| Giant Spider Lily |
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| File size | 677505 |
| Original date | 10/8/05 5:16 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/143s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Crinum x amabile Family: Amaryllidaceae (Nargis family)
Giant spider lily is an imposing flower, whose presence cannot be ignored in any garden.
It is a hybrid between Crinum asiaticum and Crinum zeylanicum.
Dark green
strap-like leaves may be more than 3 feet long by 4 inches wide. Flowers
are shaped like tubes that flair open into a crown of narrow petals. The
petals are white with a pink longitudinal stripe on the underside.
Red and pink fragrant flowers sit atop a succulent, cylindrical flower stalk
that is 1 to 3 feet tall. A 6-inch-long floral tube bears 6 petals and sepals,
and rosy stamens from the throat of this tube. These striking, fragrant
flowers appear most abundantly in the spring, summer and fall seasons of the
year. Giant Spider Lily is native to India.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in cultivation in Delhi & Imphal. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,