Description

Lilium auratum Lindl.

Origin:
endemic in Japan

Taxonomy:
Kew Gardens just accept 2 infraspecifics, Lilium auratum var. auratum and Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum, but especially Lilium auratum disposes of some extraordinary, showy flowers that we tend towards keeping strains apart according their parental plants which got pollinated or bulbs we received and cloned them directly from their scales (tc-iv-b).

Propagation:
sowing Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum # 1 RHS (02.17) (Lauraplat1)
source: RHS lily-group, UK
low germination, less than 5%, very few seedlings only

bulbs Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum bulbs # 3 Hoch (04.18) (Lauraplat3)
source: Albert Hoch, Germany
planted, failed (08.19)

sowing Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum # 2 Ara (02.22) (Lauraplat2)
habitat: ex Shintoshima
source: Katsuro Arakawa, Japan
sowing: (03.23)
re-sowing: (05.23)
re-sowing: (06.23)

sowing Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum # 3 Ara (03.24) (Lauraplat3)
description: wide red stripe + red spots
source: Woodward, USA

product-image in courtesy of Pontus Wallstén