Taiwanese Lily

 For the past few years, there have been a couple of lily flowers grown at the entrance of our home. They are remarkable among other grasses and attract our eyes when they come out. Here is one of them.

Looking up the species of this lily, I found Taiwanese Lily was most likely. It also looks like Gun Lily but has red line on the lateral sides of periaths, which is peculiar to this species.

A botanological site says it was originally from Taiwan and is widely spread all around in our country. It is pretty stout and could grow anywhere. It may cluster at one place. It hates, however, continuous cropping and may disappear in a few years. The seed would flow in wind and may grow at another place.

It is also told to comeout in early summer. How have they bloomed in this season? Is it thanks to the global warming? In this cool season when other flowers are withering, they look very attractive. 

We have never planted these lilies. I am sure a couple of seeds were flown down here and have grown like this. A kind of mysterious and romantic story. I don't know how long they will live there. For the time being, they would please us until they finish living there. May they go on living at another place and make people happy there.