"BoyPete" wrote in message
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I have 2 lilies. One has thrown up a flower about a week ago. Don't know
what time it opens, but it starts to close about 5pm. Why do they open and
close.

They probably close because the insects that they depend on for pollination
are day insects. Closing protects the flower overnight from heavy rains or
whatever.

The other one has two flower heads at the surface but they don't
open. Can someone explain all this, or point me to a website. Ta

I never saw that before! They may be buds just not ready to open yet.
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