Is this a Lily 'Pirate' or something else?

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165025.jpg

TIA
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Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

On 11/07/2013 18:35, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:48:26 +0100, Wendy Tinley
wrote:

Is this a Lily 'Pirate' or something else?

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165025.jpg

TIA
Looks very much like Hemerocallis (aka Day Lily) 'Crimson Pirate', see
http://tinyurl.com/ksrwuta for other images, so you are probably
correct.


Thank you Chris!

Sadly about 20 per cent of the buds seem to be rotten and slimy. Is this
my fault because I've been watering from the top (now changed to
watering the roots - just in case) or is the rot caused by something else?

I have searched Google for lily buds rotting but am struggling to find
anything relevant. Could be that I'm not using the right search terminology.

TIA

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Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

On 12/07/2013 09:48, Wendy Tinley wrote:


Sadly about 20 per cent of the buds seem to be rotten and slimy. Is this
my fault because I've been watering from the top (now changed to
watering the roots - just in case) or is the rot caused by something else?


This is a picture of the problem.

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165124.jpg


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Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

On 12/07/2013 10:29, Wendy Tinley wrote:
On 12/07/2013 09:48, Wendy Tinley wrote:


Sadly about 20 per cent of the buds seem to be rotten and slimy. Is this
my fault because I've been watering from the top (now changed to
watering the roots - just in case) or is the rot caused by something
else?


This is a picture of the problem.

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165124.jpg



Oooh dear, really this is getting bad - following up my own post several
times

I found this pest sat on my lily plant. I zapped it and also sprayed
under the leaves but couldn't see any eggs/grubs.

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165246.jpg

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Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.

It looks more like the daylily midge. The midge fly lays eggs on the young buds... if you break open the deformed buds you should see little white larva that look like rice. The buds fall to the ground where the larva pupates and over winters. Next Spring the flies come up from the ground and the infestation will be even worse. The only effective method of control is to remove all the affected buds and destroy them. The first season you will be removing most of the flower buds... but the following year there will be many fewer infested buds. Also, earlier blooming varieties tend to be affected more... at least in our Puget Sound region. This pest only recently showed up here... say in the last 5 years.