Persberichten
Lily Keukenhof 2010
06-05-2010
Lilies galore
Asiatic group
The jury was surprised by the dark red cultivar under number by Mak Breeding from Wieringerwerf. De Jong Lelies Holland BV from Andijk showed the rather new cultivar 'Sita', a beautiful orange lily with a striking large flower, unique for an Asiatic type of flower. With a perfect quality De Jong deserved the Award with 9.38 points.
LA group
A lot of colour was shown in this competition. De Jong scored well with Yellow Diamond and White Sound, whilst Mak Breeding's best entry was Lilium Douro. Vletter en Den Haan however outdid these with the light orange Hyde Park, which scored 9.44 points, shared with the also orange cultivar Milburn. This firm scored best though with the white LA Richmond, a uniform, striking product which gained the Award with 9.48 points.
Asiatic pot
The products are often shown in an unripe quality, which resulted in scores around 8.00 points. Fortunately also exceptions were present like the beautiful pink cultivar Buzzer by The Originals BV from Noorden. Mak Breeding became the winner though with a beautiful presentation in perfect quaility. The cultivar Tiny Double You scored 9.33 points and the Award.
Oriental pot
Also here a presentation by Mak Breeding which scored highest: Sunny Cypres, a light pink cultivar with relatively large flowers was good for 9.21 points and the Award.
Other pot lilies
For this product the show was a bit early in time; also the cold spring was responsible for a highly reduced number of entries. The always high scoring Lake Cary now only gained a fourth place together with the cultivar Asterian, both by Mak Breeding BV from Wieringerwerf. Vletter en Den Haan from Rijnsburg did best by gaining the first three positions in the race. Gracia scored 9.44 points and the white Oriental Arlington 9.48 points and Tarrango on the first place with 9.56 points and the Award for the best Oriental.
Lilium longiflorum
This competition is getting smaller under the influence of the LO's. Mak Breeding's best product was White Wahalla, however the Award was for the Lilium Watch Up by Marklily, a cultivar with nice light standing flowers and good leaves. This product scored 9.27 points and the Award.
LO group
Best was Lilium longiflorum Pink Heaven with 9.32 points because of the large flowers, beautiful stem length and good leaf. The entrant was The Originals BV from Noorden.
OT group
A nice group of lilies with outstanding quality. Royal van Zanten Flowerbulbs from Hillegom had the pink cultivar with light heart: Master. A beautiful compact lily with a beautiful bud presentation; a lily which scored 9.46 points. This was not enough for the Award; Mak Breeding from Wieringerwerfcame with Tabledance, a pink cultivar with enormous flowers with beautiful colouring pink buds. Also the healty leaf was counted in the valuation of 9.57 points and it thus gained the Award.
INNOVATION AWARD
The Lilium Innovation Award for Lilium Kushi Maya
This price means a lot to the lily branch. The product must be an innovation on the field of breeding and or novelty. A special jury choose seven candidates in the first round, and in the end came to the conclusion that Lilium Kushi Maya from Marklily from Lisse was a really special product being a difficult crossing of an Oriental with a nepalense. This resulted in a cream coloured lily with a beautiful dark red brown heart. This product thus became the winner of the Lilium Innovation Award 2010.
The Golden Keukenhof Lilium
A new competition with entries from the Asiatics and its hybrids, Orientals and its hybrids, and Longiflorum and its hybrids. Mak Breeding came second with Tabledance, Orfeo and Douro with 9.37 points. However, the Golden Lilium this year goes to Gebr. Vletter en Den Haan from Rijnsburg for the LA Milburn, Oriental Tarrango and the OT Gold City in an outstanding good quality. The jury valued the entry with 9.40 points as highest entry with three vases.
Stand
All participants with an Extra Prize of Keukenhof were in the race for the Best Stand. Mak Breeding BV from Wieringerwerf was the winner with a wide assortment with all groups represented in a stunning quality. A super presentation worth 9.48 points and the Award.