About Cardiocrinum giganteum (Wall.) Makino
Cardiocrinum giganteum (Wall.) Makino is a bulbous perennial plant. Its flowers are white, fragrant, trumpet-shaped, and measure 8 inches (20 cm) long. The outer surface of its petals has purple streaking and a greenish tinge. Its leaves are medium to dark green, broad-ovate in shape, and 12–15 inches (30–38 cm) long. The specific epithet "giganteum" means unusually large or tall. This plant grows naturally in woodland clearings.
Nathaniel Wallich first gave this species a formal scientific description in 1824. It was introduced to commercial cultivation in Britain in the 1850s under the name Lilium giganteum. A bulb grown from seed collected by Major Madden flowered in Edinburgh in July 1852, and bulbs collected by Thomas Lobb were first exhibited in flower in May 1853.
