Lilium eupetes is a recently discovered and described epiphytic species of lily from the north of Vietnam.[1][2]

Lilium eupetes reproduces by seed and vegetatively via the production of bulbils dispersed by wind. When the leaves die back they wither and curl into a circle. This eventually detaches from the stem, and acts as the functional equivalent of a samara, carrying the attached bulbil to a new site.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Julian Mark Hugh Shaw, Three New Crûg Farm Introductions, Plantsman 7(1): 39-43 (2008)
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families