흰백합 susan-e chelcheragh
백합속(나리속)에 속하는 꽃은 110여종이 있다. 그 중에 이란에서 “쑤싼에 첼체럭سوسن چلچراغ”(Lilium ledebourii)이라 불리는 이 꽃은 전세계에서 2군데에서만 자란다. 그 두군데 모두 이란의 북부 카스피해 연안 지역이다.
5월말에서 6월말 사이에 피는데, 날씨에 따라 2주간 혹은 1달간 피었다 진다.
이 꽃과 관련한 아티클이 하나 있어서 퍼왔다.
White Lily a Unique Attraction
Compiled by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia
White lily blossoms once a year for two weeks to one month–depending on climatic conditions–in two parts of the world: Damash in Gilan province and Talish in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Both these places are situated on the Alborz Range of the Iranian plateau.
White lily is called Susan-e Chelcheragh in Persian. Susan means lily and chelcheragh stands for chandelier. Residents of Damash believe that the name has been so used, because the flower glows at night.
Botanists maintain that the flower’s stamen contains fluorescent materials and hence reflects ligh, Deilamannews reported.
Characteristics
Lilium ledebourii is a flower of the lily family. It is a perennial plant growing up to 60-150 cm in height. It’s a bulb species with large scaly white bulbs, about one-meter tall stalks, and linear leaves; some leaves are attached to the base of the stalk, spreading around it, while other leaves are erect, lanceolate, with slightly dentate margins.
Flowers are rather large and strikingly white. Each flower has six slightly curved petals and six stamens with white filaments and long yellow anthers. It has six to nine buds on every branch.
Damash, which is situated in the south of the evergreen province of Gilan , has become a tourism site because of this unique flower. White lily is considered the epitome of Gilan’s unmatched natural beauty.
Festival
Researchers have endeavored to breed this plant indoors, but their efforts have been in vain so far.
White lily was discovered in 1975. Every year a large number of ecotourists and botanists visit Damash to see this unique flower bloom. It flowers from the middle of May until the end of the month.
This year, White Lily Festival was held at the natural habitat of the flower, Damash Village , in the presence of a large number of residents of Gilan, local and provincial officials as well as guests from other provinces of the country. Experts from France and Japan also attended the even, IRNA reported.
Managing director of Gilan’s Department of Environment, Kamran Zolfinejad, told the inaugural ceremony: “The concept of wise and prudent management necessitates that this unique species must be protected and its God-given beauty be displayed. Since two years ago, a pest has been detected in the unique plant that has affected its flowering. Shortage of water and low precipitation has also reduced its flowering.“
Zolfinejad stressed that with the establishment of White Lily Research Center , a biological approach can be found for overcoming the pest.
Addressing the same ceremony, Mohammad Hossein Mehdipour, head of Gilan’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, said, “A comprehensive tourism plan for the region has been proposed, the infrastructures of which will be gradually facilitated by state organizations.“