A description for Lilium polyphyllum from 100 himalayan Flowers by Mehta and Bole "It is bulbous herb, with leafy stem, upto 3 m tall the leaves are linear to oblanceolate, 10-12 cm, slender and many nerved; the lower leaves are ogten whorled, the flowers are fragrant, 5 Cm in dia, and are held on terminal racemes. Blooming from June to August, they are dull yellowish or greenish outside and white within with long purple streaks; the segments are oblanceolate, strongly reflexed or curved, giving the flower a cup shaped pretty appearance. *The fruit is an erect, 3 valved many seeded capsule; *The seeds are vertically compressed" So I also conclude Lilium polyphyllum Thanks On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Many thanks Garg ji for resurfacing this post. > Thank you very much Pankaj for the clarification, and for confirming the > ID. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Whole inflorescence of Geodorum turns upright while fruiting so that is >> not an issue. But I think Gurcharan sir is right. This is Lilium >> polyphyllum. This seems too tall for Frittilaria. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 --
