No----, I fired up the fridge today, and some blooming now will go in[especially that green /white/yellow op],,I managed a champion species from the fridge [18 days] last year,..,but its best to let them flower fully for 24 hrs, b4 fridging,..Im already starting to get nervous!!!!!!!! That one certainly has long furrows of yellow,..,,.and hello Jo Ann,up early again...I have a possum in the bushland behind me, that comes to eat at about 4pm[4 hrs b4 dusk] .. i call him my 'non nocturnal possum'', and i think of you getting up early,.

Maybe it's Jo Ann's way of coming to visit you "in spirit".

gwhizz said:I managed a champion species from the fridge [18 days] last year,..,but its best to let them flower fully for 24 hrs, b4 fridging,..

Tell us about what you know/experiences here.

--- Not that something bad will always happen to a bud that opens after it has been in a fridge, but what might be some possible scenarios?
- Might they not be as big?
- Might the petals tend to stick together?
- Might they open somewhat abnormally somehow?
- Changes in stamen or pistil development?
- etc.?

--- Do the flower spikes or flowers themselves do any growing while in the fridge?

--- What temp is your fridge at?

--- Any other morsels if advice?

I'll have to start a thread on fridging! .......Black nectary

Nice!

Great lilies you have. I really miss the fragrance.

I really like this one

That is a beauty,Which is it?

Dunno!- You see , Dr Greisbach sends them to us as seed and so does Charley Kroell ....i have so many, named and un-named seedlings here, its not funny,..,My garage lily pot parking now comes in at about 60,.,.and still a few warm days to come,so, no doubt another 60 will crawl in there over the next few days,.,...Its hard work,in this heat!!!

Might be Golden Splendor




altho yours looks more melon colored and darker.

Beautiful, both of them.

Ahh.... when I saw that 'black heart' the first thing I thought of was Charles Kroell. How lucky you are to get seeds from some great hybridizers.

Yes, do start a new thread on fridging, Anthony.

(Hey, where is our Angel praying emoticon?)

Ive got a 'green/ red backed, ' regale cross here outside my garage door, very close to my fridge[which i frequent very often] and it has the best smell,.,.it takes me back30 years, its so incredible,..,sorry,..,but if i could bottle it and send some to you all,..,you would understand

Love the regals

I would like to hear from those that are crossing these beauties! I am just beginning to collect true lilies. I have a few like AFRICAN QUEEN, BLACK BEAUTY, STAR GAZERS and a few others. One ? Will they all cross or not ? Is there a lily thread about hybridizing on here? I have a few dl seedlings and would like to learn more.

Thanks,

Teresa in KY

http://www.plantstep.com/Flowe...

Those lilies you are having is trumpet, orienpet and oriental. They do not cross easily. You can read more about the technique here: http://www.mikesbackyardgarden...

Your best luck will be to cross like with like. Cross trumpets with trumpets, orientals with orientals, Asiatics with Asiatics. Orienpets are the result of wide crosses between oriental and trumpet lilies and are generally not very fertile.

Like daylilies, lilies can be diploid, tetraploid, or weird things in between (triploid, polyploid... difficult to work with). Forget about Black Beauty, that one is a mule, so to speak.

If you want to be sure of the parentage, you must protect your cross with a foil cap.

Lilies are generally self sterile, so make sure you use different cultivars.

Well, in a nutshell, this is just a bit of starting information.

That's a really good link you posted, Grapus. Although, if it were me, I would put unripe seed pod stems in water, if they couldn't finish ripening outside, rather than hanging them upside-down to dry.

Regarding embryos, these are some pic of the "lines" (embryos) withing the seeds. They are not always in the middle, I'd say 90-95%, though. Sometimes they hide. I always plant the seed if it looks fairly good, even if I don't see an embryo. "Plump" is a relative term. The outer portion is usually like tissue paper, or thinner. The inner portion is about paper thickness, or thicker. This would be a plump seed.

Most lily seeds look similar to these:
(they are lighted from behind)





But there can be variations:

!4 months ago, i purchased ,pink trumpets seeds , from Lisa Hunt...Today I unearthed , many 'golf ball' sized bulbs that will bear a 1 flowered stem[[at least]- and i am certainly hoping they will come into flowering on song with the lily show in January,.,..,I am absolutely loving the returns i have now, from past seed plantings