Hello: I am having difficulty with posting photos on the WIKI-can't seem to get past the pass word. I have yet to create any personal page. Thanks for any hints. John Longanecker Sierra Foothills zone 7? Banana belt. 2240' temp extremes 25 F-105 F. <html><div><STRONG><FONT face="Arial Black, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#0033cc size=6>J<IMG height=19 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/i.p.emcoffee.gif" width=19></FONT></STRONG></div></html> <br><br><br>>From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org><br>>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org><br>>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org><br>>Subject: [pbs] Lilium<br>>Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:01:57 -0700<br>><br>>Dear All,<br>><br>>I've added some new pictures to the Lilium wiki page:<br>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…<br>><br>>When Jim Waddick was talking about this edible Lilium from China I <br>>realized that it was the one that looked like it was going to bloom <br>>for the first time from 1999 Nargs seed. O.K. so I'm not very fast <br>>with Lilium seed. Now that John Grimshaw has told us how to grow <br>>them from seed: <br>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/…<br>>maybe I'll do better. Last fall I put Lilium davidii in the ground <br>>which is often what I do when I can't get something to bloom in a <br>>container. I feared my garden would be too dry for it in summer and <br>>this still may be true most years. But this year with the extra <br>>rainfall it is blooming.<br>><br>>I also added pictures of Lilium humboldtii (this one started from <br>>seed fall 2000 from Wayne Roderick seed via Cal Hort). I planted <br>>some out in the ground last fall and kept at least a couple in <br>>containers. It has been blooming this yearin the ground and in one <br>>of the containers and besides the flowers has interesting whorled <br>>leaves. I was planning to add my picture and now that we have had a <br>>recent question about wild populations of it, I can provide a <br>>picture of it in cultivation for those who are curious.<br>><br>>Finally a number of years ago (July 2003) we discussed Lilium <br>>pitkinense and a plant I had obtained from Diana as L. pardalinum <br>>ssp. giganteum or Lilium pardalinum 'Giganteum' that Jane and Ken <br>>Hixson told us was once called L. harrisianum and may be a form of <br>>L. pardalinum or a natural hybrid between it and L. humboldtii. <br>>Instead of filling your pot with offsets like most L. pardalinum <br>>this one has a rhizome that just gets longer. Jane had advised me to <br>>plant mine out. It would be too big to be container grown and much <br>>happier in the ground. Last fall I finally did that and I put <br>>pictures of it on the wiki that show the results. My L. pitkinense <br>>continues to grow slowly, but has bloomed now for the third time and <br>>this year there were three flowers, each on their own stalk. This is <br>>quite different from 'Giganteum' which this year actually had two <br>>stalks with five flowers each. This has been an unusual year so I <br>>think it is too early to predict how it will be in future years.<br>><br>>Mary Sue<br>><br>>Mary Sue Ittner<br>>California's North Coast<br>>Wet mild winters with occasional frost<br>>Dry mild summers<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>pbs mailing list<br>>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<br>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php<br>
