Abstract
Mid-Century hybrid lilies (Lilium × elegans Thunb.) ‘Kiyotsu-beni’ and ‘Enchantment’ were subjected to bulb vernalization and shoot photoperiod treatments. Both cultivars required a minimum of 4 weeks of bulb vernalization at 5°C to promote shoot emergence and rapid flowering at 21°. Flower number was not influenced by shoot photoperiod treatments. A split temperature of 5°/9° at 2-week intervals accelerated flowering of ‘Kiyotsu-beni’. Flower numbers of ‘Enchantment’ were increased when bulbs were given 2°/2°. The optimum vernalization temperature was 5° or 9° for ‘Kiyotsu-beni’, and 2° for ‘Enchantment’.
flower plants including lily ( Lilium sp.). Tuff substrate derived from pyroclastic volcanic material is characterized by high porosity and surface area. Volcanic tuff is a reliable substrate for soilless systems. It has a good acidity resistance, cation
availability of cultivars that were bred and suitable for culture under Italian environments, particularly hot weather, could be strategic for national production. Since 1983, commercially available Asiatic hybrid ( Lilium × elegans Thunb) lily cultivars and
). However, shoot emergence was not influenced by temperature treatments given to bulbils of Lilium × elegans Thunb. ( Suh and Roh, 2014 ). The genus Lilium has abundant species/varieties, and it can be seen that the temperature and storage time required
( Blankenship and Dole, 2003 ; Celikel et al., 2002 ). In some species, including Easter lilies ( Lilium longiflorum ), leaf senescence is not associated with ethylene production and it is prevented by the application of BA and/or GA 4+7 ( Franco and Han, 1997
. elegans ‘Magellan Pink’, were used in the study. Plants were grown in 36-cell trays using Fafard 1P (peatmoss and perlite substrate; Fafard, Anderson, SC) potting substrate. Seedlings were transplanted to either 15.2-cm-diameter (total pot volume of 1275
is lower than the night temperature (−DIF). The effect of DIF on plant height has been studied in many common greenhouse crops such as Easter lily ( Lilium longiflorum Thunb.; Erwin et al., 1989 ), pansy ( Viola × wittrockiana Gams.; Niu et al
of floral organs in oriental lily [ Lilium longiflorum ( Roh and Wilkins, 1978 )]. Closely related to pineapple lily, star-of-bethlehem ( Ornithogalum thyrsoides ) has a relatively shallow dormancy and may continue to grow and flower under favorable
process was as follows: In step 1, a therapist and an assistant shared materials with the participants, which included a basket (10 cm × 10 cm × 15 cm), freesia ( Freesia refracta ), lily ( Lilium hybrids), hinoki cypress ( Chamaecyparis obtuse ), and
’ lisianthus ( Eustoma grandiflorum ), ‘Double Eagle’ African Gold Coin Series marigold ( Tagetes erecta ), a major flower species in the Indo-Pak sub-continent, and ‘Deep Red’ Benary’s Giant Series zinnia ( Zinnia elegans ), one of the top three field