It looks like we need a photo thread for this group. Aurelian lilies are lilies that have L. henryi incorporated in their genetics.

I call this one NOID aurelian #2 and I can't for the life of me recall where it came from.

This is a NOID Mak aurelian. Johan Mak is a well known hybridizer here in the Willamette Valley.

This is NOID aurelian #1.

The only one I grow that looks at all like your NOID is Ortega. This is the best pic I have of the 'face'.

I'm pretty confident that they must be some hybridizers seedlings. I don't think they are mine... that would be a major senior moment!! They never get more than about 3 ft. tall and no more than maybe 3 blooms per stalk. So not likely to be clones sold on the market. The only thing I can figure is maybe they came in a bag from a PNWLS sale. I have most but not all of my old invoices and can't match them.

Now that orange NOID one, I know where that came from. I purchased a bag of 3 of Maks "Madame butterfly" aurelians and got 2 M. Bs and one NOID; very typical of those Mak bags. I kinda enjoy the surprises I get when I order those PNWLS Mak bags

I love that MAK seedling.

I just got my first order from them yesterday. We won't talk about the timing, and the five foot of snow I have outside. But they are beautiful lilies. I can't wait until some of their seedlings are for sale. They have some beauties coming.

Here is Pink Perfection, my darkest trumpet lily. It is sold as the strain (selected similar seedlings) so there can be some variation.

Here is Tropical Isle trumpet lily, a real looker

This is S-4, a trumpet lily that I grew from seed.

Those last 2... YUM!

Your PP is much darker than mine ~ I like yours better!

Those last 2... YUM!

Your PP is much darker than mine ~ I like yours better!

A disappointing Midnight ~ pretty much identical to PP.

Ortega

Pink Perfection is darker than mine, too. Mine is kind of in the middle of the two. That one seems to fasciate quite a bit.

Pard, where did you take the photo of the aurelian from MAK above? Is it one you have?

I am disapointed in the Midnight.I planted some this fall so was looking forward to them this summer. They can stay as long as they look great with the yellows and Sahazahhd

I have to tell you it was nothing but a stroke of luck for my PP to turn out as it did. I purchased it as a buggy sized bulb at a local garden nursery (Garlands for any local lurkers). It was at least 4" in diameter and I had to dig a mighty hole for it. I should dig it up and propagate it!

As for Midnight, I will not buy it again. I have yet see one that is dark like in the catalog photographs. I did buy one at a garden show from The Lily Pad and it is practically white.

Polly, yes, the Mak aurelian is in my garden. I'll photo it again this year.

Krap