Oh what a lovely bunch of Liliums - Orchid Board

Des · #1 10-15-2008, 02:12 PM

Tall ones and short ones fat ones and thin ones...........I was given a lilium some time ago and told to pollenate it but not to bother planting out the seed but to rather plant the corms that develop on the stem. and three years later.......

Becca · #2 10-15-2008, 06:22 PM

What a lovely color that is! Now I am interested in what you just described....don't plant the seeds but plant the corms that develop on the stem?

Not sure what I should be looking for here....I have a bunch of Lilly's planted and multiply on their own every year....does it mater what kind of Lilly's? Mine look like the kind you have only different colors.

Des · #3 10-15-2008, 07:03 PM

Becca I dont know much about these plants either but certain species of Lilium develops corms or bulbils in the leaf axils after pollination. If these are planted out they grow into new plants. I have given some away and still have plenty left for a display I was told that this particular species is difficult to find in SA

Becca · #4 10-15-2008, 07:09 PM

Hmmm....I usually just chop mine down late fall...I will have to check them out before I hack at them this year...lol. Thanks for the info!

camille1585 · #5 10-15-2008, 07:12 PM

Beautiful lilies!! I also have some varieties which make little bulbils at the leaf axis, but not all of them.

Des · #6 10-15-2008, 07:12 PM

Its a pleasure

Des · #7 10-15-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by camille1585

Beautiful lilies!! I also have some varieties which make little bulbils at the leaf axis, but not all of them.

Do you plant them out

camille1585 · #8 10-15-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Des

Do you plant them out

I used to plant them in the beginning, but the lillies started taking over the flower bed so I stopped doing it a few years ago. Now I regret not having kept some bulbiles since last winter we had a very deep freeze which I think froze the lily bulbs in the ground.They didn't come up this spring.

It's a shame, they were very pretty.

Des · #9 10-15-2008, 07:33 PM

I grow mine in pots so that I can display them inside . we also have a lot of wind here (the trees grow horizontally here !

) and most lilies get blown to shreds in no time

unhappykat · #10 10-15-2008, 09:32 PM

very nice hue in a lily. All i get here are those weird hybrids that all look drab and gloomy. Have you ever attempted to plant out some of the seed and see if anything comes out of it. I have seen those bulbils on my lilies before but they never grow after i plant them out.