Species Lilies--TOW
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 03 Jun 2003 07:17:27 PDT)

Hi,

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Mary Sue
PBS List Administrator

From: Ron & Marina Moodycliffe <lilium at alphalink.com.au>

G Day to you all from Down Under in Australia John Bryan makes mention of
Lilium Canadense & describes it with Yellow tepals & purple spots . OK The
spotted varieties can be anywhere from yellow to red with many
combinations in between . We have a bulb of L Canadense Imacculatum which
is a pure sulphur yellow with no spots . It seems to be self infertile as
we are not able to set seed on it from it's own pollen . Does anyone on
this list have a similar one that we could obtain pollen from ?Spotted var
hare all set seed & we have distributed some to our Lilium group this year
Where does it actually originate from, EG, State. Here in Melbourne we have
many Species (all from imported seed )but very few that have set seed . We
germinate them in Styrofoam fruit boxes & grow them on until they are too
big to stay in there then transfer them out under Rhododendrons or into
beds out in the open with pine needle mulch .We had a few Orientals fry in
last summers' 44c heat We do not have cold problems ,no snow but wet
winters so we cover the seed boxes with agricultural plastic over wire
hoops ,Cloches ,or miniature tunnel houses .I will tack on a picture Kind
Regards Ron & Marina Moodycliffe