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strange baby foliage

12 years ago

Message: I am new to planting lily. Last December I planted Asiatic lily bulbs here in Brunei that has tropical climate. They bloomed beautifully in February and had started producing bubil and bublets. However the shape of baby lily look very strange as the foliage were so huge and has no stem..


I wish to know if this is normal and I could expect the same bloom next season (the mother plants stay healthy in our climate and doesn\'t show any sign of deteriorating). Our weather doesn\'t have four seasons.

Comments (9)

  • 12 years ago

    I wonder if this is a case of fasciation? I think I would separate it from the mother plant and grow it on to see what happens.

  • 12 years ago

    The little baby plant looks very normal--that's the way they look the first year. Next year it will get a stem. It will begin flowering in a year or two. You're lily will need to go dormant or have a cool rest period in between blooming. The leaves will turn yellow and fall and you can cut the stem off at that point. If you live in the tropics where the temperatures never reach 32'F or 0'C for 6 to 8 weeks, you may have to rest this lily in a refrigerator for an equal time in order for it to develop good blooms for next year.

  • 12 years ago

    Thank you very much Interspecific for the info.

    Rosidah

  • 11 years ago

    Updated picture of my baby lily.

    The sprout appeared from the middle part of a fully form bulb. Initially I thought it gonna have a stem. Unfortunately as it grows bigger it look more like an amaryllis leaf without stem...I wonder if this is still normal?

  • 11 years ago

    this is how it looks as it grows bigger

  • 11 years ago

    I believe it may be an amaryllis.

  • 11 years ago

    I'm glad to see you have this similar kind of plant growth. I specifically planted what I remember is an oriental/asiatic lily the first year, and then about 1 year later, the plant began looking like that. We were not fully able to identify it here on gardenweb, because I kept thinking I had planted such a lily there but the plant coming up wasn't like it at all.

    With your pictures, it seems to repeat the same case that I had.

    I did also get a reply that it might be a younger form but no one could fully confirm that.

    Here is a recent pic of my plant having a similar growth. It has been like this for about 3 years now, so I'm not sure how much longer it is considered to be "immature". There are also no other plants growing, meaning that whatever original plant that was there, it seems to have left only one bulblet or baby bulb, which has continued to grow. This pic is after 2 weeks of low temps and rain/snow, but in better days, it has a very similar upright growth habit like in your pic with similarly shaped leaves.




  • 11 years ago

    purslanegarden, I don't believe that is a lily. I have about 30 different kinds and mine have never looked like that.

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Rosidah, Maybe move some of the dirt around the base of the bulb with your finger, and compare it to photos of amaryllis. as an amaryllis cultivator, it looks to me like an amaryllis that has a LOT of leaves! Be patient with her and maybe it will be something beautiful!

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