Lilium regale
King Lily ( Lilium regale ) in Georgia
The King's Lily ( Lilium regale, synonym Lilium Myriophyllum ;岷江 百合Chinese, Pinyin Minjiang bǎihé ) is a plant of the genus Lilium (Lilium ) in the trumpet lilies section. The king Lily is often planted in home gardens and is because of its long durability an excellent cut flower.
Description
The king Lily reaches a height of 50 cm to 180 cm. The bulbs are round and up to 10 cm, they are covered with lanceolate white scales, which change color purple in the air. The stalk is papillose and forms at the base of roots, the leaves narrow and linear, up to 7 cm long and 3 mm wide. You are papillose on the bottom of the median nerve and at the edges and einnervig at the edge.
The plant flowers from June to July, 1-8 in an umbel horizontally protruding, funnel-shaped, fragrant flowers. The flowers consist of six 9-11 cm long and 1.5-2.0 cm wide petals. There are three Kron and three sepals, but they look very similar. The basic color of the flowers is white, yellowish towards the base. The Tepale are crowded on the outside along the central nerve purple. The anthers are elliptical, the pollen yellow and the nectaries smooth.
The seed germinates instant- epigeal.
Dissemination
The King's Lily can be found on rocky slopes, often on sandbanks, at altitudes 800-2500 m above sea level. She was originally in Sichuan in the west of the People 's Republic of China endemic and in 1910 was introduced by Ernest Henry Wilson in Europe, a remote valley in the province devastated during an expedition, which could also be called a massive raid and over 6000 bulbs to Europe brought. He fell from a rock, which he shattered a leg and almost life would have cost - which is why he later spoke of his " Liliengehumpel ".
Like all lilies species it prefers well -drained soils, but over whose pH is more tolerant than other types, as long as it is only rich in nutrients. It prefers partial shade to full sun stands, where it is hardy.
System
In addition to the nominotypischen taxon exists as a variety:
- Lilium regale var album, with pure white blooms