Thanks for the 'back up' everyone ..I knew I was barking up the correct tree!

Here's one from this past ssummer that has the appearance that it's fasciated--but it's not. It's just a shortened flowerhead caused by the quick onset of that extreme heat during last few days of flowerhead growth. Normally this one stretches out about another 10 inches or so. It's one of two I keep around in case I need them ( and people always like a nice regale and their scent ). I saw quite a few shortened flowerheads this year caused by the heat. Some were and some weren't--it was a busy summer for note taking. I also saw a greater tendency on some to want to 'double' when normally they do not as in the second picture.

Beautiful Lorn

Oh, and I just love the fragrance of Regales, much more so than the scents of others. I want to show you a picture of a volenteer Regale cross that came up by a fence post along with some weeds and grass and whatnot. I almost threw it away, but in an instant, for some strange reason, decided to keep it and transplant it. It was about 6 inches tall then. It's about 4 or 5 years old now and this last summer was the second year it has flowered. It is the prettiest rose pink you can imagine with a fragrance that's just as nice. I nicknamed her Lucky Girl because, only by some strange twist of fate, did her wondering seed get raked up and lodge by the fence post and then by a second stroke of fate, she came within a instant of being thrown away because I had her in my hand with a handful of weeds standing by the garbage can when I decided walk back and transplant her.. The color in these pictures are duller somewhat--the heat was hard on pink--but take my word for--It's a beautiful rose pink!

That's really pretty, and I like its more upright orientation.

Oh, I suspect it will outgrow that upright orientation and it will eventually become more out or downfacing in a couple years. The main thing now is hoping for a reasonable bud count and nice inflorescence. It looks like it has Pink Perfection it it background somewhere. Only Pink Perfection I have is 300 plus feet away, tho. One likely parent would be this one, but anything is possible. The flowers on this high bud count beauty were hurt substantually by the 105' plus heat so bear that in mind when looking at the picture. But its quite near the post where 'Lucky Girl' sprouted. It also is an unknown cross that I nicknamed Pinky. It, too, has had strange twists of fate. It's most likely history is that it was in a large box of mixed lilies a friend brought to me from an estate sale she attended late one Sunday afternoon. After nobody bought them and they were about to be discarded she mentioned she knew somebody who liked lilies and so here they came to be planted in an orphan/staging garden with other toss-outs people bring here. A couple years later I lifted Pinky and planted her in what was the beginning of what I now call King's Row--a row of my very best stock. It was Pinky and a few others recovered from the estate sale box that actually got me really interested and started in crossing and seeding.

This lily fasciated about 5 years ago. I separated the bulbs that fall and this year both of the bulbs that I planted fasciated. I wonder what the odds of that are?

Welcome! I'd bet that stem weighed a ton. Should be interesting to see what it does in the next couple of years.

OUTSTANDING. I have only seen a few fasciated lilies and none with soooooo many blooms.

It is a good one!!

WOW! This is probably the Grandest and Finest example of fasciation I've seen! And, an excellent photograph to illustrate it. What amazes me is there appears to be not a single bud drop on the sides nor any bud abortion at the top, either. And the buds and flowers all seem so well developed and normal size even. WOW! My 'hunch' is that this one may continue to fasciate more often than not now that it's well established again.. Do you know or remember the name (cultivar) of this lily?

Edit added: Another question: have any of your other lilies fasciated during this time frame?

I've only had two lilies ever fasciate, and one was reoccurring too, with a year or two of normal growth between the fasciations.

It's a clue...

...to?

Lorn, I got it in a mix of unnamed orienpets so I don't know the name. I've looked online trying to figure it out but haven't found it.This is a picture of it in a normal year.
None of my other lilies fasciated that year.

Just goes to show that a person can get some beautiful lilies in mixed bags sometimes. I just love that tone of pink; I think it would go very well with a dark red like Rio Negro. Maybe someone else here can identify it? Your garden has a very nice lush and fresh look about it. Very nice!

Leftwood said:I've only had two lilies ever fasciate, and one was reoccurring too, with a year or two of normal growth between the fasciations.

It's a clue...

...that might help discover the cause (or causes?) of fasciation.

Moby, I noticed your gnome icon the other day. I do miniature gardening to in my many troughs. Even when I was a kid, I had moss garden in terrariums. But a gnome would defile them, I think. Now an Icelandic elf, that would be cool...

Well, I do one garden in particular for the fairies and all wee folk are welcome, but we're a little short on icons. ;)

Sue , that is one beautiful spot.Lorn is right.the color is luscious.

Thanks guys.

Heres a 1c asiatic 'Temma'-very pretty, fasciated on 1 flower of the stem'only'