Lilly seeds and bulbs
Jane McGary (Fri, 13 May 2005 09:41:01 PDT)

Darren asked about obtaining seeds of lily species suitable for Baja
California Sur, Mexico. (This is the Mexican state at the tip of the Baja
California peninsula, familiar to tourists as the home of Cabo San Lucas.)

I suggest that Darren investigate the list of Northwest Native Seeds, the
offering of Ron Ratko <oreonana@mbay.net>. Various lily species of the
American West are sometimes offered. It should be noted, however, that many
of these lily species, though from California, grow at subalpine elevations
and are decidedly not "tropical" in their hardiness; for example, Lilium
kelloggii grows well outdoors here in northwestern Oregon (if the deer
didn't get inside its bamboo cage and eat it last night!). The Archibalds
<http://www.jjaseeds.com/> also have a wide selection of American bulb seed.

There are several species of lilies from the East Asian tropics, or at any
rate substropics, but as far as I know all of them grow in areas that are
quite humid and rainy in summer. L. formosanum is often available through
seed exchanges, but the others are mostly rare in commerce (and in the wild).

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA

At 01:19 PM 5/13/2005 +0000, you wrote: