Re: Madonna lily hybrids

I was wondering if anyone knew of any places that offer either L. x 
testaceum or L. chalcedonicum. I haven't been able to find either of 
these and would like to try them in So. Calif. I saw the hybrid 
offered about 5 years ago thinking I would try it the next year and 
it was never offered again.

Also, does anyone know if anyone is trying to produce any hybrids 
with Calif. native lilies using embryo rescue?

Thanks,
--Lee Poulsen


>Trevor:
>
>Well, hot dog!
>
>I checked my "Index of Garden Plants" and noted that
>Lilium x testaceum is, as YOU know, a hybrid between
>-- get this -- Lilium candidum (as noted here) and
>Lilium chalcedonicum (one of those other
>almost-Mediterranean lilies)!
>
>It's known as "Nankeen Lily" (odd, I thought "Nankeen"
>was an Asian reference).  It has a turk's-cap flower
>(like its chalcedonicum parent), it's scented (!), and
>  it's "yellow to pale orange with interior spotted
>red".  I see no reference in "IoGP" to cultivars or
>selections. 
>
>I did, however, find a picture of it in "Bulbs" by
>Phillips and Rix.  The flower illustrated is a soft
>cream and VERY beautiful.  This pale selection gives
>me the impression that more than one color form is/was
>available.  This book also notes that "it is one of
>the oldest lily hybrids in cultivation being recorded
>before 1841"
>
>It is good to know, Trevor, that someone is making
>efforts to reproduce the cross.  I wonder if it is
>genetically compatible with some of our California
>species; it might make for some exciting -- and
>appropriate hybrids.
>
>Thanks,
>Joe Seals
>--- trevorn@torrens.tafe.sa.edu.au wrote:
>>  There is at least one Lilium x testaceum which has
>>  soft apricot flowers. It is a very old hybrid and
>>  subject to viruses. I believe some efforts have been
>>  made to reproduce the cross, and also to propagate
>>  vegetatively from virus free tissue cultures.
>>
>>  Trevor Nottle
>>  Manager-Education
>>  TAFE Horticulture Centre
>>  505 Fullarton Road
>>  Netherby
>>  South Australia  5062
>>  AUSTRALIA
>>
>>  Tel. 61 +8 +8372 6801    Fax. 61 +8 +8372 6888
>>
>
>
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-- 
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
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