I put a few lankons out in sale today , but this one absolutely surprised me.. 1/2 - 1/2...

The many faces of Lankon! Next year?

Here are photos of the ones that bloomed this year for me.

Anthony, that one is half Darth Vader half angel!

I'm willing to forgive the many faces (good description) of Lankon because of its enormous hybrid vigor.

A favorite feature of mine is the long graceful upright pedicels with elegant pendant buds and flowers. Has anyone tried any hybridizing with Lankon?

Only because I happen to have pollen on my brush and an open flower right there, I did try:
Lankon x Karen North
Lankon x L. lankongense
Lankon x 2n asiatic hybrid seedling (Ilga x Stellar Light)

Of course, none even produced a tiny pod.

I threw a virused Lankon in the bin tonight!.. better to be safe!

Rick; next year try opposite. I have seeds from 4n trumpet x Lankon.

Nice stand Rick! I thought it was a triploid but I believe Øystein! Instead of dabbing on it this year I will dab with it! Lorn, I tried some tetra crosses on it with no luck. Tetra asiatics and LO's.

Here's another example of half and half 'Lankon':


Mindful of what Rick mentioned about asymmetrical tango patterns, I wonder how the spotting in 'Lankon' is related to the tango pattern. Are they in fact the same phenomenon controlled by the same gene(s)? Because we don't tend to think of 'Lankon' as a tango. And other Lilium lankongense hybrids have delicate point spotting but we don't think of those as tangos either. Hmmm...

I think all of you are enablers even if you don't mean to be. I saw these pictures of Lankon and ended up adding three of them to my B&D spring order.

One can't be sure they will make it that far north, but they are definitely worth a try. So far mine (just west of Minneapolis) seem to want to split before they get big enough to produce more than six flowers per stem. (Lilium longiflorum) Easter lilies do that in a big way in our climate, and often break up into non-flowering size bulbs. So this is likely a trait that has carried over into Lankon, as it is L. longiflorum hybrid x L. lankongense. Mine grow in full sun.