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Oct 24, 2018 8:39 PM CST
Name: Rick R.
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Everyone has those lilies whose names have been forgotten,
and everyone has those lilies that just seem to disappear into the ether, not having a clue what happened to them,
and some have those lilies that just seem to appear out of the ether.

So this story goes:

And to make it short, this lily (L. longiflorum x L. henryi?) had disappeared from my radar, couldn't find it or the label anywhere, yet it grew and bloomed for years right under my nose (or more accurately, over my head). I just never dreamed it might look like this, so I thought it was somehow an aurelian that slipped my brain.
Thumb of 2018-10-25/Leftwood/3c592e Thumb of 2018-10-25/Leftwood/f4e72d

So I am tired of this plain jane, and I just dug it up. Nice healthy giant bulbs, that would sustain me for days (if only they tasted good Big Grin ). And with them, up came the "missing" label.
Thumb of 2018-10-25/Leftwood/c13771

I am still skeptical, as I see no longiflorum influence, not in the flower, not in the foliage and not in the bulb. I know this one has been mentioned before, L. longiflorum x L. henryi, and I suspect someone(s) here grow it. What were your results?
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