Lilium Pardalinum Seed
Dennis Kramb (Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:07:00 PST)
At 02:48 PM 1/23/2006, you wrote:
Check the wiki, Dennis.
There you will see some photos of Lilium grayi growing in my garden.
Wow! Is there anything you DON'T grow? :-)
Seed of Lilium grayi and seed of Lilium pardalinum germinate under very
different conditions. They both germinate hypogeally, but Lilium grayi seed
requires roughly three months of moist WARM conditions to form a tiny bulb.
Then, after about three months of cold conditions, it produces the first
leaves.
This was my problem. I kept them moist during winter months but dry during
summer months (thinking I was doing them a favor). Did you grow yours from
seed? How long till they reached maturity?
Note that the name is properly grayi, not grayii.
Lilium grayi may well be a relict species: it seems to grow much more
vigorously far to the north of its current natural range.
That is a new term for me. But it makes sense if they got pushed southward
with the glaciations.
Dennis in Cincinnati