Lilium Ledebourii

Posted by shahab (Qazvin, Iran) on 16 August 2008 in Plant & Nature.

This flower(locally named:Sousan-e Chel Cheraagh) is a unique species & only can be found in a limited area in Daamaash,a region in Gilan province,north of Iran.
For a little more information check this.

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Comments (20)

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Best flower photo today, wow Shahab!

16 Aug 2008 4:03am

reza khalili from tehran, Iran

so nice details and composition

16 Aug 2008 4:15am

Veronelle from Lens, France

super lily shot

16 Aug 2008 6:11am

Nicolas Marguerie from Paris, France

Beautiful colors, light and picture...

16 Aug 2008 6:16am

Amir from tehran, Iran

:) macro e khoobi gerefti. backgrounde khoobi dare ama bookash kame.

16 Aug 2008 6:22am

Namaki from Bordeaux, France

very nice flower !

16 Aug 2008 10:36am

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

A great composition - well done.

16 Aug 2008 11:43am

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

Very beautiful...... the composition and the colors are lovely.

16 Aug 2008 12:16pm

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

what a pretty flower

16 Aug 2008 4:33pm

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

Such a beauitul image, I am not sure why but as soon as I opened this I got a beautiful tranquil feeling as if I was sitting in a summer garden, I could smell the scent of the lilli in the air and I felt so peaceful. A wonderful art that you could capture all that in an image, well done!

16 Aug 2008 7:31pm

Ali Baratian from Mashhad, Iran

beautiful shot, it gives a sense of cooling down in a hot day.
to be a little critique, i loved it more with less depth of field. and, I think you had better shot it earlier in the morning or later in the evening, in other words, i think you have shot it at noon and Iranian summer noons burn photos!

16 Aug 2008 11:15pm

@Ali Baratian: Thank you very much for your attention.Yes I think it was around 11 am when I took this shot.But it was really impossible to me to be there at another time on that day,in fact it was a great opportunity to capture these unique flowers.I`v gone to Daamaash three times,but only this time(3 month ago)was the right time to see these beautiful rare lilies.

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Wonderful and special image of these liliums. Great color and very good sharpness.
Congratulations.

17 Aug 2008 2:04pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Beautiful shot, what lovely coloured wild lily flowers. They remind me of a garden variety I grow in my back garden, the shape is the same, but they are bright yellow. I wonder if the species you photographed are the original species that now give so much pleasure to so many gardeners around the world

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17 Aug 2008 2:55pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks.Dear Richard,this flower is a scarce species,and this is the original one!I`m sure of it!I`m never going to cheat on my friends & visitors.I`m not a botanist,but as far as I know(like many Iranians)"Daamaash" has a protected area (from over 30 years ago -when a foreign botanist named "Ledebourii" discoverd it- until now) That contains some of these rare flowers.That region is well known because of that.These days the whole area is fenced & you`r not allowed to visit it easily.Just at a specific time.And I`m sure Lillium Ledebouri is not found now anywhere else in the world!
You can compare my shot with this one to get sure that it`s original.
BTW,Your lovely yellow lily was really wonderful!But it`s not Lillium Ledebourii!;)