Erythronium revolutum
Hi-Knoll Park, Surrey, BC
My friends from the camera club and I decided to go to Hi-Knoll Park today and look for the rare pink fawn lilies "Erythronium revolutum".
The lilies only comes out for about 2 to 3 weeks in spring time. It's a real treat as it comes out once a year and to grow them from seeds takes about seven long years.
Just imagine for the tiny plant it only grow to over 30 cm tall, with pairs of long, thick, white-spotted leaves growing from the base. The flowers are pink and sometimes almost look fluorescent.
In BC they grow on Vancouver Island and then continue south along the coast to California. They like open and moist meadows, woodlands and streamsides. In BC this plant is found in the Georgia Lowlands ecoprovinces.
Be a friend of the nature and nature will love you back. Take good care of them.
Sunday 15 April 2012
Pink Fawn Lily ~
