Lilium 2015/16

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I would love to see your lilium plantation, please contact me at 03214639444.
Arif

[asimPK]

Lilium growth within two weeks is remarkable (unavailable ) as me not expecting due to their fully dried basal roots, may stem roots helped into recovery. It is expected to attain normal average stem heights both orientals (120cm) and LA hybrids (85cm) so continuously added 6 more sprouted bulbs to land and still some stock available at sky seeds. Tulip bulbs also emerging healthy while irises bulbs are slow responding. I got many broken head lilium bulbs free and descaled in mist peat, put in zipbag and thrown into dark cupboard.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Asiatic planted in last week of October,






Oriantal planted same day


growth is poor germination not complete

Oriantal and two pots of Asiatic planted in November

Arif

[asimPK]

Arif Sb.

Orientals may be planted in late November as it roots required <18C soil temperatures to develop. In October soil temperatures are about 26C which restricted root development. Small size of bulb may another factor. This year Lahore winters are observed 21 days late and low temperatures are average high. My first batch of 700 Easter lily bulbs (90% sprouted) planted on on target date 18 Sep also shrinked as I could not decrease temperatures while low size graded bulbs planted in first week of Oct (after rain) are healthy than.

Asim

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I have yet to learn a lot
Thanks
Arif

[asimPK]

Arif Sb., I have vast practical experience related to Lilium Longiflorum (L), one cultivar only and also related to its early forcing. I have to do learn a lot of about Asiatics (A), Orientals (O), Trumpets (T), Species (Wild) and their common hybrids LA, LO, OT which are available in markets.
If I am right in your last picture lilium with Long leaves in front 2 pots are Asiatics and in background pot with short leaves are LA (Hybrid of Longiflorum + Asiatic), are these last year bulbs?
In first picture also cannot distinguish between Asiatics and hybrids. Please clear, as identification is required to first to do something. Also interesting to see emerging bulbs from Vietnam.

[khabbab]

Although i am not a lilium expert but easter lily is a perennial for me in pots. They are in pots whole year and come back every year with more offsets. BTW did anyone try this new variety of easter lily below?, i would love to try this one, its called lankon.


http://www.hartsnursery.co.uk/Lankon.html

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

First lets master their cultivation,if successful the collection shell start.

[asimPK]

Lankon is Longiflorum cross with wild trumpet (Lankongense) which bulb is expensive and may difficult to find here.
We may be in successful to manage Longiflorum and Asitics in some context. We need to do more study and experiments on Orientals and then we will be able to overcame all of three cross hybrids of them.
On the basis of hypothesis my first phase objective is:
"If I plant a Lilium bulb of X weight and get from this =>X weight bulb or bulbs after the cultivation in one cycle/season its mean I am successful" .
Second Phase mean survival of bulb up to October. Third Phase is Chilling and last phase is germination as phase 1.
Pls. comment on it.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Hamad of Wah Cant what have you to say?