Question
I am trying to buy old fashioned orange tiger lillies for my mother.  All the on-line sites have a salmon color they call orange, but that's all I can find. Can you help me?  Frustated

Answer
Lilium lancifolium is by definition ORANGE.  You may be finding a Lily commonly called 'Lilium tigrinum', named after the 'freckles' that resemble the spots on the Tiger Lily.  Look instead for Lilium lancifolium:

www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/LiliumAsiaticSection#lancifolium

and

www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Liliaceae/Lilium_lancifolium.html

A company called Rare Exotic Seeds sells your Tiger Lily Seeds online:

www.rarexoticseeds.com/Graines_de_Daylily_Hemerocallis_Lilium_Lily_Seeds.html

Real Tiger Lilies are uncommon and can be difficult to find in some years.  Grown from Seed, they are not only affordable, but actually available.  Good luck; keep me posted.

THE LONG ISLAND GARDENER