Rick,
You wanted to know the parents - I thought someone might ask so I looked them up. Here they are. The pod parent (first photo) is the red/pink bicolour and the other pink bicolour (second photo) the pod parent. The pod parent is quite short and I have had this seedling for years -possibly 20. It is an out to mostly down facing. I have always found it attractive, but it is just too short really - maybe 15 inches or so with 5 or 6 flowers. If I remember correctly it is a seedling of 'Black Velvet' crossed with 'Sterling Star' or possibly 'Sancere' although because of its age I think it is probably 'Sterling Star'.
The second seedlling is probably in my opinion one of the most beautiful seedlings I have. It is over 5 feet tall and is an upfacing lily. It has a nice stem of flowers all well placed and has the lily 'Giraffe' in its background (I may show it and its two sisters later).
I guess I shouldn't have been that surprised at the outcome, but I think it was just what I thought was kind of an unusual pairing of colours.
Why the cross? I guess I wanted to see if I could get a taller version of the pod parent and I will have to wait til this season to see if I did.
Jim
