Lilies a year from seed in flower.

I moved that pot (space problems!) with the two L. centifolium pots and the first pale yellow species type Asiatic which is still going, more to open in that pot though.

This is the first pot of L. davidii (which got flattened by dogs!), at the back are the other two George Slate x davidii. Plenty of fattening buds on L. regale behind, and two buds on two stems of trumpet lilies on the right. Another pot of trumpet (pards) in the greenhouse has two buds also, much taller, the yellow with pink edge trumpet seed.

I have another pot of L. davidii with quite a few flowers open, not taken a pic yet, but some have thinner petals than others.

Love that George slate x davidii stuff. You have some pretty neat-o stuff there wallaby.

Me too magnolia, and so easy from seed too, who would have thunk it!

I love that seedin' business.

You are a magician, wallaby!
I love them all! and all this beauty from a tiny seed!

Wowza. Even the Slovenian Supercats (giggle) couldn't have done better.

I must say though, seriously, those buds of your purple tipped species type Asiatic are a peculiar shape. Kinda like hot peppers . . .
I wonder what species that characteristic comes from?

Wallaby, I love your G Slate/davidii hybrids. They look a lot like mine! Good job girl! (clap clap clap). George Slate now lives in my garden, thanks to the Lily Nook. I'm really looking forward to having fun with it. I have some other G Slate seedlings coming along, hopefully will bloom next year.

Where did you get this species type one? I love it!

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=5094724

The super powers of Lilium gloriowhatsits is to blame bonitin, lol!

Tehe Lefty. wink wink.
I didn't see hot peppers in the buds, but it is unusual! The whorled habit of the flowers could give a clue.

pard, funny I should have got one like that isn't it, I had mentioned early in the thread on the 15th May I would be happy to get one like that, the George Slate one may be paler but is similar. Mine has another bud to open yet, it would be nice if it made seed but it would have to pollinate itself.

http://www.flowerpictures.net/lily/pages/asiaticlily_georgeslate.htm

I'm sure the species type asiatics came from you pard, and yes the George Slate/davidii hybrids would look like yours, lol! They are very nice!

OK, good girl that I am I kept the packets, but couldn't put all the info on the label! It says:

"Asiatic mix from intermating of Asiatics on 'seedling' thread - should produce "specie-type" lilies with better disease resistance."

Oh, OK. the fog is lifting.... I sent you some seeds.... and I wrote all that drivel on the packet... LOL! Now you see why I love these seed grown lilies so much! I would avoid letting them set seed this year, though. They are still youngsters and seed is a drain on a growing bulb. Wait till next year. Just my 2 cents.

Lol, it sounds good anyway, I often think the same when I later read what I have put. Yep, some great surprises!

That flower has already dropped most of it's petals, I thought it looked like it might make seed. It would be hard to take the pod off if it did!

Sometimes I can't even read my own writing. In fact, right now I have a scribbling set in front of me, hoping one of these days the meaning will suddenly jump out at me. Funny how that goes.

Hmm lefty, but did YOU write that scribbling, or is it part of the bigger picture! Lol.

I took some pics of the other pot of L. davidii. There's 4 in the pot with 3 in flower, all different petal widths! The 4th has buds.

We have been hit by the Jetstream again, blaming the El Nino in the Pacific pulling down depressions in the Atlantic over Britain, a repeat of last year! It appears the temps are normal for this time of year though, lol, Lincoln is supposed to be over 14C just now but my thermometer outside said 11C (52F) at around 2pm, over 1.5 hours ago. With cold winds that feels like winter (we had these temps in winter!)! 2006 spoiled us.

This is the whole pot, yes that is sun you see.

This is the thin petalled one, they curve more towards the centre, more so on opposite petals but are thinner also than the others.

The medium petals

The broad one!

Wow, you guys are absolutely amazing. :)

Diann

The plants are amazing! :~))

I noticed yesterday one in the pot with the green-yellow species type Asiatic, or should I now call them Asiatic drivel, lol, is colouring up. I can see pale yellow and spots, so it might be much the same! Lots of buds too, five, the one to the right is the remaining bud on the other one.

