| Lilium arboricola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. arboricola |
| Binomial name | |
| Lilium arboricola Stearn | |
Lilium arboricola is an epiphytic lily species with green flowers, and orange-red anthers. It was first botanically described by Francis Kingdon-Ward and his assistants Chit Ko Ko and Tha Hla after a collection in the Shan region of Myanmar in 1953. Specimens from this collection flowered once in cultivation in Great Britain and were then lost. It was thought that it had been rediscovered in Lao Cai, Vietnam, in 2006, and introduced thence to Britain and Canada, but this turned out to be a new species (Lilium eupetes)
References
- arboricola
- The Garden - Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, May 2007
- Julian Shaw, Three New Crûg Farm Introductions, Plantsman 7(1): 39-43 (2008)
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| Lilium arboricola | |
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