Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense

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Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense
Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense, illustration

Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense , illustration

Systematics
Order : Lily-like (Liliales)
Family : Lily family (Liliaceae)
Subfamily : Lilioideae
Genre : Lilies ( Lilium )
Type : Lilium wallichianum
Variety : Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense
Scientific name
Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense
( Wight ) H. Hara

Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense is a variety of Lilium wallichianum from the genus of lilies ( Lilium ) in the trumpet lily section . It was temporarily classified as a separate species Lilium neilgherrense .

description

Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense reaches a height of up to 90 centimeters. The bulbs are round and up to 10 centimeters in diameter. The stem is hard and straight and wanders underground before sprouting, it forms daughter onions. The leaves are dark green, linear and distributed around the stem. The leaf veins lie on the underside of the leaf and have tiny thorns .

The plant blooms in August and September with up to three horizontal, trumpet-shaped flowers that are 18 to 25 centimeters long. The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six identical bloom cladding sheets (tepals) are bent back. The color of the flowers is creamy white on the outside and varies to greenish towards the inner base, the throat is yellow. The nectaries are green. There are three carpels and six stamens per flower. the anthers and pollen are light orange. The seeds ripen from October to November and germinate immediately - epigeously in a cold period. Germination takes between two and four weeks.

Spread / endangerment

The plant is in central Nepal and in the south of India in the Nilgiris , the Pulney- and Cardamom Mountains in 1830-2600 meters high endemic , making it the most common type of lily south at all. Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense needs a loamy, humus-rich soil, often found in open coniferous forests .

Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense is very rare. The WCMC (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center) classifies the endangerment of Lilium wallichianum var. Neilgherrense in the Indian state of Karnataka as Type I (very endangered).

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