I'm hoping someone here can help me identify a beautiful asiatic lily I saw on a garden tour in Pennsylvania I went to this weekend I'm kicking myself because I didn't get a picture of it. It was the most beautiful dusky dark salmon color. I immediately fell in love. I MUST have it!!
Anyone know of a lily that color?
Appreciate any help you can provide!!
Just put my first lily in the garden this year....I may be in trouble!
'Salmon Star' comes to mind but it really isn't all that dark. Maybe 'Blazing Dwarf' or 'Easy Salsa'?
This message was edited Jul 14, 2014 5:01 PM
Oh thanks! Can't wait to look those up! :o)
Not Easy Salsa for sure. Closest thing I saw on Mikes list was "Selene". Anyone have that?
Looks like maybe it is Seline or Selina.
Selina looks too pink on the Lilynook site....this is so hard!!
Not Salmon Star. It's an Asiatic.
I don't think it's an Asiatic. I think it's an Oriental double, judging by the spots and the shape. As an example of what an oriental double looks like, please see this one on B& D's website. It looks like a lighter version of your lily, and it is identified as an Oriental double.
http://www.bdlilies.com/l7124.html
Hey! Just found this!
http://www.bdlilies.com/l7030.html
The lily in the picture is the one I bought earlier this year. It is in fact an oriental. It's the asiatic I'm trying to identify.
The lily pictured is "Roselily Belonica", fell in love with her, too!
Isn't 'Salmon Star' an Asiatic? I'm confused (that's nothing new).
Um, well, no. It's a gorgeous Oriental. It is confusing, especially with so many lily types now (I remember asking what the heck an Orienpet was).
https://store.brentandbeckysbulbs.com/summer/productview/?sku=84-104
Tip offs:
Intense scent. Very few asiatics have much of a scent, although there are a few. Salmon Star has a yummy scent. If it has a scent that knocks you out, it's probably an oriental, longiflorum, or trumpet or a mix of the above, like an Orienpet (Oriental crossed with a trumpet), an 'LA' (longiflorum crossed with a asiatic), and 'LO' (longiflorum crossed with an oriental). And the list goes on.
Coloring: if, in addition to a scent, a lily has a soft color, and the color in the center is different than at the tips, it is more likely to be some kind of oriental, perhaps a blend. If it's really big, it might be an oriental/trumpet cross. Of course, there are one color orientals, like Casa Blanca, but then the flocking (the pebbly texture of the petals) indicates that it is an oriental.
You bet it's confusing. And it's no big deal, unless you are using lilies for a special occasion. I use one stem of an oriental to perfume a whole room. I cut a single flower of 'Sorbonne' two days ago and I can still smell it when I enter the house. If you have a full bouquet of 'Casa Blanca' at a dinner party no one will be able to smell the food!
Joycet - I also think it's an Oriental, not an Asiatic.
See how it compares to this one:
https://www.google.com/search?q=double+pink+asiatic+lily&tbm=isch&imgil=HlfgOagPex4sfM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcS8DBdatxObkryAVaaLy4YGjjMvyYWuP6snALRlX8SH6rgAEQO5%253B630%253B630%253BCudGrkfAgWGL6M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.botanus.com%25252Fproducts%25252FRoselily-Fabiola-Double-Oriental-Lily.html&source=iu&usg=__9Hnkpk_-QuitbN6iL3-lDgcBa-g%3D&sa=X&ei=WXPEU-CkHYuv7AbrgoCgCQ&ved=0CEMQ9QEwAQ&biw=1242&bih=546#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=HlfgOagPex4sfM%253A%3BCudGrkfAgWGL6M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.botanus.com%252Fproduct_images%252Fn%252F112%252F84061_1__47587_zoom.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.botanus.com%252Fproducts%252FRoselily-Fabiola-Double-Oriental-Lily.html%3B630%3B630
It's definitely not Salmon Star. I've had that one for many years and it's color is salmon, not pink.
I don't think Joyce has a picture of the one she's trying to identify. At least that's the way I read the original post.
Guess what! I forgot I took a picture of it with my phone!
Hopefully this will help.
See? It's such a hard color to describe!!
Cville (how well your handle describes you!) I realized that, finally, yesterday when O reread the post from the top. Thank you for being so gracious in pointing out my error.
Yes, that IS tough to describe!
Well, it's beautiful!
Love that, Pirl. Don't you think they look like triples? Such beauty....
Gotta have it!!
Tag says Oriental.
I misunderstood, C'ville! Sorry.
The one Joyce posted, that she took by phone, is Coral Sunrise:
That's okay, pirl. Coral Sunrise is gorgeous!
My error! It's 'Royal Sunset'.
I bought it through at B & D a few years ago.
Got it. :)
The one I took on my phone doesn't look so yellow in the center as either of those. Does it fade to that color? Like I said I'm really new to lillies and haven't a clue as to how they behave!!
Joyce, Does this look like the Lily you want? Dmail me if it does. I can give you a bulb.
Yes, I think it does!! Karen, I'm so excited! Do you know the name?
I don't know the name. It was suppose to be Monte Negro. Lol I'll dig it for you once the foliage dies back some more.
YAY!!
A happy ending!
Well done!
YAY! :)
