I bought L. davidii from Diana Reeck, whose botanical travel group rescued it years ago from a country kitchen in China. When they realized they were dining on stuffed lily bulbs, they asked if there were still any raw ones left in the kitchen and bought them all. Mine are descendants of one of those. I can't recall any fragrance, but will watch for it this year. Perhaps someone with a better memory will post first. It's worth remembering that people differ greatly in which fragrances they can detect. Plants can also change fragrance according to time of day, targeting pollinators. I just read about a plant (goat willow) that emits one fragrance during the day to attract bees and a different one at night to lure in moths. You can find this in today's phys.org, titled, "Striking a balance: Trade-offs shape flower diversity." I've had bad coyote problems in the nursery for six days in a row. They have destroyed four hoses and engaged in a wide variety of strange depredations. Anyone curious can find a post I made today, including trail cam videos, on The Daily Bucket, a natural history site hosted by The Daily Kos. Pamela Harlow On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:14 AM R Hansen via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Does anyone grow Lilium davidii? Mine is blooming for the first time, from > seed, and Eddie McCrae's lily book claims it's fragrant while Lilies of the > World did not, at least at first glance, make mention of fragrance. I had > to > bring out a new hand lens, a triplet 10x made in Bosnia of all places, to > determine that the description really matched. I suspect mine is variety > unicolor, because it is a single pale orange color with not many spots > compared to the other davidiis. I've had ssp. willmottiae for years and > davidii is definitely shorter. > > > > But, I really wanted fragrance, and I don't smell any. If anyone else is > growing this, I'd be curious to know about the fragrance or perhaps I just > can't smell it. > > > > Robin Hansen > > In cloudy, misty Coquille OR > > Where no, it's not hot. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>