Lilium mackliniae photo
Diane Whitehead (Sun, 16 May 2004 23:54:58 PDT)

I am so excited! Years ago when I was reading the plant collecting
books written by Frank Kingdon-Ward, I read about the dainty, nodding
pink flowers of a Nomocharis that he found on a mountainside in
northern Burma. This was later considered to be a lily, and named
for his wife, using her maiden name of Macklin.

This week one is blooming under an apple tree in my garden, six years
after sowing the seed. It is lovely! So different from the usual
big bright lilies that are usually grown.

I have posted a picture of it to the wiki:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil