Viewing post #1053373 by hankz

Noticed that it's been a bit quiet here for the last few days, so here's a few more pix.

Just finishing up the three favorites question. Number three would be sdlg 243. This lily goes all the way back to my first couple of years work with lily hybridizing. This is a very dark red out to upfacing asiatic lily with near black stems. It carries secondary buds that fill out the inflorescence when the primary buds petals have dropped. The cross was done in 1994. It is probably Chippewa Star x Monte Negro?. It is not in my computer records as they only go back to 1997.

This lily has come and gone in the garden a few times over the years. It still exists in a few pots having been rescued from the rodents that always seem to find it and dig it up. The last 3 photos are from a cross making use of it in 2012.

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