 | 'My Precious' - Orienpet Hybrid Lily BulbStock # 9049 - 'My Precious' - Orienpet Lily Bulb SORRY, SOLD OUT 9/5/10 Oh, what a find! 'Black Beauty', combined with a pure white Oriental lily, gives us heavy flower, leaf and stem texture for very long-lasting flowers, plus spicy fragrance and hardiness for all climate zones. Looking at the texture, this is probably a Tetraploid lily, but one of its ancestors includes a white Oriental that is fertile with both pure Trumpets and Oriental-Trumpet Hybrids, so breeding possibilities bound. 4 to 5 Feet. July/August. How is a lily named? For us, most lilies come by their names from something personal in our life. So where did ‘My Precious’ come from? Bred by our friend Johan Mak, and grown by his son, we watched this lily for years being slowly built up. Identified only by four letters, we guessed by its appearance and the “coded name” who the parents were and were sworn to secrecy. I offered everything, including our first born for bulbs of this yet to be named lily and the honor of introducing it to the world. One foggy morning while standing in the production field at 7 am after driving nearly 5 hours, “Little” Johan pulled up in his truck to check on the “intruder” in his field. As he approached, I walked over to this lily, and knowing he was a huge fan of ‘The Lord of the Rings’, held a bud in my hand and while stroking it in my best Gollum impression repeated “My Precious” over and over. He started laughing and said “Dad said to let 25 to 30 of them go this fall and I think we have a name. After checking with his father, the name was given the thumbs up and the lily ‘My Precious’ was introduced to the world. Bulb Size - Our standard for bulbs of this lily cultivar ranges from Premium-size» (16/18 cm) to Exhibition-size» (over 20 cm). Click here for details. Save $4.00 on purchase of 6 Bulbs. | 
Wild Lilies Wild Lily bulbs making up the genus Lilium belong to the family Liliaceae comprising of approximately 200 genera made up of approximately 2,000 lily species. There are in the neighborhood of 110 to 120 Lilium species depending on whose classification you reference. For the full article, click Knowledge Base |
