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Lilies and Related Plants - RHS Lily Group

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Above , Example flowers of the natural hybrid Lilium japonicum x Lilium auratum<br />

(cultivated from seeds at Matsumoto), 09.07.11-16.<br />

species. Even when the stems hang down the flowers are erect because of their<br />

basal structure, which is unique to Section Daurolirion. Japanese botanists have<br />

considered that L . maculatum lilies on the Pacific shore <strong>and</strong> those on the Japan<br />

Sea shore are somewhat different from each other. <strong>Lilies</strong> on the Pacific shore<br />

generally flower a month later than those on the Japan Sea shore. Morphological<br />

differences of leaves are also prominent among local populations. The germination<br />

pattern is typically immediate epigeal for the seed from Izu Peninsula, but not yet<br />

determined for the seeds from Oyashirazu population that are the westernmost<br />

L . maculatum population of the Japan Sea shore. It is necessary to learn more<br />

about the variations among geographically different populations to be able to<br />

Below, Marvelous Lilium platyphyllum population on N. Haruki’s garden, Izu-<br />

Ohshima, 07.07.19.<br />

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