This is our update to the Group Rules, January 2012:
All Glorious Lilies
This group is for images of Lily flowers to display their glorious beauty, whether macro, close-up, featuring a plant or a garden display. 2 images a day are allowed.
Photographers, traditional artists and digital creators are able to submit their Glorious Lilies images to this group.
Please add your very best work, and note that out of camera images are discouraged where they have blow-outs or high shade contrasts, etc.
People use the term lily to refer to flowering plants of several different species, genus and family types. For example, most people know the lilies – lilum – that belong to the Liliaceae family.
These are indeed included in this group, and the official flower list of the genera used by this group is The Plant List (A working list of all plant species). This website is a collaboration of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It is a working list of all known plant species. It is a most interesting website for anyone interested in botany, flowers and horticulture. This is the link to the site:
http://www.mobot.org/theplantlist/
Here’s their working list of what’s included in Liliaceae today:
1 Amana –
2 Calochortus – Mariposa lily
3 Cardiocrinum – Giant Himalyan Lily
4 Erythronium – Trout lily
5 Fritillaria – e.g. Checker lily
6 Gagea – e.g. Yellow star of Bethlehem
7 Lilium – e.g. martagon lily, Stargazer, Casablanca (oriental), Tiger lily
8 Lloydia – Alpine Lily
9 Medeola – Indian Cucumber Root
10 Nomocharis – Chinese Alpine lily
11 Notholirion –
12 Prosartes – Fairy Bells
13 Scollopus – Fetid Adder’s Tongue
14 Tulipa – Tulip
15 Zygadenus – Death Camas
We’re inclusive here in the All Glorious Lilies Group. We include flowers with lily in the common name. Examples are the water lily and arum lily who belong to different families – the water lily is a member of the nymphaeaceae family and the arum is a member of the araceae family.
So to help you out with our big broad scope, here are some lilies to consider:
Common name – Botanical or equivalent name
African Lily – Agapanthus
Arum Lily – Zantedeschia aethiopica
Cuban Lily – Scilla peruviana
Belladona Lily – Amaryllis or Hippeastrum
Blackberry Lily – Belamcanda chinensis
Blue Water Lily –Nymphaea capensis
Blue Water Lily, Blue Water Lily of the Nile – Lotus
Day Lily – Hemerocallis
Foxtail Lily – Eremurus
Ginger Lily – Hedychium
Glory Lily – Gloriosa rothschildiana
Guernsey Lily – Nerine bvowdenii
Kaffir Lily – Schizostylis coccinea
Lily, Asiatic – Lilium
Lily Leek – Allium moly
Lily of the Nile – Agapanthus
Lilyturf – Liriope muscari
Paradise Lily – Paradisea lusitanica
Peruvian Lily – Alstroemeria
Pineapple Lily – Eucomis
Plantain Lily – Hosta
Sacred Narcotic Lily of the Nile – Lotus
Scarborough Lily – Cyrtanthus elatus
St. Bernard’s Lily – Anthericum liliago
Sting Lily – Blumenbachia hieronymi
Sword Lily – Gladiolus and Acidanthera
Torch Lily – Kniphofia
Please note:
By submitting your images to the group, please be aware that they may be used within the group for features, avatar, challenge images, showcases of featured members and promotion of your work on the overview page.
Thank you