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Some more aurelians

It is a dry hot year and most plants are very stressed and stunted in the draught. But a few new blooms are open
All are aurelians

Notholirion thomsonianum
Bulbs look like these with ribs

Isnt Cyrtanthus mackenii supposed to bloom in mid winter like early January in the north?

Sinningia iarae from SX6 seed. This blooms off and on every year with a dormant period between growths. Not sure how long from seed to bloom but probably 1-2 yrs

One of the L distichtum bulbs has some loose scales at the surface under the oak leaves. It is definitely 'articulate'.  But yellow not white like Ricks photo. 

This came in BX 394 (April 2016) as Cyrtanthus sp. Evergreen. Reported to have never bloomed for the donor, only multiplying by offsets. It was reported to have been given to the donor by A well respected bulb guy.

It finally bloomed today as a large Habranthus. Perhaps a seed got mixed in the sand plunge

I have been calling this large pink with a green throat as  Habranthus × floryi  'green base'

It will be replanted with the other rain lilies

This is the only pic from year with buds on what is supposed to be L tsingtauense. It too is angular.

This pic show buds on what is also supposed to be L distichum are more rounded. But the small Leavis above the whorl are not present here. 

I seem to recall the SLPG plants were shorted with only one leaf whorl when i was growing them in frigid Michigan.  In Kentucky everything seems to grow faster and larger. And multiplies faster.

Thanks for your detailed reply Rick

Here are photos of the buds.
The first 2 pics are supposed to be L distichum but have triangular buds.

Hymenocallis guerreroensis
Grown from BX 381. 
3 seeds started in July 2015,
 first blooms in 2021

Blooming now

Lilium distichum and Lilium tsingtauense are both orange asiatic lilies in bloom now in southern Kentucky.

I used to be able to distinguish these with L tsingtauense as up facing (sky) and leaf whorels and L distictum having more of a raceme with outfacing flowers and a taller stem with scattered leaves above a lower leaf whorl.

These lilies were planted together with the species somewhat separated. They have not been in the same ground long enough to hybridise but the rules above to distinguish them seem to be blurred.

My L tsingtauense are from Eddie McRae offered through the now defunct Species Lily Preservation Group and have a bilateral flower symmetry with the lower sepal pointing down. The illustrations in books (Fox, Growing Lilies) have the flower tepals evenly spaced in radial symmetry.

The L distichtum came from A friend now at Longwood and are believed to be the correct species.

Both flower symmetry forms are present on my plants now but the flower symmetry does not line up with the leaf patterns. Can the radial or bilateral flower symmetry be used to distinguish between L tsingauense and L distichum.

Or do i have something else growing here? 

Can some of you lily specialists help me out.

Tulbaghia acutiloba, Devon, Gauteng Province. Grown from SX1-466 seed, started 27 April 2016

These Eucrosia mirabilis seedlings were grown from ebay sourced seed started in 2014. This is the first time blooming. One stem bloomed several months ago at 3 feet tall when it was still "cold" outside, now three are blooming at 24" to 30" tall. 

In the past my Eucrosia mirabilis have always been green to slightly yellow with greenish white to cream colored anthers but in this batch one has yellow tepals like Eucrosia aurantiaca.  My E auratiaca are still sleeping in large pots on my hot driveway and are much larger plants. So i do not think the yellow one is E aurantiaca. 

Can E mirabilis be yellow or are these a hybrid?