I have had quite a few lilies--mainly L. lankongense hybrid Asiatics, L. pumilum and L. regale--that produced stems in which all of the buds aborted early on. I thought it was because the bulbs were too small to support blooms or because they were still settling in, but now I wonder if it was not heat/drought stress instead. I was not able to see a single flower on 'Ariadne', 'Eurydice' or 'Peach Lace' because of this.
