File talk:Lilium regale var. regale - 20070814.jpg

Help with plant identification

It's a good idea to correct misleading names into accurate ones; Perform a websearch for Iris delavayi; You'll see that it is a completely different plant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rillke (talk • contribs) 21:04, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hi. Can someone help to identify the species of lily shown in "File:Iris delavayi.jpg"? Apparently it is not an Iris delavayi but we folks at the Commons don't know what it is, so we can't rename the file (unless we call it "Unidentified Lilium"). Please respond at "File talk:Iris delavayi.jpg". Thanks very much! — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 16:39, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Looks like Lilium regale, possibly a selected form of it or a hybrid of it. Imc (talk)

I too believe that it is Lilium regale. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 17:44, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Great, thanks! I'll wait a few days and see if there are other suggestions before renaming the file. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 19:03, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

There are two varieties or forms of Lilium regale in cultivation. The first is the 'normal' variety, Lilium regale var. regale, which File:Iris delavayi.jpg appears to be. It has purplish markings on the outside of the flower, and deeper green leaves. The second is Lilium regale var. album, which seems to be the variety illustrated in the wild at File:Lil_regale_01Infl_China_Sichuan_Wolong_18_06_04.jpg. This has a pure white outside to the flower, and rather paler leaves. (de:Königs-Lilie mentions this variety, en:Lilium regale does not at present.) Peter coxhead (talk) 21:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone – I've renamed the image "Lilium regale var. regale - 20070814.jpg". — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 11:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)