Lilium eupetes explained

Lilium eupetes is a recently discovered and described epiphytic species of lily from the north of Vietnam.[1] [2]

Lilium eupetes reproduces by seed and vegetatively via the production of bulbils dispersed by wind. When the leaves die back they wither and curl into a circle. This eventually detaches from the stem, and acts as the functional equivalent of a samara, carrying the attached bulbil to a new site.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.crug-farm.co.uk/content/uploads/press%20releases/2008/Crug%20Farm%20Intros.pdf Julian Mark Hugh Shaw, Three New Crûg Farm Introductions, Plantsman 7(1): 39-43 (2008)
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=373198 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families