Plant Description Chocolate Lily is one of the more uncommon lilies in our mountains, probably due to its affinity for heavy clay soil. Its nodding brown flowers bloom from February to June. The flowers are about 2-3 inches in diameter, with 3 petals and 3 sepals of the same appearance together forming a bell shape.
Chocolate Lily (Arthropodium strictum) is an Australian native groundcover from the Ballarat area. It's a small, narrow-leaved plant up to 30 cm high. It could easily be mistaken for a grass, however the leaves are a little softer and brighter in colour.
This species is found in grassland, woodland and forest regions of New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. The Chocolate Lily's edible tubers usually grow to around 3.5cm in length, around 15cm below the surface.
Chocolate lily refers to any of a number of flowering plant species: Dichopogon strictus (syn. Arthropodium strictum), whose flowers smell of chocolate. Fritillaria affinis, also called rice-root or checker lily, from western North America. Fritillaria biflora, with chocolate-brown flowers, in California.
Fritillaria affinis
The stem is approximately 20 cm from the ground and rises from a bulb made up of small grains. Chocolate lilies do not smell like chocolate; they smell like carrion (dead animal). The name makes for excellent practical jokes! By smelling like carrion, they attract flies.
Plant Description
The flowers are about 2-3 inches in diameter, with 3 petals and 3 sepals of the same appearance together forming a bell shape. Closer examination reveals green and purple lines on the undersides of the petals and sepals along with 6 stamens and 1 pistil inside of the bell flower.
Lilies most commonly mean devotion or purity, though meaning can vary by type of lily, culture, and color. Because of the Greek myth of Hera and Zeus, lilies are associated with rebirth and motherhood. In China, lilies are used in weddings because they are tied to 100 years of love. They are also tied to good luck.
Chocolate Lily
It's similar to the Vanilla Lily (Arthropodium spp.) in that you can use the rhizomes as a food source. Although the Chocolate Lily doesn't actually taste like chocolate, the flowers are chocolate scented.
But the most common meaning is purity and fertility. The sweet and innocent beauty of the lily flower has given it the association of fresh life and rebirth.
The flowers are edible too. Pink, star-shaped and strongly fragrant, you can add them to salads or use them as a decorative topping for baked treats and other desserts.
The SPCA Serving Erie County reminds pet owners that chocolate and Easter lilies can be harmful, even deadly, to pets. All parts of the Easter lily, day lily, tiger lily, rubrum lily, and others are toxic to felines.
Prolific, mature bulbs can produce up to 12 blossoms per stem and will multiply to form clumps over the years. Plant them 8 in. deep (20 cm) and 8 in. apart (20 cm).
The Queen of the Sheba is one of the rarest plants on Earth and fans travel from all around the world to the bush, just outside Bremer Bay, 500km southeast of Perth, to see it. The endangered orchid is one of the most protected species in Australia and takes between seven and 10 years to flower.
Akebia quinata is an invasive deciduous to evergreen climbing or trailing vine that invades forested areas throughout the eastern United States. The twining vines are green when young, turning brown as they age. The leaves are palmately compound with up to five, 1.5-3 in. (2.5-7.6 cm) long, oval leaflets.
Native to Australia, the original Tim Tam bar is often compared to a Penguin bar in the UK. While Tim Tam are one of Australia's most love chocolate bars, if you've not heard of Tim Tams then check out this article 'What are Tim Tams' to get the full low down, you'll also discover what the Tim Tam Slam is!
Seed collection
Harvest stalks containing capsules by hand or secateurs, and place upside-down in large paper bags. Dry until capsules open fully. Thresh lightly to extract seed.
Not all lilies are edible! Star lilies and some Asiatic lilies can be poisonous, where other lilies can cause your mouth, throat, tongue and lips to go numb.
Chrysanthemum. "In Chinese culture the chrysanthemum is offered to elders as a symbol of longevity and good luck," Enfield explains. Gold chrysanthemums may be especially lucky, as they are said to represent wealth and prosperity, she says.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Taurus: Lily (April 21 – May 21)
The Fire Lily is a distinct trumpet-shaped flower with red and orange-yellow coloured petals, making it look like flames. These flowers are native to Asia and tropical parts of Africa. It's now rare in Sri Lanka and close to extinction in Odisha, making it a very rare flower in India.
Forever Susan Asiatic Lily Flower
If you love bold and beautiful lily flowers, then Forever Susan lilies will definitely meet those needs with orange and burgundy hues. These lilies have a long flowering life, and they do great in both full sun and partial shade.