Turk’s cap lily found blooming in Fontenelle Forest for first time since 1975, but its stay is short

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The blaze orange and spotted tepals of the Turk’s cap lily curve back to reveal yellow stamens and dark red anthers. The flower is a favorite of grazing deer.

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POSTED: THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 1:00 AM
By Adam Klinker / World-Herald News Service

The last time a Turk’s cap lily was observed in Fontenelle Forest, disco was in flower.

And judging the 4½-foot-tall plant by its blaze orange and leopard-spotted bloom, the Turk’s cap could fit nicely into any ’70s decor.

For the first time since 1975, a Turk’s cap lily was discovered blooming just off a trail in the Bellevue forest. But seekers of rare flowers in the forest will have to wait until next year to get a look at this one: the bloom is off the lily.

“It’s done its thing and moved on,” said Brad Watkins, director of communications at Fontenelle Forest. “That seems to be the natural order. It’s here about a week, and then it just falls.”

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