Lilium pics on WIKI
John Longanecker (Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:02:20 PDT)
Hello:
I am having difficulty with posting photos on the WIKI-can't seem to get
past the pass word. I have yet to create any personal page.
Thanks for any hints.
John Longanecker
Sierra Foothills zone 7? Banana belt. 2240' temp extremes 25 F-105 F.
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<br><br><br>>From: Mary Sue Ittner
<msittner@mcn.org><br>>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society
<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org><br>>To: Pacific Bulb Society
<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org><br>>Subject: [pbs] Lilium<br>>Date: Sat,
25 Jun 2005 10:01:57 -0700<br>><br>>Dear All,<br>><br>>I've
added some new pictures to the Lilium wiki
page:<br>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…<br>><br>>When
Jim Waddick was talking about this edible Lilium from China I
<br>>realized that it was the one that looked like it was going to bloom
<br>>for the first time from 1999 Nargs seed. O.K. so I'm not very fast
<br>>with Lilium seed. Now that John Grimshaw has told us how to grow
<br>>them from seed:
<br>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/…<br>>maybe
I'll do better. Last fall I put Lilium davidii in the ground <br>>which
is often what I do when I can't get something to bloom in a
<br>>container. I feared my garden would be too dry for it in summer and
<br>>this still may be true most years. But this year with the extra
<br>>rainfall it is blooming.<br>><br>>I also added pictures of
Lilium humboldtii (this one started from <br>>seed fall 2000 from Wayne
Roderick seed via Cal Hort). I planted <br>>some out in the ground last
fall and kept at least a couple in <br>>containers. It has been blooming
this yearin the ground and in one <br>>of the containers and besides the
flowers has interesting whorled <br>>leaves. I was planning to add my
picture and now that we have had a <br>>recent question about wild
populations of it, I can provide a <br>>picture of it in cultivation for
those who are curious.<br>><br>>Finally a number of years ago (July
2003) we discussed Lilium <br>>pitkinense and a plant I had obtained from
Diana as L. pardalinum <br>>ssp. giganteum or Lilium pardalinum
'Giganteum' that Jane and Ken <br>>Hixson told us was once called L.
harrisianum and may be a form of <br>>L. pardalinum or a natural hybrid
between it and L. humboldtii. <br>>Instead of filling your pot with
offsets like most L. pardalinum <br>>this one has a rhizome that just
gets longer. Jane had advised me to <br>>plant mine out. It would be too
big to be container grown and much <br>>happier in the ground. Last fall
I finally did that and I put <br>>pictures of it on the wiki that show
the results. My L. pitkinense <br>>continues to grow slowly, but has
bloomed now for the third time and <br>>this year there were three
flowers, each on their own stalk. This is <br>>quite different from
'Giganteum' which this year actually had two <br>>stalks with five
flowers each. This has been an unusual year so I <br>>think it is too
early to predict how it will be in future years.<br>><br>>Mary
Sue<br>><br>>Mary Sue Ittner<br>>California's North
Coast<br>>Wet mild winters with occasional frost<br>>Dry mild
summers<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>pbs
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