Crinum × amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 39: t. 1605 1814. (syn: Crinum × amabile var. augustum (Roxb.) Ker Gawl.; Crinum × augustum Roxb.; Crinum × superbum Roxb.); 01. Quoting from Baker’s Handbook of the Amaryllideae (1988): Perianth white; tube erect, tinged with green, 3-4 in. long; segments linear, 2-3 in. long. Stamens tinged with red, 2 in. long: Crinum asiaticum Perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, bright red (other literature have quoted as purple also), 3-4 in. long; segments 4-5 in. long, red on the outside: Crinum amabile 02. Quoting from Afroz et al. (2018). TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS CRINUM L. (LILIACEAE) OF BANGLADESH. Bangladesh J. of Pl Taxonomy 25 (2): 257-271. Scape purplish, shorter than the leaves: Crinum amabile Scape green, longer than the leaves: Crinum asiaticum ..
Crinum Lily for ID : Friends of the Trees Exhibition, Mumbai : 05JUN20 : AK-5 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Crinum procerum – one of the red varieties. Would this be Crinum procerum var. splendens? Yes. It looks closure to it. Thanks, …, for the id. Yes, to me also appears closer to Crinum asiaticum var. procerum f. splendens as per https://www.pacificbulbsociety.CrinumSpeciesFour https://commons.wikimedia.Crinum_procerum_var._splendens.jpg Thanks … Something very odd. Crinum × amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. Thanks … Now, I am further confused.
please validate-Crinum augustum.010914RT-1 : 15 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). please validate-Amaryllidaceae–Crinum augustum. Place-Alapuzha; Kearala. Habitat-cultivated garaden Flowers-scented. Height-4 feet. efi page on Crinum × amabile As per The Plant List Ver. 1.1, Crinum × augustum Roxb. is a synonym of Crinum × amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. Crinum asiaticum So many pink-white crinum flowers identified with so many names in the net is very confusing to me. I think – i) if flowers are pedicellate (1 to 2 inch) it is C. augustum R., and they are sweetly fragrant ii) if flowers are sessile it is C. zeylanicum (L.) L., don’t know if they are fragrant May be there are more similar looking other species. Thanks …The sweet scented flowers are borne on a long pedicel-upto 2 feet long. It is the same thing as in … post on 030812 from Lalbagh. Your crinum may be same as the one you have mentioned. But perhaps you have meant 2 ft peduncle, not pedicel. Please correct me if I am wrong. Yes dear …; thanks for correcting me. It is a peduncle bearing the flower cluster. Since leaves are all basal and inflorescence axis is leafless we would call it a scape and not a peduncle. Yes Sir, I was wrong. No … you were not wrong Yes Sir, I wanted to say pedicels (or not) on the scape, instead wrote pedicels on the peduncle….. must be something to do with those Alocasia-Colocasia! As … is an experts on Crinum & published a new species- Kew Bulletin September 2012, Volume 67, Issue 3, pp 521-526 Crinum malabaricum (Amaryllidaceae), a remarkable new aquatic species from Kerala, India and lectotypification of Crinum thaianum by M. M. Lekhak & S. R. Yadav- we should review the identity of this post in light of his views. Yes, …, this is not for amateurs. Crinum flowers with pink hue can be a member of C. asiaticum complex. At the outset let me tell you that I am not an expert in this group. I am just a beginner. The group is highly polymorphic and species particularly the ones which are in ornamental trade (Crinum asiaticum, C. amabile, C. powellii etc) are very difficult to delimit. The image provided here cannot be Crinum zeylanicum as C. zeylanicum has funnel-shaped perianth not salver-shaped (as in the present case). Let me see some literature on cultivated Crinums. I will get back to you. Can we take it as Crinum × amabile ? Yes Sir, let’s wait for .. feedback. Yes, … Presently this cultivated taxon of Crinum is valid in the name – Crinum × amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. Yes, I shall go with Crinum x amabile Donn ex Ker-Gawl Thank you for your mail, it is Crinum asiaticum (=C. ambile)
Lily for ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 030812 : AK-1: Pictures taken on 24/7/12 in Lalbagh, Bangalore. Looks like some species of spider lily. Buds are red in color. Missed seeing the open flower. Crinum x amabile Donn is my guess. Amaryllidaceae. It does look like Crinum x amabile Donn, Giant Spider Lily. This could be Crinum asiaticum also !! To me it looks like Crinum x amabile Donn. Can we take it as Crinum × amabile ? 01. Quoting from Baker’s Handbook of the Amaryllideae (1988):
Ornamental Lilies for ID : Bangalore : 28OCT20 : AK-48 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Cultivated Lilies seen in August. These are similar to the ones seen in Flower Show in Mumbai. I think I have posted earlier. I will check and let you know whether the plant is same. Possibly Crinum species. Crinum only Thanks, …, for the id.
This is Crinum × amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl., as per images and details herein.
incredible Crinum from Hooghly: If you click the following two google search –
the first link gives you majority pinkish white flower while the 2nd gives majority white flowers! According to The Plant List –
GRIN list of Crinum = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3075 NTBG has some description = http://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=11808 Dave’s Garden = http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/90355/#b This is an ornamental herb, Crinum sp., in a private compound beside a pond, recorded on 5/10/2012 in Hooghly. Incidentally I have Bailey, Manual of Cultivated plants (a standard reference for cultivated plants) which treats Crinum asiaticum, C. amabile and C. augustum as three distinct species. Former is differentiated by white perianth and latter two by perianth red at least on outside. The author admits C. augustum as “doubtfully specifically distinct from A. amabile” differing in larger bulbs (up to 15 cm in diam.), less fragrant, and broader perianth segments (12-20 mm broad) as against smaller bulb, highly fragrant flowers and 10-12 mm broad segments. C. asiaticum is considered as a very variable species with bulb 10-13 cm in diam, flowers highly fragrant, white, with 10-12 mm broad segments. Perhaps we should avoid consulting The Plant List for cases where better options like GRIN are available. The Plant List records all the three as distinct species, but interestingly considers A. amabile var. augustum (Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. as synonym of C. asiaticum var. asiaticum,, but if you look at their source (World Checklist) the citation is C. augustum Roxb. (which The Plant List treats as independent species) as synonym of C. amabile. It would be good to know whether our plants fits C. amabile or C. augustum on the basis of bulb size and perianth width, and wait for some recent publication which treats them better. GRIN considers C. amabile as synonym of C. asiaticum, whereas Kew Worl Check List treats C. amabile as independant species with C. augustum as its synonym. Thank you very much for elaborating on three species of Crinum. Since i do not have bulb size and segment size i understand that this species should better be left as Crinum sp. only. Moreover i am not sure if this plant is fragrant or not, even if it is fragrant surely would be mildly. Please check Crinum ×amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl.
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