| Division: | IX. Species and Species Cultivars |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Leaves: | Other: Herbaceous |
| Flowers: | Showy Malodorous |
| Flower Color: | Orange Yellow Other: With numerous black spots. |
| Bloom Size: | 3"-4" |
| Flower Time: | Summer |
| Underground structures: | Bulb |
| Uses: | Cut Flower |
| Toxicity: | Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Offsets Other: Bulb scaling. |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| Australis | On September 1, 2019 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Seedlings never emerged for 2019-2020 season. |
| Australis | On March 30, 2018 | Potted up Potted up surviving type seedlings. No losses in fridge. |
| Australis | From November 18, 2017 to March 30, 2018 | Winterized Placed species type in the fridge to vernalise. |
| Australis | From March 21, 2017 to March 23, 2017 | Seeds germinated 100% germination of type seeds and 50% germination of var. luteum. |
| Australis | On March 12, 2017 | Seeds sown Started seeds from the species type - from Paul Rumkorf - and var. luteum - from the Lily Garden. |
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