Easter Lily

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YoungEasterLilly.sized.jpg Scientific name: Lilium longiflorum Thunb.

I. Botany/History - (Scientific Name, Family, Growth Habit, Origin, development, key people)

  • Family: Liliaceae.
  • Growth Habit: Perennial from bulb.
  • Origin: Native habitat - Southern Japanese and neighboring islands ≈ latitude 30° N (New Orleans).
  • Horticultural development:

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II. Uses - (pots, cut flowers, bulbs, bedding plants, etc.)


III. Propagation - (Sexual, Asexual)


IV. Growing/Flowering - (Light - photosynthesis, photoperiodic responses; Temperature (recommended/necessary for different growth stages or growth regulation); Water; Nutrition; Media/Potting/Planting; Atmosphere; Growth Regulation (chemical, environmental, etc.)

ELilyNoLight.sized.jpg No light
DIF_EasterLilies_1.sized.jpg DIF & Easter Lilies

V. Special Considerations - (special timing or growing techniques, idiosyncraces, etc.)


VI Disorders - (Insect; Disease; Physiological)


VII. Marketing and Grading - (Areas of production in U.S.; Specific dates or holidays if applicable)

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VIII. Postharvest Handling


IX. Cultivars


X. References