My first bloom this season. I was really hoping I'd have a camera by the time this happened, because it doesn't look like the catalog picture. It's ivory white with royal purple spotting; more like dashes, with some finer spotting. It's describe in the catalog as dark rose spotting, but I'm definitely seeing purple here. Very lovely and delicate looking. I'm just floored that this is blooming. Can the rest be far behind!
So is this pic from the catalog? It looks beautiful--is it an "Asiapet"? Since I'm really a lily novice, and so far only have Orientals planted, I'm not as familiar. Does it have any fragrance?
Bethany
I believe this is one of Judith Freeman's creations. It was bred from L. lankongense crossed with a white Asiatic. You usually see it advertised as an Asiatic and it's one of the Rosepoint Lace series of lilies. Yes, it is lightly fragrant and yes, that is a catalog pic or more percisely, from the Lily Garden's website.
L. lankongense is a species lily and is, itself, very lovely. I love the species, but have very few of them. This is a pic of L. lankongense.
Congrats Pat! I love all of those L.langkongense hybrids. Have you noticed any hint of fragrance?
I'll stick my nose in it when I get home tonight and check it out. Hopefully there won't be any Bees around. Something is smelling good in the garden. I have this one bush, haven't a clue what it is as it came with the house, that perfumes the entire yard. It puts out tiny clusters of flowers. The entire cluster is about an inch long and reminds me of a thimble shape. Such a big fragrance from such small flowers.
Wow, even earlier than my martagons! My earliest is just showing good color in the buds now. Maybe it will be blooming when you come, Beaker. Here is my Lilium lankongense from last year.
Is that a L lankongense X? Sure looks different from the picture I got off the species site.
Well I certainly didn't buy it as a cross. I try to keep good records, especially of the original source, but this one slip through. Species lilies in general tend to have large variation, and the difference doesn't surprise me a bit. Of course, cultivars are exactly alike, with no variation. Even with our native lilies in Minnesota, I have observed differences in both michiganense's and philadelphicum's. I received another lankongense bulb last fall from a friend, and I eagerly await it's bloom, expecting it to be at least somewhat different.
As to the true genetics of my photo, I may never know as I have little to base a dicision upon. And it wouldn't be the first time something is sold as one thing, only to be another. My garden has several examples of such cases.
Rick
No kidding! Every summer I have more than one surprise.
Lilies seem to be really bad about not being what they are labeled. Wonder if the problems starts where they are grown or happens somewhere else along the way. I hate not knowing what I'm growing or having something that I planned to be one color turn up a totally different color, but it sure does happen a lot with lilies.
Susan
