Tiger Lily gift from nature
亀清旅館の露天「１００年風呂」の庭にこんなに綺麗なユリが咲いています。庭師の岡田さんに聞いたら、小鬼百合だそうです。ただ、岡田さんが植えた花じゃないらしいです。雑木の庭の中で沢山の綺麗な植物があるけど、このユリは鳥が種を運んでくれたかな？
小鬼百合。自然なプレゼント。亀清のお風呂にお入りになる皆様はどうぞ、楽しんでください。
In the garden around Kamesei Ryokan's "100-Year Bath" outdoor onsen, this beautiful orange and black-spotted lily is blooming. According to our gardener Okada-san, it is a "Ko-oni Yuri", or "small ogre lily". The scientific name is Lilium leichtlinii Hook. f. var. tigrinum (Regel) Nichols. Perhaps in common English it could be called a tiger lily.
Okada-san planted so many beautiful trees and plants in the garden around the 100-Year bath, but he admitted that this lily wasn't one of them. Apparently a bird must have carried the seed here.
So our tiger lily is a gift from nature, for all of our guests here at Kamesei Ryokan to enjoy.
