Lilies: Is this normal?, 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
They don't open all at once usually. You'll probably find more than one always open. If memory serves, the asiatics, which have the buds all together at the top will probably bloom much earlier. You can expect orientals, which send the bloom on a sort of horizontal stalk, at the end of July, beginning of August.

These asiatic buds are from the end of June, 2008. As you can see from the photo, the buds mature at a different rate. The largest, on the outer "ring" are biggest and will open first. It will probably take 3 weeks from the time the first buds open to the time the last ones are spent.