Author Topic: First Lily Bud?..It Bloomed today! 8-14-08 (Read 2637 times)

greenthumbnails · « **on:** August 03, 2008, 07:05:44 AM »

On average how many days does it take for a lily bud to surface? I think I see the nose cone of my very first lily bud, can't say for sure other than it is a different color than the lily leafs and the shape appearing is more cone-like than lance-like....very excited to see what it is...

HOWELL · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2008, 10:07:56 PM »

if you see a shiny thing on top of it is a bud, thats how i identify mine even if they are to close to the crown, and it will take a bit till it reaches the top ill post some pic so youll see

HOWELL · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:03:44 AM »

i think if you look so close there is a shiny thing in the top so that means it is a bud,
and within a few days this is how it will look

congrats i hope yours is a bud

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:06:14 PM »

Congrats!! You can't miss a bud!

Takes a day or so for a bud to reach the water surface and another to start opening! Always exciting to see a lily bloom

SueSTx · « **Reply #4 on:** August 04, 2008, 04:48:31 PM »

It can also depend on the variety and the weather.

My tanks are so crowded, I can't see the buds leaving the pots, but I like seeing the "little turtle heads" poking up out of the water before they open their blooms...talk about anticipation

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #5 on:** August 04, 2008, 04:59:01 PM »

Ooohh! Can't wait, can't wait! Gardening and ponding are definitely exercises in self restraint and patience......(I wonder if there is such a thing as an impatient gardener?)

Howell- great pictures, thanks!

HOWELL · « **Reply #6 on:** August 04, 2008, 06:33:40 PM »

thanks well i have made that question before so you know we are here for help, and people just telling me to wait and be patient, but you know this is just a thing that sometimes you just cant wait, so i would have had rathered if someone have had showed me how it looks like whenever it is surfacing the water and how does a bud looks close to the crown so i thought i might be a little helpful and yes as susytx said it depends in what kind is it too of course and just asking what kind of lilly do you have?
well hope youll see a blossom soon

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2008, 04:57:37 PM »

Quote from: HOWELL on August 04, 2008, 06:33:40 PM

thanks well i have made that question before so you know we are here for help, and people just telling me to wait and be patient, but you know this is just a thing that sometimes you just cant wait, so i would have had rathered if someone have had showed me how it looks like whenever it is surfacing the water and how does a bud looks close to the crown so i thought i might be a little helpful and yes as susytx said it depends in what kind is it too of course and just asking what kind of lilly do you have?
well hope youll see a blossom soon

I have a "Yellow Queen"...its supposed to be fragrant...should be interesting....2 days and counting....

Howell- You are right, the pics are definitely helpful for that reason.

HOWELL · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:32:39 PM »

well we will be waiting for pics haha

anyhow mine was supposed to be fragant to it is a sulphurea but i havent smelled a thing so i think i have to get closer
are you fertilizing them?

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2008, 08:58:26 AM »

Yes, the osmocote ( or its equivalent) is in place and I do see now the "turtle head" on a stalk at the base...it sure is small. I guess it gets bigger the closer it gets to the surface. Boy, its "crawling" to the surface as the leaves speed past it to the top.

HOWELL · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2008, 09:04:40 AM »

yeah it will get bigger
and a lot bigger as soon as it get outta the water
well is that the only lily youve got or this is just the only one that is about to bloom?

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2008, 01:27:04 PM »

This is the only one about to bloom and was the only one I had...until I bought a Blink from Tranquility recently. That one will be a while before it blooms as I just divided it (it was a mature plant) and am also experimenting with trying to grow a vivip plant like on Sean's tutorial. Two of the leaves on the Blink had vivips starting....great fun!

lorraine1960 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2008, 01:30:17 PM »

post lots of pics of the first bloom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lorraine......................

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2008, 07:24:57 AM »

Well, this is all I've got so far....zzzzzzz.........

HOWELL · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2008, 09:32:13 AM »

omg that is so cool youll have a beauty soon
love the pads i love mottled pads

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #15 on:** August 14, 2008, 08:42:14 AM »

Yay!

It finally bloomed today. The bud hit the surface yesterday, and it opened to my surprise today. It took a total of 10 days to bloom from the first sighting of a "turtle head" at the base of the crown.

tranquility · « **Reply #16 on:** August 14, 2008, 08:51:02 AM »

Awww those first blooms are always exciting...but, usually a little disappointing to....the first bloom is usually never as pretty as the 2nd.....yours looks like its going to prove to be a very pretty flower....
Lawanna

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2008, 08:53:39 AM »

She's a beauty!!

Desertponder · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2008, 09:13:48 AM »

Very nice!

Congrats on your first lily bloom.

maryvonne · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2008, 10:38:55 AM »

First blooms are very exciting. I still remember waiting for what seemed to be forever for our first lily to bloom. Yours is very pretty and nicely photographed. Hope you get lots more.

Maryvonne

sushi · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2008, 03:32:19 PM »

Congrats, I remember my first. Barbara dobbins...Marilyn sent it to me.

landey1230 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2008, 07:04:26 PM »

Woohoo!! Good job. They'll be popping up like crazy, now. Keep on fertilizing.

SueSTx · « **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2008, 07:13:43 PM »

Beautiful

My very good friend once said that the buds just breaking the water looked like "turtle heads" to her. She passed away last spring...but everytime I see a new bud...I can't help but smile and think of Bobbie.