Lilium bulbiferum with common names Orange Lily, Fire Lily or Tiger lily, is a herbaceous perennial

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Lilium bulbiferum with common names Orange Lily, Fire Lily or Tiger lily, is a herbaceous perennial plant with underground bulbs, belonging to the genus Lilium of the Liliaceae family. peonies The Latin name bulbiferum of this species, meaning “bearing bulbs”, refers to the secondary bulbs on the stem.
Lilium bulbiferum reaches on average 20 90 centimetres (7.9 35.4 in) of height, with a maximum of 120 centimetres (47 in). The bulbs are ovoid, with whitish large and pointed scales and can reach about 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) of diameter. The stem is erect and the leaves are lanceolate , up to 10 centimetres long. The inflorescence has one to five short-haired flowers. They are hermaphroditic and scentless, have six upright tepals, the outer are slightly narrower than the inner ones. The flowers can reach 4-6 centimeters in length and are bright yellow-orange with reddish-brown dots. The stamens are erect, about half as long as the tepals, with red anthers. The style is orange, 35 millimetres (1.4 in) of height. The flowering period extends peonies from May through July.
There peonies are two varieties, Lilium bulbiferum var. croceum (Chaix) Baker in the Western part of the range, and Lilium bulbiferum var. bulbiferum in its Eastern part. Only the last one always produces secondary aerial bulbs ( bulbils ) in the axils of the upper leaves. These bulbils fall to the ground and mature after two to three years. When manually separated from the stem they can be easily used for propagating the plant.
The dwarf plants from the Maritime Alps, formerly described as var. chaixii (Elwes) Stoker, and the large plants from the region of Naples, formerly described as var. giganteum N. Terracc., are now considered as local variants of var. croceum .
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