Lilies: Some interesting species bulbs, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
I have flowers of the unknown opening, they are small and by all accounts should be L. pyrenaicum.

http://www.deflorum.com/species/pyrenaicum.html

The scent is unpleasant and strong, something close to the smell of asparagus when cooking whiich is an awful smell, unlike the taste!

It measures 1.5" across with petals fully recurved, or close on 4cm diameter. This size matches the size given on the genus lilium site, the only thing which does not match is the bulb. There are several varieties of L. pyrenaicum, but it would be difficult to imagine that the bulb would be so much different in being rhizomatous. The size is also much larger than the 7cm, but it does have more than one stem.

The height is around 21" although I haven't measured it, that also fits with L pyrenaicum.

The bulb I bought of L. pyrenaicum has not emerged, I planted it in the ground, perhaps that was a mistake as most I put in pots are doing well. The pic of the bulb is near the top of this thread, it does match the description given.

Cute!