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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Lily Magnolia Flower - Wordless Wednesday

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Botanical name: Magnolia liliifolia
Common name: Lily magnolia, Mulan magnolia, Purple magnolia, Red magnolia, Tulip magnolia, Woody-orchid

Family: Magnoliaceae
Native of: China
Photographs taken by Autumn Belle at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
Grateful thanks to Dr. Francis Ng of The Secret Garden of 1-Utama.


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I would like to dedicate this post to Florida Girl from USA, of Peace in the Valley blog, the first commenter of my previous post, "My Yellow Daylily." She is a nature lover, a passionate gardener and great photographer. These traits are reflected well in the gorgeous pictures she posts in her lovely blog. I am delighted to discover that we share many common plants in quite similar climate zone.

32 comments:

  1. Autumn Belle: I love magnolia flower. There is another type I think is in the same family, Michelia Alba, white and small flower, which has heavenly scent. Is this purple one also having nice fragrance?

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  2. Ahh! Flowers! I am so envious- I am still covered with two feet of snow... what beautiful magnolias!

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  3. Dear Autumn Belle, How lovely and amazing that you have the exotic blooms of Magnolia coming into flower so perfectly now. Too often in the UK this splendid tree is caught by a late frost and the flowers are turned to brown.

    Thank you so much for featuring my weblog in your sidebar for this first week in March. It is a very kind gesture and much appreciated.

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  4. Hi Autumn. How wonderful to see magnolia's blooms.I hope my Jane made it through this winter alright.

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  5. What absolutely gorgeous photos and flowers. Magnolias are always so delicately sweet looking.

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  6. Ami, Gwendolyn, Edith, Lona, Poetic, Thanks for being my first round of commenters. Happy Morning from Malaysia!

    Ami, this is not Michelia alba. Michelia alba is what we call white champaca, another very scented flower tree which I am trying to grow in a pot but unfortunately, it has never flowered yet. We Asians use a lot of white champaca in beauty, spa and festive occassions. This magnolia at The Secret Garden of 1Utama has a strong exotic sweet scent which I like very much.

    Gwendolyn, this magnolia will grow well in your temperate zone, not in my hot, sunny garden.

    Edith, as a new blogger, you write effortlessly well and gives us good stories. I'm sure others will feel the same.

    Lona, here's wishes for you that all your plants will make it through winter and blossom in spring/summer.

    Poetic, the magnolias are as beautiful as the art in your posts and the poems you pen.

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  7. Frankly speaking, I think its bud has a lot of body hair!

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  8. As far as I know, you must have found your paradise.

    Happy photo shooting and gardening.

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  9. Good 8am morning Autumn Belle. I have seen only the white big Magnolia looking like a very very big rose, around a foot in diameter. Just saw it once when used by my friend as a bouquet in her wedding, but this is the first time i see a pink one, name implies it is like a lily. And you are becoming better and better with your camera.

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  10. Im still wondering why are fragrance plants do not always look that pretty. If this plant do not have flowers - one would thing what tree is this?

    I guess, the best part is the fragrance, imagine this without it - I wonder if it is still be popular.

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  11. WOW, I simply LOVE Magnolia's... I have a particularly nice RED one at home...

    Mine is up as well at AussiePomm, have a great WW!!

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  12. Wow- I have never seen anything like this. So Beautiful!

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  13. Gorgeous! I have one of these in my garden, but it is no where near blooming yet. it is a delight to see yours!

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  14. Hello Autumn Belle :) I love looking at all of your beautiful tropical plants, but it's a treat to see one that we can grow here from time to time too - and this lovely magnolia is one of them (although our spring rain can sometimes be too much for their flowers).

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  15. The flower is big and beautiful! I am sure when this little shrub grows into a tree or a bigger shrub, the blooms would be amazing. It's going to be a plant with lots of potential to attract attention :-D

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  16. A lovely place - the Secret Garden at 1 Utama. I hope more people are visiting it. Lovely magnolia too.

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  17. Gorgeous is the word...
    Do they flower profusely, and through the summers?

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  18. This is very beautiful. These are such large but fragile beauties. Your photos are wonderful.

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  19. Aren't they just the prettiest this time of the year?

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  20. Lily magnolia blossoms here are sometimes ruined by frost even though they bloom much later than the star magnolias, which are blooming now. Is your lily magnolia under a shelter? Maybe I should try that.

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  21. These magnolias are gorgeous! I used to have one in my old Atlanta garden. I don't think I can grow it with our heat down here though. Thanks for dedicating this post to me!

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  22. Hi AutumnBelle

    I love this shrub only the one in my garden is called Nigra I love its tuplip shaped flowers. Mine won't be in flower until May time.

    Ref the verse you put on my blog - I was going to put a youtube video of Dana singing that at the Eurovision song contest but I was not sure if anyone would know it. I used to play it on the piano.

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  23. What a beautiful shade of pink and a gorgeous flower. Our magnolias are only white, although still beautiful.

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  24. somehow it looked like a bird's beak to me

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  25. Hi AB~~ I love your photos. You're quite the photographer.

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  26. Just as expected to slip by your blog to see my smile ear to ear for the pictures captivated my eyes. tQ

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  27. We have a similar tree in our park nearby my house that I see everyday when driving through it to drive my kids to school. I think its a lily magnolia tree. For the longest time, I wonder what kind of flower it is because of it's size. I'm not alone, my joggers would stand and look at the tree too.

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  28. I LOVE magnolias (even more so after our snow has butchered our tree!), and I particularly love your dusky pink lily magnolia flower.

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  29. What lovely photos! I do love magnolias and this week end my sister gave me one as a birthday present. They have such lovely blooms. BTW thank you for your welcome and I'm so glad I found your blog.

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  30. What beautiful photos! These look very much like the saucer (or Japanese) Magnolias that are blooming now in the Coastal Southern US. One of my favorite trees. Love your blog!

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  31. Gorgeous shots, I just love how fuzzy Magnolia buds are. Magnolias are one of my favorite trees, and lilifolia's flowers are so elegant.

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