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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Conny on November 06, 2011, 08:09:22 PM

Title: Is this Lilium leucanthum?
Post by: Conny on November 06, 2011, 08:09:22 PM

Hi!

Can some one comfirm that this is L. leucanthum. I bought the bulbs from China some yers ago as L. leucanthum. The steams are "self supporting" with a arching growth habit, and about 1.4 m tall. As you can see, it has plenty of steam bulbills, and are a late bloomer (September here in Sweden).
If not L. leucantum... L. sulphureum?

Thanks // Conny

Title: Re: Is this Lilium leucanthum?
Post by: Pascal B on November 06, 2011, 08:20:50 PM

Sulphureum or sargentiae, the last name seems to match this plant better in my opinion. Somehow there is a lot of material of these 2 species exported in the last few years under various names.... :-\

Title: Re: Is this Lilium leucanthum?
Post by: Maggi Young on November 06, 2011, 08:38:16 PM

Hi Conny, welcome to the Forum. Pascal is just the man to help you with these Chinese Lilies.
 
Whatever their name, they are very beautiful. The fact that they are self-supporting is a good feature when some lilies need so much work to stake them... then the wind breaks the stems anyway... :P :-X

Title: Re: Is this Lilium leucanthum?
Post by: ArnoldT on November 06, 2011, 09:46:12 PM

Pascal is right on. L. leucanthum does not produce stem bulbils.

Either L. sulpherum or L. sargentiae.

You'll have to have a look at the base of the filaments.

L. sulpherum has no hairs on the base of the filaments and L. sargentiae does have hairs on the lower parts of the filaments.

Title: Re: Is this Lilium leucanthum?
Post by: Conny on November 07, 2011, 07:47:51 PM

Hi, and thanks for your reply. I will have a look at those hairy (or not) filaments next year... It looks the same as member bulborum's does on this page http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7193.165, and mine is from Chen Yi to.

Best regards // Conny