Interesting, wallaby. I wouldn't expect so many different forms. I've never grown davidii but I may just want to give it a try (must go shopping in my freezer)... I can see where a hybridizer of garden worthy lilies would select the best form (ie, the last one with nice wide petals) to work with.

Can't wait to see what those green-yellow ones look like!

Funny that isn't it, the hybridisers would select the broad petalled one but I like the thin one best! More like a species.

It is strange they should all end up in the same pot, I haven't seen the same differences in the other pot which has more bulbs in. That would mean the one with 4 in were bigger bulbs, as I usually put the biggest together and can fit more small ones in a pot. I do it that way also to give them an equal chance, i.e. big ones won't bully small ones.

Those buds shouldn't be long now! That is, if they don't die of cold first!

Regarding your much appreciated Asiatic drivel pic, I don't see the hot peppers anymore.

It seems as though the aspect of the wide petaled flower is less down facing, more outfacing. Is this true? If so, I think it would lend credence to it not being 100% davidii.

That could well be, Lefty. The seeds are from Ed McRae as I recall. He grew many specie lilies for seed and bulbs. While he grew each specie separate from others, I don't believe he protected his pollinations. I have always regretted not visiting his fields when I had an opportunity. It is all gone now.

The pic on deflorum shows L. davidii to be more medium width petals, in fact I have one opened to day which looks very much like that pic. I think it was one of the George Slate x davidii. It's difficult to tell how the flowers are facing on the davidii as the stems are bending under the weight of the flowers!

http://www.deflorum.com/species/davidii.html

More opened too, post them later as I must get out in this strong wind to do something for a change, at least the sun is shining most of the time.

This is it, nice form on this one, well spotted and looks strong.

Another 'specie type' Asiatic.

George Sale x davidii, this has an almost salmon flush which I like, looking from under the petals it almost glows and appears almost translucent, hard to describe.

The back of above

Same again, I had to get on the ground for this, strong winds kept knocking it back down. It shows the colour better, reminds me of a pale L. canadense.

Another of the species type Asiatic, still in the greenhouse. I left it there for now, didn't want to throw it to the weather suddenly.

I really like this one too, the backs have a nice green stripe.

Back of the above.

with nice purple spots

I had a real surprise! I spotted a purplish colour hiding under the shelves while stood outside the greenhouse, I had put some of the small pots with small plants in on a lower shelf. There was two rows, this was the back of the two rows with a stem leaning backwards underneath the corner of the end shelves, if that makes sense. In other words, I was lucky to have spotted it!

L. cernuum (thanks pard!) sown on 27th March 2007 in flower! It had probably opened a couple of days ago, had some aphids on it and I didn't even go there yesterday as it was winter.

The pot is only 9cm square.

wallaby, are all the ones you refer to as "specie type" from the drivel group? Did I send one packet or two? Senior moment here lol. I am sure that by describing them as "specie type" I meant it in the way they are formed; usually with petals curled back and blooms facing out to down and many with spots.

If you like them now you will love them next year. Mine come back strong year after year. My most floriforous one has 22 buds!

That's correct pard, all from the drivel group and I think there was only one packet. I knew you meant that anyway, but it's a convenient way to describe them.

Can't wait until next year! Some have several buds on this year so they should be very good next year. 22 buds is fantastic!

I said I love them all, but that 'pale creamy yellow with a slightly white throat and spots' is GORGEOUS!!! What a delicacy, what an elegance and gracefulness!
I truly love this one!

Lol bonitin, I was looking at that again today and I agree with you. The pic doesn't quite show just how lovely the centre is. It's quite compact and may be a little smaller than some when it's petals are fully recurved, there is two buds and the second one opened today.

So far I have several favourites though!

The purple tipped one is looking gorgeous too, it has a great shape and that colour is very vivid. Oranges are fast becoming one of my favourites, I was not so keen before!

Congratulations on L. cernuum! Quite a feat.

I was surprised by that one Lefty, do you know how long they take from seed usually?

Not a clue. But I would certainly think longer than the second season!

Wallaby, I can't wait to see your photos of these next year. So glad my seeds found such a good home and competent hands!

Was the purple tipped one from that group (or from the other seeds I sent)? It looks a bit more mature with that many buds. Nice inflorescence.