In a message dated 13-Jul-04 7:43:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, totototo@pacificcoast.net writes: > Is the yellow tiger lily just a hybrid cultivar that's been rebranded? > > Rodger ~ Yes, unfortunately. Caveat emptor is just as important in this respect as it is for anything, I guess. In other words, know what you are buying and (more importantly) know your source. The mass catalog houses seem to find no conflict of interest in renaming almost any plant with a catchy name to increase sales. I think 'Citronella' (it is certainly a hybrid, but without any "tiger lily" in its makeup) is a selection from the old Oregon Bulb Farms 'Fiesta Strain' of lilies that came into the market in the 1950s. <<> Does anyone know anything about a *yellow* form of the tiger lily? <>>> That's an interesting question. 'Nutmeggar' has been mentioned recently as a "tiger lily" hybrid and I once grew something called 'Prawn Tiger' that I thought was also one of these hybrids. Looking them up, the parentage is listed as (L. tigrinum var. flaviflorum x 'Gold Urn'). Now, all these years later, one can only speculate what Stone and Payne were using when they stated what they did for parentage. I don't know that the whole species vs hybrid issue with respect to L. tigrinum/L. lancifolium is at all settled. The "yellow tiger lily" may, after all, have just been another hybrid with traits that were determined to be useful in S&P's breeding program. Incidentally, 'Prawn Tiger' was a vigorous, tall lily that (planted thickly enough) could actually be used as a hedge! The flowers were open and floppy and the color something of a salmon-pink with lots of spots, although not overpoweringly so. Like 'Nutmeggar,' it probably also produced copious bulbils (I don't recall). Dave Karnstedt Silverton, Oregon, USA