| Lilly
Lilly, one of the most popular flower worldwide. Globally it stands fourth
among the popularity in flowers. Lilly is birth flower of May month.
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Lilium
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The family of Lilly flowers represents wealth, majesty, pride, innocence and purity. The white lilies, called the "Easter Lillies", are used to describe heavenly feelings. While that of "Peruvian Lilies" describe friendship and devotion, " Cala Lilies" depicts beauty, sophistication and yellow ones shows I'm Walking on Air, False and Gay.
Lastly "tiger lilly" is sign of Wealth and Pride and Lily of the valley describes Sweetness, Tears of the Virgin Mary, Return to Happiness, Humility, You've Made My Life Complete, beauty, gaiety.
Lilies come in many varieties. But, the most popular are Asiatics and Orientals.
- Asiatic Lilies - small flowers, less fragrant, wide colors
- Trumpet/Aurelian Lilies
- Oriental Lilies - Have strong fragrances, few colors,larger, flowers
- The Wild Lilies
- Martagon hybrid Lilies - Edible and Esculent herbs
- Candidum hybrid Lilies
- American hybrids Lilies
- Longiflorum hybrid Lilies - strong, sweet fragrance, large funnel shaped flowers, usually white.
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