dellac said:Nice one, Anthony, and Paul... wow! Love those martagon! I prefer pendant lilies too. Be lovely to see a pendant version of Connie's pretty seedling.
Leftwood said:With lilies in general, more expressed genes for floral characteristics will come from the male gamete than the female's.
dellac said:....Such as... most commercial varieties aren't worth bothering with. If they can be mass-produced they are probably riddled with virus.
dellac said:
....Such as... most commercial varieties aren't worth bothering with. If they can be mass-produced they are probably riddled with virus (wait - should that be virii? )
Roosterlorn said:Rick, if you were a small subcontracted farmer with 100 acres worth of dug lily bulbs in crates that 'The Company' says has PlMoV and are currently on reject status, what would you suppose the most likely outcome is? Scrap them at a huge loss, negociate to sell for less to try and break even, or, try and pedal them to somebody else on the sly.