Classification: Orienpet Hybrid Lily Bulb (USDA Zones 5-9, the colder climates of this range must provide winter mulching.) Stock # 9004 - 'LF-1' - Orienpet Lily Bulb In November of 2008, we listed for the first time LF-1 on the web. It sold out in less than two weeks. The first selection we made from the breeding work of the late LeVern Freimann of Bellingham, Washington, this is still one of our all time favorites. Being offered again for Fall 2010 delivery, LF-1 is still in very limited supply from a small bed being dug in our home garden. First introduced in our fall 1997 catalog, we realized that there was still a great deal of breeding potential left in this lily and removed it from our catalog listings. One thing a breeder does not do is release their breeding gene pool to competitors until after all breeding potential has been exhausted. When you have a good thing, you want to be at least 3 to 4 breeding generations ahead of Holland. These bulbs will be dug from our display garden and are limited to those on hand. All of the smaller bulbs will be scaled for our fall 2013 or 2014 catalog. LF-1 is a time-test hybrid of the Aurelian Hybrid 'Thurderbolt' bred with the Tetraploid Oriental hybrid 'Rachael Pappo'. It produces lovely 6-inch cantaloupe-orange flowers that age to gold with ivory at the petal tips. There is a burgundy-red blush on the tepal reverses. The thick, heavily-textured blooms have an apple-green nectary star and cinnamon colored raised papillae. Very drought tolerant and heat resistant. Flowering in mid July, LF-1 normally reaches about 5 feet once settled in. LeVern typically had stems nearly 8 feet in height. Not only an important variety for breeding, this is one great garden lily as well. |
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