I mentioned to Ann Mackay the other day that we have two very colorful wild and native lilies locally. The Canada Lily, featured in that post, and the Wood Lily-Lilium philadelphicum featured today. This is a shot from 2009 that never was shared here as I started blogging in 2010 and never looked back. 🙂
This is about the right date to find this but with the threat of rain today I won’t be making that hike.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Very warm, rich orange/yellow. As you can see from my profile photo to the left, I’m a fan of those colours! A native to be proud of for sure!
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I hadn’t recognized that but now that you mention it, yes I can see the similarity and happy that you like it, Liz.
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I never see a lily with these colors and patterns without thinking, “What’s up, Tiger Lily?” Your photo’s better than the film, for sure.
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Thanks, although I will admit that it takes very little to best the movie.
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I like this photo with the plant in situ, surrounded by its companions. We have this growing at Illinois Beach State Park, never in very high numbers, and I’m always so pleased to see them. The other species we have here are L. michiganense, or Turk’s Cap lily.
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Thanks. I’ve only seen them as singles and haven’t seen groups at all. Maybe I just haven’t been to the right places.
We also have Turk’s Cap Lily, although not in my part of New England. But apparently there are two as ours is Lilium superbum.
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Yes and then sometimes the botanists go changing the names, so I’m never certain; add to that, around here some people call the wood lily Michigan lily and some people call Turk’s cap lily Michigan lily.
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The spots could almost pass for shadows.
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Or maybe they are shadows passing as spots.
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Beautiful colours and spots.
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Thank you, Ann-Christine.
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Certainly not a cheep thrill, but this reminds me of a baby bird asking desperately to be fed.
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On my own I wouldn’t have made the connection, but now that you mention it I see that too.
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Nice & colorful Steve!
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Thanks, Reed.
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That’s a stunning flower – I love the markings and the intensity of the colour. It looks impossibly exotic for a wildflower – nothing we have is as showy.
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It is a lily after all, Ann. 🙂 Not all are as spectacular as these and the other one I shared.
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Beautiful lily, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.
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I haven’t gone lately but I photographed this at High Ledges just at the beginning of the Waterthrush Trail.
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