Hi all,

Would like to sanity-check this one. Over the past week 'Miss Feya' has been emerging and it really doesn't look happy. Today I saw just how bad the stem looked:



I'm really inclined to get rid of it, but wanted to check my thinking first.

It's apropos for the Halloween season as it really looks quite scary!

From the trumpet(?) in the background, I assume we can rule out weather. And whether it is caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi or, non-pathogens (chemicals, etc.) or a combination, I wouldn't take a chance at bringing in yet another potential problem you might have to deal with now and into the future.

I've not grown it myself, but isn't Miss Freya a fairly old cultivar that would have stood the test of time? So for it to be affected so severely, I would be afraid that whatever it has is very bad. I would chuck it.

Not sure what that is but I would throw it in the trash bin or in worst case scenario move it away from other lilies and see how it will look like in few weeks.

Since it is containerized could you not isolate it and watch it?

If it is easy to reacquire in Australia I would dump it. I have found that one to be one of the more stalwart lilies, one of my favorites.

Thanks all. The pot in the background contains 'Terracotta Warrior' (asiatic) which I reobtained this year as well. None of the nearby trumpets and aurelians are affected, so unless something strange happened to the 'Miss Feya' bulb before it reached me, I am inclined to think it's diseased.

It'll go in the bin today. There are a few different suppliers that still have it, so I will try to source it from a different one next.

Joshua, it sounds like a wise decision.