The word lily is likewise utilized in the basic names of numerous plants of other genera that take after evident lilies. These incorporate the day lily (Hemerocallis) and different types of the family Amaryllidaceae.
The genuine lilies are erect lasting plants with verdant stems, flaky bulbs, typically restricted leaves, and singular or bunched roses. The blossoms comprise of six petallike sections, which may frame the state of a trumpet, with a pretty much stretched cylinder, as in the Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) and Easter lily (L. longiflorum). Then again, the sections might be reflexed (bended back) to frame a turban shape, as in the Turk's top lily (L. martagon); or they might be less emphatically reflexed and structure an open cup or bowl shape, as in L. umbellatum and L. auratum. The blossoms of certain species are very fragrant, and they happen in a wide assortment of hues. Plants of most species go in range from 30 to 120 cm (1–4 feet); plants of specific species, notwithstanding, surpass 2.5 m (8 feet) in stature.
Lilies are among the most seasoned developed plants. In Asia Minor, during the second thousand years BC, the bulb of the Madonna lily was developed for use in a therapeutic balm; the people of yore raised the bulbs of this species for food. The Greeks and Romans developed it for fancy and restorative purposes. During the Middle Ages the Madonna lily was related with the Virgin Mary as an image of immaculateness; it is frequently remembered for canvases of her. In East Asia different types of lily were developed as food and decorative plants from an early date.
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Lilies are typically raised from bulbs, yet they can be developed from seed. Various species fluctuate in the measure of daylight they require. Most lean toward a permeable, loamy soil, and great waste is basic. Most species sprout in July or August. The blossoming times of specific species start in pre-summer; others sprout in pre-fall or early pre-winter
The water lilies of our country are not like that, they have many more petals, and in the rainy season these water lilies are blooming in the canal bill, it seems that there are innumerable stars.