Description

Lilium oxypetalum Baker 1874

Taxonomy:
Once more we split both infragenerics, the purple florwering Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne and the giant yellow flowering Lilium oxypetalum var. oxypetalum (which can be held as the typus-form) in order to keep them plainly apart.

Origin:
Its native range is Kashmir to W. Nepal

Propagation:
sowing Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne # 1 MA (11.16) (Loxin1)
failed, likely seeds have been expired

sowing Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne # 2 PWS (01.17) (Loxin2)
source: Plant World Seeds, UK
25% germination (03.17)
tissue-culture for medium-recipe testing (11.17)

sowing Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne # 3 SRGC (02.17) (Loxin3)
25% germination (06.17)

sowing Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne # 4 CR (08.17) (Loxin4)
source: Christoph Raser, Germany
less than 10% germination (11.17)
given up due to low yield (03.18)

sowing Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne # 5 FC (11.21) (Loxin5)
source: Finn Carlsen, Denmark
50% of germination (02.22)
tc (11.22)

Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne in courtesy of Alan Mitchell

product-image in courtesy of Ulrika Johansson