Tabish ji Perhaps this one from Hortus Third will clear your doubt: Lilium x maculatum Cv. 'Batemanniae' (syn: L. elegans var. Batemanniae Hort. ex Bak.; L. batemanniae Hort ex Wallace)- stems to 3.5 feet, fls. apricot coloured, not spotted.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:47 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “ The species name "maculatum" stands for spotted, and I believe it > > comes from the heavily spotted petals that I see in the images on the > web: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lilium_maculatum_flower.jpg > On the other hand, the petals of your flowers look spotless. *So, I > urge you to rethink the identification. Unfortunately, I am unable to > suggest anything. > * > - Tabish” > > > > “Thanks Tabish ji for your critical observation. What attracted me to this > plant was unusually large flowers with tepals 7-10 cm long. THe only species > I can think of with erect-spreading (not recurved at tip) and linear > scattered leaves was this one only. *Agreed that flowers are usually > spotted, but as Bailey writes " scarcely to much spotted".* Let us see if > there is any other alternative: Here is something to support my conclusion: > > > http://www.kalle-k.dk/Lilium%20maculatum.JPG > > > http://korin518.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c2300164413-1 > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 11 August 2010 08:27 > Subject: [efloraofindia:44037] Lilium maculatum from Kashmir > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India < > [email protected]> > > > Lilium maculatum from Kashmir, photographed from Hazuribagh Garden on June > 16, 2010 > > Common Names: > Japanese: Sukashi-yuri > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1360 members & > 47,000 messages on 10/9/10) > >
