of rain last night. These little bulbils were in readiness with the rain, roots made, to drop to the ground and take root!