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Lily seedlings

16 years ago

Hi, I planted some lily seeds that I cross pollinated and they are coming up. I winter sowed them and there is one that has multiple leaves from the base that remind me of a rosette - there is no 'stem' they all come from the base.

They are narrow and right now about 2 inches long. I planted them in Feb. or March. There were crosses of asiatic, oriental, trumpet, and a citronella and a henryii. I didn't know if they would grow so put them in a baggie in the refrigerator and finally planted them. Could this be a lily?

I thought they made bulbs below ground or sent up a single leaf. So far I have about 20 sprouted that have a single leaf. Thank you for any help, Karan

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leftwood
16 years ago
Most likely, it is a lily. Most lily seedlings will send up multiple leaves, and getting larger leaves in time. But they all start with just one. The rosette-like formation is also common, and most types do not send up a stem until the second season.
Renter
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you. There is another one with the rosette-like formation so I will have something new, to me, in a few years. Some of my lilies are grown from seed. They were longiflorum and formosanum.
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