Here you guys are posting OT's and Orientals and my martagons are just starting to bloom! Oh well. Here is Claude Shride...
My season is just beginning!
Another given to me. No name.
This I believe is a species cross. It's from the tsing***** one. Sorry, but it is too early in the morning to think about the spelling. (Perhaps some can help me.)
On the up side, I am finally seeing color on lots of buds. It won't be long now! I am seeing lots of buds on some established bulbs. I am always amazed by the bud count on Honeymoon (OT).
Your tsingtauense cross is interesting. It is definitely a cross though, as straight tsingtauense has less regularly arranged and narrower petals. Does it have the ripply foliage characteristic of tsingtauense? The midrib on the backs of the petals are interesting too. I don't think I have noticed that on any martagons, nor on hansonii, so that only leaves two other candidates for hybridization within the martagon group, unless it is a very wide cross. Those two martagon type species, distichum and medioloides, are rather uncommon. If it is a martasian, it would have scattered leaves rather than whorled.
Thanks Mainiac ~ we get to start lily season all over again with you. How fun!
That is the best...the staggering blooms. 'Claude Shride' is wonderful. Keep on sharing, Maniac.
Leftwood, I had to go out and check the foliage after your comment. The top tier of foliage alternates, the bottom set is whorled. Go figure! This bulb came from a friend and was from a friend of her's that hybridized for a while and was given to me as tsingtauense hybrid. (I have two :) )
Also blooming -- Buggy's Venture
Also Honey Bear
Yay!! Mainiac is posting!! Keep them coming!
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The top tier of foliage alternates, the bottom set is whorled. Go figure!
In my experiences with tsingtauense (and which probably is not the last word on the subject), the species usually only has one whorl of leaves, with the flowering stem above the whorl having scattered leaves. sometimes there are even a few scattered leaves below the single whorl.
No ripply leaves though, I guess?
No, not rippled. Just a few holes from the Red Lily Beetle! Looks much like the foliage of Claude Shride.
I found this one this morning -- a nice stem of martagon Pink Taurade
Mainiac, Orange Marmalade is a Tsingtauense cross.
Some martagon seedlings are blooming for me. What a long wait. However, nothing at all exciting.
Will see what happens with next year ones.
inanda
The title of this thread struck me funny this morning ~ so glad you're finally "in season". lol
Oh Moby... You are a nut! ;)
The second post of your resembles RO Backhouse.
Moby- too funny!
We don't have any species lilies around here that i've seen- it's a shame, I love looking at them in the posts.
Mainiac,
Could your second martagon by Mrs. R>O> Backhouse?
If not, look at Cadense although I think Candense has less spotting.
Just a couple of ideas.
inanda
The martagon in picture two is marked as L. hansonii, but I am not finding it in the lily registry. I believe it came from S-W lilies but they aren't showing a picture so I can't be sure. I do have Mrs. RO Backhouse in another bed. It is VERY similar. That's part of the problem with martagons. They all look so very familiar! Given the price, I am only willing to have just so many of them!