Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 6 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Cadmium-orange with red tips and are covered in large spots.
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Species Lily
  • Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium humboldtii subsp. ocellatum
  • Synonym: Lilium humboldtii var. ocellatum
  • Synonym: Lilium humboldtii var. bloomerianum

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Date: 2022-11-21

Date: 2023-03-29
Few months after sowing.
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Date: 2022-01-23

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