#peruvian lily

[tomhoppusdelonge]

Lily of the Incas

[oddestishottest]

06/23/25

[rabbitcruiser]

Flowers in Vancouver (No. 3)

Alstroemeria, commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America, although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity: one in central Chile and southern Argentina, the other in eastern Brazil. Species of Alstroemeria from Patagonia are winter-growing plants, while those of Brazil are summer growing. All are long-lived perennials except A. graminea, a diminutive annual from the Atacama Desert of Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

[times-of-life]

South American Blossoms

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Alstroemeria or Peruvian Lily blooming in the Flower Dome.

This scene won’t need the depth-of-field afforded by the aperture of f/11 but the lens performed best at this aperture. However, this meant having to push up the ISO to 1600 in order to get a decent shutter speed. The image quality at this ISO seemed good enough though.

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[photoblogdujour]

Twins. That's Arnold on the left and Danny on the right. Hold on. My spousal unit says that's Romulas on the left and Remus on the right, although I thought Remus had passed away. Maybe it's an old photograph.

[helluvatimes]

Golden Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria aurea blooming again in the shade of an olive tree in the Flower Dome. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

The Latin epithet ‘aureum’ apparently meant ‘golden’. This was taken with the exposure biased 1-2/3 stops darker.

[thetwilightgarden]

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 5 August 2024

In this herbaceous border the late summer display was provided by the orange flowers of the tuberous rooted Alstroemeria sp. (Peruvian lily) and these contrasted with the blue blooms of the cormous perennial Triteleia laxa (brodiaea, grassnut, Ithuriel's spear, triplet lily).

Jill Raggett