Description

Lilium apertum (Franchet) E. H. Wilson 1925 (formerly Nomocharis aperta)

Origin:
China (SW Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan), N. Myanmar; in broad-leaved forests, bamboo scrub, alpine grasslands; altitude at 3.000 – 3.900 m. Sometimes Lilium apertum shares the same habitat with Lilium souliei but even then seems far more tolerant in cultivation than soulei is.
The habitats of (Lapert2) are defined as follows, Yunnan, Nujiang, Biluo Xueshan, altitude 3.600 – 3.900 m.

Laboratory comment:
We received seeds of this specimen from Steven Garvie who raises this apertum strain with blue anthers. We are quite certain this remarkable sign will come true by seeds.

in courtesy of Steven Garvie

Propagation:
sowing Lilium apertum blue pollinia SG # 5 (02.21) (Lapert4b)
source: Bjornar Olsen, Norway/China
collected at 3.300 m altitude, Yaping Pass, Fugong, Nujiang, Yunnan
sowing (02.21)
germination (04.21)

sowing Lilium apertum blue pollinia SG # 6 (03.22) (Lapert4c)
source: Bjornar Olsen, Norway/China
collected at 3.300 m altitude, Yaping Pass, Fugong, Nujiang, Yunnan

sowing Lilium apertum blue pollinia SG # 7 (10.22) (Lapert4d)
source: Steven Garvie / Bjornar Olsen, Yaping Pass, Fugong, Nujiang, Yunnan (BO14-125)
sowed: (03.23)
germination: (04.23)

product-image in courtesy of Steven Garvie