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Dec 24, 2016 7:58 PM CST
Name: della
hobart, tasmania
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Photo Contest Winner: 2015
Oooohhh.... wouldn't that be wonderful! But it isn't. I haven't had any success with lankongense yet. Thanks for having a go, Joshua!

I guess I'm not the only one that would be flumoxed if I didn't already know the parentage.

Here they are, mum and dad:

Thumb of 2016-12-25/dellac/186b9c Thumb of 2016-12-25/dellac/4248cd

Lilium leichtlinii (of commerce - not the real thing!) x Lilium cernuum var. album

I'm excited because not only is the seedling delicate as well as striped (wow - where did that come from!?), it has a beautiful fragrance.

I applied cernuum album pollen to dozens and dozens of lilies over 3 years and in that time only harvested two pods with a scant 5-6 viable seeds each. The first progeny were all weak and died in the first year, but from this cross I have three seedlings, another of which will flower in the next day or two.

A very happy Christmas! Smiling

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