Whoooo you are rattling my chains..,do we need a judge or even a steward, or even just that one extra committee hand-'YES"..you are as welcome as a welcome mat And you can bench flowers to your hearts content!!!!You would know Doug Fielding and Brian Jones, no doubt?The king of daffodils 'Barwick' is still very involved and inspirational to newcomers..,and still consumes as much cheap red wine and exceptional whiskies as he did 30 yrs ago,[if not more].Still produces the Trumpeter, which a copy is requested twice yearly by such greats as Charley Kroell and Robert Greisbach.. and via me, has sent 4 batches of l.Gloriosoides seed to some of the greats on this thread.....

Who ever would have thought we would have old home days from Tasmania here on the lily forum, LOL.

Welcome, welcome, Della. Please don't be shy, and make yourself right at home here. I think you will find this a good home, with a lot of friendly people.

Welcome Della. Though I am a bit late, please accept my cheerful greeting welcoming you here. It's really neat to get perspectives of so many different regions. I love seeing blooms around here all year long thanks to location variables Perspectives and information very useful too.

Anthony, thank you for growing out my seeds I love seeing photos of seedlings in your garden across the globe. You have a really healthy looking plot there. Can't wait to see the blooms. As always, thanks for sharing.

Welcome to Lilyland Delia.

NO !-thank you ...Tracey, for sending seeds to a 'possessed ' lily grower.,., I really appreciate everyone that sends seeds and do my best to pay back.,.as I will be doing some crazy crosses here next year, on the advice of some of you,..,and sending out pollen!,..,.,Della, please dont run away, 'you are a diamond in the rough', and your experience is worth a mint-Anthony

oh, I'm still here, despite the terrifying chill of the word 'committee'! It's just been such a splendid day, and I've had time free to be in the garden (vegetables) and ponder the reorganisation of my little nursery space if I'm going to get 'serious' again about growing. In fact (and this will only interest hobartians), on advice of a friend, I've found the closed chickenfeed stores virtually giving away mesh display shelving that would make excellent tiered seedling benches, so I've had a pleasant afternoon scrounging.

My lily experience has been thinly drawn over nearly thirty years (due to inconsistent circumstances, I've moved many times but seldom had my own garden, and many beginnings were lost in transitions), but can't match the depth of growers we have here like Rod; the stalwarts like the many Brians, the Fieldings, Joe Hoell or Neil and Irene Jordan who keep show benches packed. When I was a child I learned so much from Dot and Limey Krist, but they've passed and are still missed. Still, Tasmania is full of amazing lily growers - too many to name!

If nothing else I'd make a rather pedantic and conscientious steward... I can still remember when Black Beauty was the only orienpet (though not called that), and benched in a rather lonely interdivisional category. We called it the 'black beauty division'. When OTs became plentiful, it still took several seasons for the 'henryi hybrid not otherwise categorised' to be placed with its younger divisional brethren. It bugged me!

But I could be imagining a past that never existed! Funny thing time. :D

Thanks for all the warm welcomes, I hope to share and learn. And maybe help out at claremont

Very much welcome Della,.,.Heres my 'stab' at your address.,,Pontville,,and if Im wrong, I have No Idea In high heaven 'who or where you are!!,.,.,If you are anything like my father, [very much like me], wants to remain secluded and private amongst his grape vines in Deloraine, so be it, but I am very interested in your offer of assistance, and if you could privately mail me here, ...I will throw out the red carpet!!- Anthony
Also hello to all my American/Norwegian/Romanian friends.,.My garden is going 'beserk',.,.

Hehe, not Pontville, though like your Deloraine dad, I do have grapevines here to hide amongst. They're just rather urban grapevines emerging from concrete. I'm thinking of growing them up the hills hoist to give me a spot more privacy. So, I'm a dreadful hermit, I admit! :D And recent years have been a bit too tough to indulge in lily socialising in any case >>

But I'll find my way around the private messaging system here and send contact info.

It's on!!!!!-The new blooms have started.. This is a seedling from a 'Bill Cramer cross'-''Pink Pioneer x Perfect Pink No 1''.Seeds sent to me by sgardener[Lily] about 18 months ago

I like that one a lot!

There will be a few variations, in the breed, hopefully, I can show a few different ones in the next few days,.,.Life has started here again!!! [Jus Luv the lilies]-Anthony

Lovely colour. I have to see these babies in person - I've been a bit obsessed with pink Ic types for a while. :D

Unfortunately I'm still some weeks away from anything of mine flowering, so I found my first lily season fix by buying L. mackliniae in bloom just a few days ago.

It's very pretty! I can't wait to see the other seedlings.

Way to go Anthony!

Beautiful lily
will be watching the show

Nice cross!

Eighteen Months--That's pretty fast! Nice!

Really nice. Love the color, and how the spots really stand out. You go, Anthony!

Great flower, Anthony.

Thank you , dont worry Oystein, Many of your seedlings are yet to feature, ''I have some absolute beauties'',.Anthony......I feel I have woken a sleeping giant--Thank you all!!