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Title: Lilium October 2014
Post by: pehe on October 07, 2014, 03:35:45 PM: Lilium wallichianum flowering for the first time for me.

Poul
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 07, 2014, 04:03:42 PM: My word! That is a superb butter-creamy colour on a great flower. :o
So wet, dark and horrible here- this is a real October treat, Poul 8)
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: pehe on October 07, 2014, 04:16:45 PM: Yes, it cheers you up on a cold and wet Octoberday. And it has a lovely scent too :)

Poul
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: fixpix on October 07, 2014, 06:03:39 PM: Gorgeous!
Is it supposed to bloom now?
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: pehe on October 08, 2014, 03:12:54 AM: Yes, it is one of few autumn flowering lilies.

Poul
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: fixpix on October 10, 2014, 07:30:55 PM: Interesting, but then, how does it multiply? I guess there's no time for it to set seed.
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: Jean-Patrick AGIER on October 11, 2014, 06:28:51 PM: I've read that this species is not fully hardy. Is it cultivated in pots?
JP
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: Gene Mirro on October 11, 2014, 07:01:38 PM: I've grown it in the garden in the Pacific NW USA. But the soil does not usually freeze here. In this climate, it sets seedpods very late, and they are attacked by botrytis when the rains come in Fall. To collect seed, I grow them in the greenhouse. This is also necessary for formosanum, speciosum, alexandrae and nobilissimum.
Title: Re: Lilium October 2014
Post by: pehe on October 11, 2014, 07:58:13 PM: I grow mine in a pot placed outside from April to November/December. Rest of the year in my green house.

Poul