Common name: Milk and Wine Lily, Ceylon swamplily, Pink striped trumpet lily • Hindi: सुदर्शन Sudarshan • Tamil: Vishamungil • Bengali: Sukhdarshan • Konkani: Golkando • Sanskrit: मधुपर्णिका Madhuparnika, Vrishakarni
Botanical name: Crinum latifolium Family: Amaryllidaceae (Nargis family) Synonyms: Crinum zeylanicum(?)
This old fashioned crinum lily is a low maintence plant that produces lovely,
large, striped, lily-like flowers. The stripes are alternately wine pink and
white. The flowers also have a wonderful faintly sweet fragrance. The tall
bloom stalk stands about 18-24 inches
above the abundant foilage and hold 5+ blooms at a time!
These will produce several flower stalks during the warmer
months with the majority of blooms coming in the spring and fall. These lilies
will multiply by producing bulbs underground as well as from the seeds that
form after the blooms. You'll have a lovely large group of these in no time.
Milk and Wine Lily is native to India. Flowering: June-August.
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