Re: Madonna lily hybrids

Moira:

Thanks for the follow-up note.

I can't remember who it was exactly (Trevor?) who had
already noted the name's origin.

Could you (or someone) post a source of the "Nankeen
lily" and various selections or any other L. candidum
hybrids?

I have e-mailed my Dutch bulb friends and they know of
no new work in this area.  My "bulb magnate" friend,
Dan Davids (Davids & Royston) also knows of no current
work here in the States.

Help!

Joe 
Santa Maria, California
--- Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Joe Seals wrote:
> 
> > 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)!
> 
> Hi Joe
> 
> Was just clearing up my letter file and found this
> posting which I
> couldn't resist replying to even at this late stage.
> > 
> > It's known as "Nankeen Lily" (odd, I thought
> "Nankeen"
> > was an Asian reference).  
> 
> Nankeen does indeed have Asiatic connections, being
> the name for a
> particular  cotton cloth obtained originally from
> Nakin (Funny how the
> British could never bother to pronounce foreign
> words correctly
> -possibly a form of arrogance)
> 
> Anyhow, the cloth is buff-coloured and maybe someone
> with an odd colour
> sense imagined the lily resembled it.
> 
> Apparently the entire offspring of original cross
> eventually became
> virus-infected, but the modern re-creation Trevor
> mentioned(which has
> apparently produced a whole pallet of colours from
> white to red) is
> perfectly healthy and consequently more vigorous
> than the original. I
> wonder if the plant shown in the Phillips and Rix
> book is one of these,
> as it does appear too pale to be the original
> hybrid. It is certainly a
> very handsome plant.
> 
> Moira
> 
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead
> of Greenwich Time
> 


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