She's baaack! Moby's Swan Dive! I'm trying to propagate it but she resists

Another view of MSD...

SWANY!! I really like #14-147 too

Swany got moved last fall and did not come back with its towering height. Maybe next year but I may dig it again as I start renovating all of my gardens this fall. Can't say I'm looking forward to that chore, especially digging out gigantuan OT bulbs!

Now, #14-147 is a seed lot donated by Art Evans so you know it should be nice. It is probably a tetraploid as it has tet Nutmegger in both parentages.

First bloom on another seedling from the NALS Seed Exchange: Lot#66-314, donated by Charles Kroell.

That is lovely, she looks so reagle,all white is nice.

I'm liking those seedlings pard. You make even the tango-ish ones look great They have a lot better form than any of the tangos out right now.

Keep those seedlings coming...

Having an outfacing tango is unusual. I would like to get downfacing with smaller flower. I back-crossed to Citronella...

I love the too tangoey citronella. Wonderful crosses, Connie!

Here are a couple of seedlings from Sim's yellow with pink picotee edges intermated.


Another:

Those are nice. The second being exceptionally darling

Whew, those pictures came through fine, Connie. Love those lilies!

The last two runts from my previously shown cross of White Henryi x Madame Butterfly (aurelian)

This is the first and two more yet to bloom next season.

Both runts defied the gene grouping of the other siblings. This one opened with unchanging color, and a more pronounced ball shape.

And the second, all orange with papillae/fimbriate projections.

I like those.

I was wondering about the strength of the stems. The L. henryi citrinum seedlings I have grown out seem to have very weak stems. I would say both L. henryi and L. henryi citrinum to not have the most strong stems for the abundance of flowers they carry. Do these auralian crosses help the situation? Curious.

I think it is too early to tell on these first year stalks, but stalk strength seems adequate. They aren't completely vertical (as is usual) but no parts of the stems lean more than 45 degrees, most in the 30 degree range.

I don't have L. henryi now. It was one I grew from a NOID tiny bulblet gifted to me as a teenager. On that one, the stem was very strong, but the upper half naturally grew to near horizontal. It was not among my favorites. L. rosthornii is blooming right now (thanks Ramona!), and its stem is completely vertical.

From L. henryi, of course there is variation, and some have dubbed certain clone(s) "erecta" for their stronger, straight stems. It is certainly a characteristic that needs "improvement" in the general henryi population.

I would guess that aurelians would, in general have sturdier stems than L. henryi, as trumpet species that cross with it do possess stronger stalks. I am not sure if the following is true, but I have always thought of henryi as being a lower elevation lily, while the trumpets of aurelian ancestry are higher in the mountains, often growing on cliff sides.

Three seedlings from NALS seed lot #84-124 (Tropical Isle x mixed pollen trumpet+OT)

Seedling #1



Seedling #2



Seedling #3 This one starts with very dark foliage that lightens up just a bit at maturity. Still, the foliage is much darker than other trumpets that I have.



Unfortunately all three seedlings have very poor bud count and inflorescence form (kind of helter skelter). This is the third year I have seen them bloom.

This seed grown Asiatic lily should wake you up!

So perfectly formed and spotted. Very adorable!

I used to like just the pink and other pastel lilies, but with my introduction to Cascade's seeds 14 years ago I modified my preferences to include yellows, reds and (gulp!) orange. I wish he still offered the long list he had back then that also included natives and alliums.

Here is one of the pastels that I slapped NOT Chocolate Canary on. It gets lots of bulbils so I thought I would start propagating it

Your "Wake Up" asiatic certainly does. A good name for a cultivar someday. The pedicels have some funky curves, too.