None of my three forms of Lilium davidii smell at all, either, day or night. Rick Rodichnear Minneapolis, MN ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Neil Jordan via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: neil.jordan@iinet.net.au Subject: Re: [pbs] Lilium davidii Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 09:59:34 +1000 Having grown Lilium davidii in various forms for over 30 years and produced many hybrids from it, I can assure you that there is no perfume from this species. Eddie must have had a typo. Neil Jordan, Tasmania -----Original Message----- From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of R Hansen via pbs Sent: Friday, 2 July 2021 2:15 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: R Hansen <bulbnut@hansennursery.com> Subject: [pbs] Lilium davidii 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> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>