Lilies: My first sprout!...it seems too early?, 1 by Leftwood

Leftwood wrote:
I should add parenthetically, that there are a few asiatics that initially come up torpedo like, but as far as I know, they are only certain species and not the complex hybrids common today. This Lilium davidii var. wilmottiae (a species) pictured below is an example. Still, asiatics tend to have more narrow leaves than either trumpets or orientals. The tips on asiatic sprouts tend to be more loose(also dramatized in the photo), rather than the other two that end in a tight point. I don't have a pic of a "tight point" of a trumpet or oriental; perhaps some can help me out with that. When you see them side by side, it is very easy to tell apart.