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YPSILANDRA YPSILANDRA Liliaceae (Lily family) 蕊花属 |
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Ypsilandra thibetica in our garden. Photograph © Paige Woodward |
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Photograph © Paige Woodward |
Ypsilandra
thibetica Franchet.蕊花 Ya
rui hua (Chinese). Several wands of white
flowers with protruding, purple-tipped stamens rise above mounds of basal strap
leaves in February-April. The name is from the Greek ypsilo (Y-shaped
) and andra (stamen), a description that does not apply
to this species, though some members of the genus have anthers cleft like
a peace sign into 3 lobes. This lily is rhizomatous and once settled in
will produce offsets every year. Our plants are divisions of
material collected in China, in NE Yunnan province, by Steve Hootman (SEH.165). At left you see
Ypsilandra unfolding
in spring sleet. We have since learned to position it on a
slope where it can lean a little without getting muddy. Height of flower
stalk 10-30 cm (4-8"). Zone 6, possibly colder.
Blooming-size division (Fall shipping only). $12.00 |
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| This page was updated March 20, 2008. |