patweppler said:how does that happen if both parents are the same............are the young lilies not the exact same
or are some all different in the seed pods
One needs to look at the big picture, Pat. Lilium
species are a lot like human
species:
We are
Homo sapiens. We are all the same species, but we are all a little different. We marry within our species and have children. We don't need to marry outside of our species to have children. In other words, we don't have to marry a chimpanzee to have kids.
Same with lilies. All
Lilium speciosum, for instance, are the same species, but they are all a little different (even if they may
seem the same to us). They "marry" each other and have kids (seeds), too. It's not ever a problem, and in fact it is nature's preferred method of procreation, compared to hybrids.
So yes, just like humans, where children from the same parents are different, so it is with lilies.
