What a wonderful look to that flower, wallaby. Your gardens must be some sight!
Some interesting species bulbs (part 2)
Very cool.
Love the green reverse and the way the blooms hang straight down like brugs.
It does hang down, looking brug-like. That's just what I thought, pard.
That's still in it's pot in the shady greenhouse, when it's finished flowering I'll put it in the ground, maybe near L. nepalense. That has 3 flower buds this year, 4 stems but I dug one for a friend. They are not open yet, but if L majoense is in the ground they might flower at the same time.
I'm wondering if they will cross pollinate, I think I'll take some off L majoense to dab on when they open.
I got some more pics today, will post later, it recurves beautifully.
What a beautiful elegant shape it has, Wallaby. I love the way it's hanging down.
Elegant is the word!
A good partner for L. nepalense
Another winner from wallaby! I am still waiting for L.napalense to grow. It was the size of a pea when I planted it a year ago. The vendor had a lot of nerve selling something so small. It has a pathetic stalk growing, a good sign, but I think we are talking years to a bloom. I am not doing much so I will wait. Patti
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH . . . . . .
Wallaby, that is heavenly grace.
My suspect nepalense from Chen Yi (with the narrow leaves) will bloom this year. Then we will see what it really is.
marvelous! What a stunning beauty!!
Nice description Lefty! They don't come much better than this! I got my nose into it this morning, it's part buried under the grape vine and other pots, there is a light, sweet scent. Awaiting the emergence of your suspect nepalense, there are different forms as you may know. L. majoense is similar in growth, a little taller with larger leaves.
Patti, my nepalense was very small when I got it, though not pea sized, and they can take a couple of years to settle in. They are naturally small, will send out runners making new bulbs. The stems are not very tall when mature, the huge weighty flowers bow nearly to the ground! Perhaps there is a reason for that, i.e. pollinator accessibility.
My majoense seedlings are starting to bulk up, haven't got a recent pic but I counted 11 in a just-germinated one, I only sowed 12 seeds!
This is L. centifolium taken 6 days ago. the roots are venturing through the holes so I should pot them on, I've repotted L. regale as they were moving quickly.
wallaby, I went out to find my L. Nepalese in a benign neglect area I call "a watched pot never boils" and guess what, it now has, as you suggested, three stalks and is now around 18" tall, but no buds. Good sign that it my bloom someday. I have a relative to the lily called Sandersonia aurantiaca about to bloom in a pot from a tuber I bought in the winter. It was also in the benign neglect area so I have moved those two to a watched spot. Patti
Woo,Woo I was so excited when I saw my first lily in the wild. Just a couple miles from my house in a city park! Not quite sure what it is, but it was neat seeing it in the wild.
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That would be Lilium michiganense. That, and Lilium philadelphicum are are only native lilies in Wisconsin.
Congratulations! I remember the first lily I found in the wild too. And the first wild snow trillium, the first Dutchman's Breeches, the first Twayblade, Rose Pagonia, Pitcher plant, Sundew, even the first wild Virginia Bluebell. Thrilling, all of them!
Many color and shape variations of michiganense. Yours is the most prevalent.
