Lilies: Another Lily Seed Giveaway, 1 by Leftwood

Leftwood wrote:
Finally finding time to get my seeds together to give out to anyone who wants to try them. D-mail me with your address and choices. If you want seed sent in a bubble wrap envelope, send me one and postage to go with it. Otherwise I will use a thin sheet of foam in a regular envelope. I do not candle my seed. You will receive some chaff, or what seems like chaff. Plant it all as even experts will tell you that they are surprised at what actually grows. Excess can be kept in the refrigerator for another year, or (better) the freezer for many years.

This first group is the easier type to grow (immediate epigeal). No pretreatment is needed.

Lilium maculatum var. wilsonii Hand pollinated.
From almost identical parents from the Species Lily Preservation Group. Photo to follow.

Lilium davidii var. wilmottiae x ? Open pollinated. Photo of pod parent follows.
I allowed several flowers that opened on differing dates to mature, so there are many crossing possibilities. Seeds of all pods are mixed together. Possible pollen parents:
Avignon
Citronella
Dots and Dashs
Gypsy
Honey Bear
lankongense
leucanthum
Piza
Shirley
Strawberries and Cream
Sunday Dress
Sweet Surrender
Tiger Babies

Lilium formosanum Open pollinated.
This species is self fertile, but may have crossed with the nearby L. philippinense. My L. formosanum form grows 2.5-4ft (in Minnesota), with maroon/brown midribs on the backs of tepals(petals).

Lilium philippinense Hand pollinated. Selfed.
My form of L. philippinense grows 10 inches taller than my formosanum, with green midribs on the backs of tetals(petals). These seeds finished ripening inside the house as the outside season was not long enough here for seed maturation. My first attempt at this, the seeds look healthy and viable.

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The following seeds require a bit more fussing with, as they must germinate, produce a tiny bulb and go through a cold treatment before sprouting. They possess delayed hypogeal germination. There are many places to read about it on the web. For example:
http://members.shaw.ca/lilynet/netlil/id52.htm
http://www.lilyseeds.com/growing.html

I have LOTS of seed of the next three:

Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride' x ? Open pollinated. Photo of pod parent follows.
Possible pollen parents in order of probability:
Lilium martagon'Terrace City'
Lilium 'Super Tsing'
Lilium tsingtauense

Lilium martagon 'Terrace City' x ? Open pollinated. Photo of pod parent follows.
Possible pollen parents in order of probability:
Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride'
Lilium 'Super Tsing'
Lilium tsingtauense

Lilium 'Super Tsing' x ? Open pollinated. Photo of pod parent follows.
As Super Tsing itself is a cross of L. martagon and L. tsingtauense, pollen parent probability could be equal for all:
Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride'
Lilium martagon 'Terrace City'
Lilium tsingtauense
I had poor germination of this seed last year, and am thinking these seeds are inherently not as viable as others, even though they "seem" to be the healthiest. I would appreciate any input people may have on this subject.

Lilium x Marhan x ? Open pollinated. Small amount to give away. Photo of pod parent follows.
Possible pollen parents:
Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride'
Lilium martagon 'Terrace City'
I also wonder about the possibility of apomictic seed generation here, as the pods were heavily filled yet any pollen sources were 120ft away. Apomixis would produce an exact replica of the pod parent.

Lilium michiganense Hand pollinated.
Photos of parents to follow.

This is Lilium maculatum var. wilsonii

This message was edited Dec 11, 2007 5:07 PM