L. speciosum 'Album'

L. Rosthornii

Trying to get caught up here. Two of my newest species.






L. Martagon

Lilies still in the ground, (I hope),that I hope too see bloom someday

L. Papilliferum, about an inch across. They came up last year but were covered by leaves so stems were white and weak.


L. Lankogense

L. Papilliferum - wow!, so tiny.

Nice to have you back, David!

The L. rosthornii is extra nice, and the pic shows the dimorphic leaves, too. (The long normal leaves lower on the stem, and the short stubby leaves on the upper part)

Great to see the species thread revived... keep them coming!

Congratulation on all these species, David, but especially L. papilliferum. I suspect that in coming years, they will grow to a more normal size. The 1-1.5 inch size seems to be all the European growers can muster. But unlike theirs, yours is well formed, and all the parts well developed.
This morning I noticed my L. papilliferum seed from the "Starting Lilies from seed" thread had been emerging. Get thee to some sun!


L. papilliferum often wanders underground before popping up in the spring. I've had them explore more than a foot away from the bulb, so be careful with your sping garden cleaning.

Oops, I can only hope my papiliferum look like that some day. That image is from the web, as is the L. lankogense and duchartri I'll be posting.
I planted the pappiliferum near the L. farghesii, so if they are ever both in bloom at the same time...should be great!

I guess I wasn't very clear. The photos of L pappiliferum, lankogense and duchartrei are images from the Internet of lilies I have in the ground and hope to see bloom some day.
The L. Rosthornii and the L. martigon are my images. 2nd year for both I believe.
I hope to have time to enter images of all the species I've grown, (from bulbs)

L. michiganense

L. Regale

L. auratum plataphilum

L. Philidelphicum

It's easy for us to get over excited waiting for lilies. I mean, it's still only March for Pete's sake!!

L. philadelphicum photographed by Dick Bayrle in the U.P.

Yeah, I think that's enough for now. I hope to see some lilies in the wild this year for the first time. I was informed of an area where L. Pardalinum can be found.

Thank you for the welcomes back. I was sort out out of action last in a way.
I'm considering trying some lilies by seed. I'll see what I have saved. I have some in the fridge and some at the various room temperatures over the last few years, maybe something is viable.Here are some more photos
L. fargesii, L speciosum album and an interesting look at L. Canadense reverse

Would species grow here in Alaska do you think? I have tried a few and they didn't do well. Some survived the winter but never had quite long enough to bloom. I do like them though.

Darm Crook lives in Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada. He grows many, many different species lilies. He does grow some of them in a greenhouse, though. I get the idea that with a lot of his lilies that he grows outside, they don't always bloom every year due to the short growing season. (He is colder than you!) They sometimes need a year or more to build up reserves between flowering years. I do know for sure that Lilium michiganense and Lilium canadense bloom every year for him. In season, he regularly posts on the Yahoo Lilium Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/...

I have often wondered about the total number of summer hours of daylight up there. There are fewer days of summer, so to speak, but there are some really long days among them. Maybe some day I'll look it up.