I think there might be another explanation for the seeming metamorphosis of Lilium formosanum pricei into typical L. formosanum. Typical tall Lilium formosanum will sometimes bloom within eight or nine months from seed. The plants at that stage are often no more than eighteen inches tall. I’ll bet persons who have received seed from exchanges as Lilium formosanum tall have, on the basis of these first year blooming “dwarf” seedlings, collected the seed and sent it off as L. formosanum pricei. If such first-year-blooming plants survive, their true identity will not become apparent for another season or two. First year seedlings of Lilium formosanum have bloomed here as late as late October and, since the flower size is more in proportion to the lower stems, are more handsome than the six foot giants which bloom in late summer. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/