Surprise Lily

lycoris squamigera

The Surprise Lily is a beautiful flower that surprises everyone by blooming suddenly! Its lovely pink petals make it look like it's celebrating summer!

Lebensraum: Surprise Lilies thrive in well-drained soil and can often be found in gardens and meadows.

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The Surprise Lily has bare, sturdy stalks that suddenly appear, topped with clusters of large, trumpet-shaped flowers. Its vibrant pink-purple petals often recurve elegantly, revealing a delicate white or pale yellow throat, making it visually striking against the late summer landscape.

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Surprise Lily

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

It's also called 'Naked Lady' because flowers pop up before leaves!

Its scientific name, 'Lycoris', means 'dazzling nymph' – how cool is that?

The lily's amazing bulbs can live for over 100 years underground!

These magical flowers can appear almost overnight in late summer!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Surprise Lily has a clever 'leaf-first, flower-later' strategy, blooming on bare stalks in late summer to avoid competing with its own leaves for sunlight.

Surprise Lily can stay hidden underground as a bulb for years, waiting patiently for just the right conditions to burst forth with its beautiful flowers.

Surprise Lily emits a sweet, captivating fragrance, acting as a powerful invisible beacon that attracts nocturnal pollinators like sphinx moths.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 30-60 cm
Ausbreitung: 15-30 cm
Blütengröße: 5-8 cm
Blütezeit: Late summer to early fall
Essbar: Nein
Giftigkeit: Mäßig
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Visits flowers for nectar.

pollinates

White-lined Sphinx Moth

Hyles lineata

Sips nectar while hovering.

pollinates

Painted Lady butterfly

Vanessa cardui

Feeds on nectar from blooms.

Merkmale

Mehrjährig

Mehrjährige Pflanzen leben länger als zwei Jahre und treiben in der Regel jedes Jahr aus ihren Wurzeln neu aus, um zu wachsen und zu blühen.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.