Lilium catesbaei
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium catesbaei, also pine lily or leopard lily, is one by the English artist Mark Catesby (1679-1749) named species in the genus of lilies ( Lilium) in the section Pseudolirium.
Description
Lilium catesbaei is a perennial, herbaceous plant, reaching a height of up to 90 centimeters. The egg-shaped bulb reaches a height of 1.6 to 2.5 inches and a width of 1.3 to 2.4 centimeters, the ratio of height to width fluctuates from 0.8 to 1.6 to 1 The few scales are loose, unsegmented or divided into two segments, the longest of them reach lengths of 1 to 1.8 inches.
The stem is slender, often at its insertion between the bulb tip and the surface can be found numerous stems roots. The distributed standing almost upright and resting almost on the stem leaves are narrowly elliptic, occasionally linear or weakly reversed - lanceolate. They are between 1.8 cm and 8.2 cm long and 0.2 to 1.2 cm wide, the ratio of length to width varies from 3.1 to 10.5 to 1 The leaves are entire, and pointed.
The plants usually form terminal, erect single flowers from, but occasionally clusters of up to three flowers, blooms from July to September. The six arranged bloom cladding ( tepals ) are bent back, the bend is actually more than 90 ° and rejects. The color of the flowers is towards the tips orange, flowering and fruiting middle yellowish with purple spots. The flower has six stamens. The filaments are parallel and are often purple at the base. The anthers are brown - green, dark orange pollen. Each flower has three carpels. The stamp is green. The individual flower reach a diameter of 7.5 to 15 cm.
The seed matures to October toothed at the flap edge seed capsules. The seeds are unique to lilies, lichtkeimend and germinate instant- epigeal from 35 days.
Dissemination
The plant is very rare. It is found in Central Florida and the Alabama coast, rare in Virginia, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Lilium catesbaei needs a moist to wet and extremely acidic soil ( pH 5.1 to 6.5 ), they are found in pine forests and open spots in humid savannas. You need direct sunlight and appreciates high temperatures, conditions that avoid most of the other species of lilies.