" The panthers of the meadow – tiger lily , " a quotation from author Titus Munson Coan , extend a verbal description as colorful as the flower . Tiger lilies frisk large , fiery orange blooms speckle with dark office , much like freckles on cutis .

" The panthers of the meadow – tiger lilies , " a quotation from writer Titus Munson Coan , offers a verbal description as colourful as the flower . Tiger lilies sport large , fervid orange blush bespeckle with benighted spot , much like freckles on skin . Other names for Tiger lilies include Devil lily , Leopard lily , Chalace - cupful lily and Pine lily . Another popular name , Ditch lily , was pass on because these flowers inhabit ditches throughout the United States . This bloom display distinctive parts and characteristics .

Bulb

The bulb part of the Tiger lily is the secret shoot and has modify leaves with inspissate leaf bases that the flower uses as food memory . Panthera tigris lily grow easily , thus they make hearty garden plants . Because they grow so effortlessly , bulb scales can be murder or undress off the bulb and planted in peat soil in a nerveless dark place . These will produce bulbets that can grow in a glasshouse surroundings and be planted out of doors .

Petals

Also called the corolla , Tiger lily petal come in showy , vibrant orange tree . They also rollick dark freckle - like spots . Petals wall the reproductive character of the bloom . Since Tiger lily flower petal come in multiple of three , they are classified as monocots .

Stamens

As the Tiger lily develop and the petals curl , the flower reveals six off-white - yellowish stems sticking out of the substance , called stamens . anther rest on the last of each stamen .

Anthers

anther channel the all - significant pollen that blossom expend to reproduce . The rust - colored anthers on Tiger lilies arrest pollen detritus that should be carefully do by , because if it brush up against habiliment , it can leave a stain that is arduous to remove .

Leaf Axil

Leaf axils fulfil up with piss and form habitat . This part of the flower is recondite and can hold water . It ’s where the foliage attaches to the bow . Leaf axils can hold 1.5 centimeters to 166.9 centimeters of water , grant to Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation .

Stem

anthesis – the bud physical process – hap in the Tiger lily ’s efflorescence stem . Buds grow into one or more flower . The stem is divided into internodes and nodes , which hold the bud . Panthera tigris lilies typically grow four to five flush on each individual shank .

Pistil

Panthera tigris lilies control a single pistil – a basal share that is also referred to as the ovary of the bloom because it hold fertilized egg seeds or ovule . It also house the stigma and elan . The steamy part , the stigma at the top of the pistil , traps and holds pollen . The style , the thermionic vacuum tube - like anatomical structure , supports the stigma .

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