Lily stem curiosity
 

Most of my lilies have died back now for the winter but one stem in a
very sheltered spot near the house has stayed alive and is now forming
new plant like buds at various leaf joints up the stem.

I have seen this behaviour in sedums before but never on lilies.

I guess the sharp frosts followed by mild weather is responsible but has
anyone else seen this?

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Regards,
Martin Brown

Lily stem curiosity
 

On 02/11/2015 11:33, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:15:17 +0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

Most of my lilies have died back now for the winter but one stem in a
very sheltered spot near the house has stayed alive and is now forming
new plant like buds at various leaf joints up the stem.

I have seen this behaviour in sedums before but never on lilies.

I guess the sharp frosts followed by mild weather is responsible but has
anyone else seen this?

Do you mean bulbils? http://tinyurl.com/nhgbd2n

Yes, but I have never seen anything like these for size before.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

Lily stem curiosity
 

"Martin Brown" wrote

Chris Hogg wrote:
Martin Brown

Most of my lilies have died back now for the winter but one stem in a
very sheltered spot near the house has stayed alive and is now forming
new plant like buds at various leaf joints up the stem.

I have seen this behaviour in sedums before but never on lilies.

I guess the sharp frosts followed by mild weather is responsible but has
anyone else seen this?

Do you mean bulbils? http://tinyurl.com/nhgbd2n

Yes, but I have never seen anything like these for size before.


I have had bulbils grow so large they were perfect miniatures of a lilly
bulb scales and all.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

Lily stem curiosity
 

On 02/11/2015 15:57, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Martin Brown" wrote

Chris Hogg wrote:
Martin Brown

Most of my lilies have died back now for the winter but one stem in a
very sheltered spot near the house has stayed alive and is now forming
new plant like buds at various leaf joints up the stem.

I have seen this behaviour in sedums before but never on lilies.

I guess the sharp frosts followed by mild weather is responsible but
has
anyone else seen this?

Do you mean bulbils? http://tinyurl.com/nhgbd2n

Yes, but I have never seen anything like these for size before.


I have had bulbils grow so large they were perfect miniatures of a lilly
bulb scales and all.

That is exactly what I am seeing but only on one single stem out of
about twenty. The rest all died off normally.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown