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 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/ <http://www.kalle-k.dk/Lilium%20maculatum.JPG> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan ji, > 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 > > On Aug 11, 7:57 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > Lilium-maculatum-Kashmir-a.jpg > > 380KViewDownload > > > > Lilium-maculatum-Kashmir-b.jpg > > 268KViewDownload
