Hilary, This Lilium heldreichii or "scarlet lily of Chalcedony" is one of the most spectacular of all lilies, and we hope to see it, along with several other of Greece's lily species, in a wild flower tour of Northern Greece which the Royal Horticultural Society's Lily Group has kindly invited MGS members to join, in early July next year. It's normally called Lilium chalcedonicum now, and here's a picture of one I took a few years ago: