Pancratium zeylanicum
Pancratium zeylanicum, commonly known as the Javanese lily[2]: 46 is a bulbous perennial herb native to Borneo, Java, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the Laccadive Islands, and the Philippines.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
| Species: | P. zeylanicum |
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| Pancratium zeylanicum | |
Floral stages over a period of 4 days. See image page for more details
It is sometimes grown as a hothouse container plant. It does not have a rest period unless water is withheld. It propagates by producing offsets and seed.
The pollinator is a moth with a very long proboscis. Flowers are white with narrow tepals and long teeth along the margin of the staminal corona.[4]
References
- IPNI Publication Details
- Rumpf, Georg Eberhard (2003). Rumphius' Orchids: Orchid Texts from the Ambonese Herbal. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300129311.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 290
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