Steve, I really appreciate your popping into my update giving your busy schedule!
However I needed to provide what was happening on this end, since both of you have graciously provided information and materials to get myself started.
Regularly when tulips are in bloom ( mine are doing that in one bed) we have the tulip season snowfall: this morning everything was whitewashed with just dash. It is still cold out here.
Steve, do you know if 'Fusion' has been used into further crossings? Where does one find about Lilium lineages? ( if that exists). For roses, its HMF ( also clematis and peonies) for irises its the AIS iris wiki but I haven't detected a site that collects all about Lilium, apart from the RHS Lilium registry which as far as I can tell, seems to have its focus on the naming of varieties.
Arturo