Family relatives include daylily, hyacinth, tulip, aloe, lily-of-the-valley, star lily, desert-candle, and poker-plant (torch-flower).
Personality:
Has tufts of fine, feathery foliage along stems.
Stems to 16 inches, classed as a monocotyledon, leaves mostly parallel veined.
Plant is a herbaceous perennial from tuberous roots.
Storage Specifics:
36-41 F
Tidbits:
Not a true fern.
With over 3000 species, the lily family includes many medicinal and food species in addition to ornamental species.
Recent Research Findings:
Fujino et al. (1981) showed that vaselife was increased from about 10 to 26 days in water simply by recutting the stems.
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