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lily

Lily Lily Lily is a perennial herb, because the bulb has many scales aggregated together, so it is called lily. Lily is no stranger to everyone. You will see lily in the streets and all kinds of activities!

Lily is mainly distributed in temperate regions such as China, Japan, North America and Europe. The lilies I have seen before are all branches. In fact, planting a pot at home is also excellent!

Morphological characteristics of lily scales: When it comes to lily, we have to talk about its scales. Yes, the lily we eat is the underground part of the lily. It turned out to be thick purple or white leaves.

Leaves: Do you know what the leaves of lilies look like? Are you just looking at flowers? Lily leaves have different shapes due to different varieties, such as needles, ellipses, strips and so on.

Color: There are many colors of lily, such as yellow, white, pink and red. Other colors of flowers you usually see may be lilies!

Lily's growth environment Lily is cold-tolerant, growing well at 15~25℃, and growing poorly at temperatures below 5℃ or above 30℃.

Lily likes to grow in slightly acidic soil. Pay attention to water quality and improve soil in time when planting at home.

Lily likes semi-cloudy environment, and enough scattered light indoors can grow healthily. If the sunshine is insufficient, it will lead to long stems or flower buds falling off.

Lily Varieties There are 120 lilies in the world, of which 55 are from China. Think with a little pride! Although there are many varieties of lilies, only a few are common. Let's have a look!

Lancome lily

The flowers are orange-red, the petals are slightly curly, and there are purple-black spots on the petals, which are very similar to the patterns on the back of tigers, so they are also called tiger skin lilies.

Beautiful lily

This is a proud name. In Taiwan Province Province, China, there is a beautiful peony, which is called "the most beautiful lily in East Asia". The shape is basically the same as that of Lilium lancifolium, but the flowers are pink and the petals are covered with rose spots.

Lanzhou lily

Named for its slender leaves and coral-like corolla. Flowers bloom in late spring and early summer, and the color is bright red and shiny.

Musk lily

Also known as iron cannon lily, the petals are short and thick, small and lovely.

Tianxiang Baihe

Also known as the famous mountain lily, it is a common wild lily variety, originally from Japan. Most of the flowers are light yellow, and the petals are covered with spots.

Lily of Qingdao

It is said that Qingdao Lily was discovered by German botanists when they visited Little Qingdao, so it was directly named Qingdao Lily, also known as Laoshan Lily. It has been listed as the second batch of rare and endangered plants in China. Please take care of this lily!

Pictures of lilies in various colors Daquan Yellow Lily

Red lily

Pink lily

Weisse Lilien