Monday, January 18, 2010

Lily

Lilium, better known as Lily, is a herbaceous flower grown out of bulbs. It is an Asian flower and is available in more than a hundred species. The importance of this flower is world literature and culture is unparalleled with its popularity traversing cultural borders and geographical barriers. The lily is used and nourished because most of the bulbs that have been made so far contain a pigment of the flower that accounts for the illumination of the electrical equipment. The flower is grown across the globe in parts like Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean and North America. The habitat is either woodland or grassland and in many places, Epiphyte.

Lilies are herbs with leaf stems. They are scaly underground bulbs without tunic and the base is made up of Rhizomes, out of which micro bulbs can also be found. Some of them also grow stolons and get buried at length. The roots make it easy for the harvesters to take the flowers out once they reap so that they can be put to use for further purpose. They are also deciduous and conceive basal rosettes throughout dormancy. Lilies often show diverse germination patterns while they become subject to experimentation by scientists and researchers. Some of the big ones have six petals with their colours ranging from white to yellow and orange to pink.

There are numerous ways to propagate Lily. It can be done by dividing bulbs, by growing them on bul-bils (bulbs formed on the stem), through scaling in which the whole scales get detached from the bulbs and planted further to form new bulbs, through seeds where various germination patterns can be entered and through micro-propagation techniques where commercial quantities get amalgamated with vitro and subsequently planted for the growth of huge plants that can be sold.

There are a lot of Lily forms grown in the garden with most being hybrids. The parent species differentiate them and make them look distinct. Some of them include the Asiatic Hybrids, Martagon Hybrids, Candidum Hybrids, Longiflorum Hybrids, American Hybrids and trumpet Lilies. The Oriental Hybrids wind up the list of one of the most charming and gorgeous looking flowers that mankind has ever seen. The hybrids are used for various purposes, some for medicines and some to be fitted into electrical equipment.

Apart from adding charm to the flora around the world, Lilies are also the most sought after flowers for scientists, botany experts and research scholars across the world for their thesis and dissertations. The flowers have a great illumination quotient about them that have intrigued many and compelled them to inspect this creation of nature whose popularity has no bounds or limits. The flower transcends all expectations and is such a flawless creation that has not only delighted people with its presence and glitter but also has been available to many good causes leading to prosperity and wonderful discoveries. The flower is grown in abundance everywhere and continues to be used as a source of great benefits and opulence.

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