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Liliaceae
Himalayan Lily
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Spectacular culmination after years of patient growth.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Cardiocrinum
- Native to
- Himalayas, China, Myanmar
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- monocarpic bulbous perennial
- Height
- 180–360 cm
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, deep, humus-rich, well-drained
- Water
- moderate to high
- Hardiness
- 6–9
- Lifespan
- 5–7 years to bloom; dies after flowering
Did you know
- The giant lily grows for up to seven years as a leafy rosette before sending up a towering flower stalk and dying.
- Each flower stem can bear up to 20 enormous trumpet-shaped blooms, each 15–20 cm long and powerfully fragrant.
- The intoxicating scent intensifies at night to attract hawk moths for pollination.
- Daughter bulbs form around the dying mother bulb, ensuring the colony persists after the parent's sacrifice.
- Cardiocrinum means 'heart lily,' referring to the large heart-shaped basal leaves.
Color meanings
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patience rewarded
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magnificence
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grand finale