Need help adding to Plantfiles

Jamaica Plain, MA(Zone 6a)

I have some lilies I bought from Van Engelen last year that I can't find in Plantfiles and don't know how to categorize them to add them. They call them:
1) heirloom species lily "davidii" - native to western China
2) heirloom species lily "citronella" -" hybrid cild of amabile luteum"
This is a turk's cap and not the same lily listed as citronella in plantfiles.

Sorry- I don't know how to do a link but you can see them at vanengelen.com
Thanks.
Sharon

Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b)

Here are the entries for davidii http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/108773/ and citronella http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/48955/

Jamaica Plain, MA(Zone 6a)

Thanks, Moby. Don't know why I couldn't find davidii. But the citronella shown in most of those pics isn't the same as mine, which is a turk's cap. Do we use the same file for different lilies with the same name?

Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a)

Van Engelen's description of Citronella is not accurate. Species lilies are not hybrids, nor vice versa. Citronella is a strain developed from L. amabile, L. davidii and L. dauricum; thus it is also a hybrid due to this mix of species. I always get a bit irritated when I see vendors describing this lily as a species, just because it tends to look like one.

I looked at the pictures in Plantfiles and my conclusion is: the last one looks like Citronella. The others may be Citronella but the blooms are not fully opened to turks cap form. If they never opened to that form then they are inaccurately identified as Citronella, but we don't know that from the photos.

Here is the description and photo from the Lily Registry:

http://www.lilyregister.com/register/details.htm?id=623

Jamaica Plain, MA(Zone 6a)

Thanks, Pardalinum! I WAS a bit confused when I went back to Van Engelin and saw that hybrid description, but I know very little (if anything) about lily classification, so didn't know what to think! And the one in your link looks like mine, so I'll add a pic next year when it blooms. (Don't know why I can't find one from this year.)
Thanks again!
Sharon

Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a)

You're welcome!

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