Lilium chalcedonicum

Chalzedonische lily ( Lilium chalcedonicum )

The Chalzedonische lily ( Lilium chalcedonicum ) is a species of the genus Lilium (Lilium ) in the section Liriotypus ( Candidum section).

Description

The Chalzedonische lily is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of growth from 35 to 70 inches usually. The onion is yellowish-white and wide. The plant forms from the spring of a densely populated with narrow, lance-shaped, upwardly shorter leaves stems. The foliage is scattered standing at the base almost horizontally, towards the upper end but more and more erect, until the leaves lie almost on stalks.

To him a panicle with one to four (rarely to twelve ) is strongly recurved, vermilion flowers that are strongly papillose at the base appears in the July to August. The pollen is deep orange. The seed germinates delayed - epigeal.

Dissemination

The Chalzedonische lily is native only in southern Albania, Greece and the Ionian Islands. It thrives in damp, partially shaded locations in open deciduous forests, boxwood shrubs and meadows on calcareous, rocky terrain 600-1700 meters altitude.

System

The Chalzedonische Lily was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. At times, besides the nominate the varieties of Lilium maculatum var chalcedonicum ( with tight schwarzgepunkteter flower) and Lilium chalcedonicum were var heldreichii out ( on the upper part of the stem glabrous ). However, they are both no longer recognized today.

Can chalcedonicum Lilium with the Madonna lily ( Lilium candidum ), the natural hybrid Lilium x testaceum form.

Culture

The oldest known depiction of a lily probably shows Chalzedonische lilies. It involves about 3500 year old frescoes in the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini, which was buried by a volcano during the Minoan eruption.

Because of its spectacular appearance is cultivated at least since the 16th century. She was supposedly brought by Master Harbran 1597 Opel from Constantinople to Europe.