I have/had this other Lilium that I was told is an OT
The colour looks brighter than it really is (I would say it is 'dustier)
This one I obtained trading with a lady in a neighbour village. All she was able to tell me is that they had purchased a quite old property that had this and other Liliums in the garden (the other one she gave me was L. auratum var. platyphyllum, as I found out).
As you might have heard, we are going through a terrible draught fror some 7 years in the row. Therefore, my Lilies have not had enough water during the extremely hot summer months we had and this year, L. auratum did not come back. Probably was too weak to fight botrytis or something else and succumbed.
On the other hand, this OT (mother bulb and a 'daughter') probably did not like the new place where I located the pots this summer and grew only half as tall and quite meager. Having had only one night rain this far in Autumn, rabbits ate the still green stems of these babies to the ground (not sure if they also dug(?) the bulbs. The only good thing is that I saved seeds from the previous year that I am sowing now. I hope they will be at least similar to the originals.
The lady with whom I traded is no longer and option, as her Liliums were attacked by the Lilium mosaic virus.
