Type of Flowers
Lilium: Lilium (members of which are truthful lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all amongst large prominent flowers. Lilies are a grouping of flowering plants which are of import inward civilization together with literature inward much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their arrive at extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants convey "lily" inward their mutual advert but are non related to truthful lilies.
The botanic advert Lilium is the Latin cast together with is a Linnaean name. The Latin advert is derived from the Greek λείριον, leírion, to a greater extent than oftentimes than non assumed to refer to true, white lilies every bit exemplified past times the Madonna lily.The give-and-take was borrowed from Coptic (dial. Fayyumic) hleri, from measure hreri, from Demotic hrry, from Egyptian hrṛt "flower". Meillet maintains that both the Egyptian together with the Greek give-and-take are possible loans from an extinct, substratum linguistic communication of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greeks also used the give-and-take κρῖνον, krīnon, albeit for non-white lilies.
The term "lily" has inward the past times been applied to numerous flowering plants, oftentimes amongst exclusively superficial resemblance to the truthful lily, including lotus, ranunculus, tulip, iris, anemone, agapanthus, zantedeschia, daylily, together with others. All English linguistic communication translations of the Bible homecoming the Hebrew shūshan, shōshan, shōshannā every bit "lily", but the "lily amidst the thorns" of Song of Solomon, for instance, may live the honeysuckle.
The arrive at of lilies inward the Old World extends across much of Europe, across well-nigh of Asia to Japan, due south to India, together with due east to Indochina together with the Philippines. In the New World they extend from southern Canada through much of the United States. They are commonly adapted to either woodland habitats, oftentimes montane, or sometimes to grassland habitats. H5N1 few tin hold upwards inward marshland together with epiphytes are known inward tropical southeast Asia. In full general they prefer moderately acidic or lime-free soils.
Many species are widely grown inward the garden inward temperate together with sub-tropical regions. They may also live grown every bit potted plants. Numerous ornamental hybrids convey been developed. They tin live used inward herbaceous borders, woodland together with shrub plantings, together with every bit patio plants. Some lilies, specially Lilium longiflorum, cast of import cutting blossom crops. These may live forced for item markets; for instance, L. longiflorum for the Easter trade, when it may live called the Easter lily.
Lilies are ordinarily planted every bit bulbs inward the dormant season. They are best planted inward a south-facing, slightly sloping aspect, inward Sun or business office shade, at a depth 2½ times the tiptop of the bulb (except L. candidum which should live planted at the surface). Lilies convey contractile roots which clit the found downwardly to the right depth, hence it is meliorate to found them likewise shallowly than likewise deep. H5N1 soil pH of merely about 6.5 is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non safe. The soil should live well-drained, together with plants must live kept watered during the growing season. Some plants convey potent wiry stems, but those amongst heavy blossom heads may require staking.
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