Lilium 'Chinois'

Lauw de Jager (Oct 17, 2000)

Chinese edible lily

Blandine Boyer from Paris wrote the following:
Who can help me identifying the following bulbs?
-Chinese edible lily, bought in a Chinese grocery, vacuum packed,
reading on the package "grown in icy soils of China, 7 years to mature size..."

Grown succesfully in Paris region for 3 consecutive years, resistant to lilium bug

Height: 45 cm
Flowers bright orange, 6/8, turk cap 6 cm wide, flowering late June
Very narrow and numerous needlelike leaves 80 mm/2 mm

Look forward to any suggestions from our lily experts which I will pass
on to Blandine.
Kind regards
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Lauw de Jager
BULB'ARGENCE,
30300 Fourques, France
Region: Provence/Camargue; Climat: Zone 9a (Mediterranean)
Web: http://www.bulbargence.com/