Just an FYI, contractile roots are not meant to be permanent. If they don't dry up and die, they won't contract. I know you're talking about roots in general.

"Flabby" is an interesting choice of words. I am guessing you don't mean fat, but actually mean they lose moisture and shrink a bit, making them pliable-flabby? Yes then, the fissures caused by dying, dead or shrinking cells would be easy entry points for rot pathogens. The bulbs rot because they get too dry and then get too wet.

I see lots of buds in the background of your Crossover photo, Della. Looks like things are really going to start poppin' in a week or so!

Trying to dispense a lot over the course of the weekend ,Lorn

My model-Grand daughter Molly- posing for local gazette pic .. Having a off day

A different Asiatic seedling to the other shown

Lovely picture of Molly, and nice seedling.

Molly is going through 'dreamy froot loop' life at the moment.. It was so hard to get a decent pic .. Anyway , the editorial is sent , with the best of the worst pics

Nice yellow asiatic pendant lilium Anthony.I prefer pendants to uprights, more graceful to my eye.

Martagons have always been a challenge to me.You look back on the past season and think , I could write a book on what I did wrong.Difficult in my warm climate to achieve the perfection that you see in the colder climates, but as I'm growing from seed and one main goal is to breed warm hardy martagons for my conditions, those that survive, I'm grateful for.The yellow is pollen-less.
Here are a couple flowering now and you can see in the background a new seedling structure that also acts as a wind-break.
Paul

Beautiful color there vanozzi!

Looks to me like you're doing very well, Vanozzi. That lush foliage in the center of the third photo says it all! I, too, think the colors are telling of good care.

Hudsons SLG

Deep color, nice texture. Quite likable.

WOW. I like this one!

I like it too! Nice one coming from a seed mix.

G'day Connie, here is one of your " babies" flowering at Nullawarre ex NALS 19-137 I'm using it with some of my d/f asiatics.

A couple more flowering

vanozzi said:G'day Connie, here is one of your " babies" flowering at Nullawarre ex NALS 19-137 I'm using it with some of my d/f asiatics.

Holy Cow! I had no idea my seeds had wandered off so far! From 2009, Latvia x Trogon (had to look it up)... Thanks for posting the photo, vanossi! I have sent out or donated many seeds but it is less often I see the results !

""Holy Cow! I had no idea my seeds had wandered off so far!"

Australia was the flavour of the month for a few years!!

What a beautiful seedling!

That's a nice one!