H. altissima (Stout, 1943)[Stout, A.B., Herbertia, vol.9, 1943, p.103] |
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H. altissima (nearly from the front) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, July 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Inflorescence: | Time: | late afternoon until next morning (nocturnal), mid-July until September |
| Flower: | 7.5cm in diameter, bright yellow, trumpet shape | |
| Fragrance: | fragrant | |
| Sepals: | ||
| Petals: | ||
| Tube: | 5cm long | |
| Pedicel: | ||
| Fruit: | 2cm long, 2cm wide, reverse egg-shaped | |
| Seeds: | ||
| Scape: | up to 200cm long, branched in the upper quarter | |
| Bracts: | 7-10cm long | |
| Leaves: | 60-120cm long, 2-2.5cm wide, dormant in winter | |
| Roots: | coarse-fibred with spindle-shaped swellings, swollen at their ends with erect pseudobulbs | |
| Remarks: | Spreading: | |
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| Habitat: | South-West China (Purple Mountains near Nanking) | |
| Common Names: | Engl.: tall daylily German: hohe Taglilie Japan.: Chin.: Tsu-kin-shan |
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| others: | plant over-winters as a mere heap of foliage |
H. altissima (from the front) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, July 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |
H. altissima (from the side) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, July 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |