I have Lilium davidii and find it a good garden plant. I have not noticed any fragrance from it. Some of the pale-flowered lilies are night-scented, e.g. L. centifolium, but L. davidii (the typical form, which I have) is deep orange and reflexed, and presumably has not evolved to attract nighttime pollinators. As for L. centifolium, I have a stem of it in the living room, and it releases its fragrance at dusk despite having been in a vase for 4 days. This timing indoors also occurs with Gladiolus tristis. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 7/1/2021 9:14 AM, R Hansen via pbs 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>