Description

Lilium ponticum Koch 1849

Taxonomy:
Referring to Kews following infraspecifics are vaild (at the moment)
Lilium ponticum var. ponticum (identic with the formerly known Lilium georgicum)
Lilium ponticum var. artvinense

Origin:
N-E Turkey (Rize, Trabezon), Georgia, Central Caucasus; on mountain meadows, bushy slopes, thickets, frequently in the near of rivers

Propagation:
sowing Lilium ponticum var. artvinense # 1 RHS (02.17) (Lpontart1)
25% germination
tc failed

sowing Lilium ponticum var. artvinense # 2 Darm Crook (01.21) (Lpontart2)
source: Darm Crook, USA
sowing (03.21)
germination (20.21)
tc (08.22)

product-image Lilium ponticum var. ponticum in courtesy of Berthold Gross