Commercial Floriculture

True Lilies

• There are many kinds of flowers, which have been called "Lilies", but many of these so-called Lilies such as the day-lily, water-lily and arum-lily, actually belong to other groups of flowering plants.
  
• Plants in the Lilies grow from Bulbs or Corms, both of which will store food over the winter or during the dry season.
  
• Unlike other Lilies, these vines produce their flowers in spherical clusters called Umbels, as in Bomarea.
  
• True Lilies are composed of fleshy scales without a protective outer coating.
  
• True Lilies are never dormant.