Lilium columbianum was previously featured on BPotD, but I thought it might be nice to show a photograph of Columbia Lily in its wild habitat. As I mentioned in the previous entry on Cornwall Hill Provincial Park, we observed hundreds of lilies in the moist open forests of the area.
In BPotD un-news, Nature recently published a list of the top 50 science weblogs. Absent from this top fifty list is this very weblog, which would have ranked number 35 using the Technorati ranking scheme they based the ratings on. Ah well. I still recommend visiting the science weblogs on the list – many gems in there.
Beautiful photograph! Do these lillies typically branch to produce two blooms on one stem?
Lilium columbianum - Z5 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
I read the list and I agree ... Nature goofed up. This is a great weblog.
Thanks, Lynn - one was typical, two to three flowers per stem were common, four to seven or eight flowers could be found with some searching.
Thanks, Hollis.
Obviously Nature thinks bioinformatics, say, is cooler than botany, but I didn't expect them to deny that the latter is actually a science.
I guess you should start a proteomics blog if you want to make that list.
I really can't speak for Nature, but I suspect it was merely an oversight.
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on this computer!!
an outstanding photo...brings back memories...used to call this lily a wild tiger lily...
I was searching the web for this wild day lily. I took a picture of it growing wild on the banks of Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Arkansas on July 7, 2007. I had to crawl up the bank into some high brush to get a good closeup pic of this unusual wild flower and have the bites to prove it. Managed not to see any snakes though :). As I love day lilies, I loved this flower and was very perplexed by it. So glad I found it here. Thank you.
Elaine Horner