Postal stamps: flowers - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2006 - 390 Euro Cent

The stamp series "Flowers" aims to draw people's attention to the beauty and diversity of flowers in Germany with modern and at the same time timeless motifs. The colorful and atmospheric representations should help to rediscover and enjoy the little pleasures of everyday life that are often barely perceived in our hectic times. The domestic fire lily (lat. Lilium bulbiferum) forms from spring with a long, narrow leaves occupied, up to a meter high stems growing. Between May and July, it grows one to five strongly fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers. Depending on the subspecies, they are yellow orange or fiery red. Fire lilies already adorned monastery and cottage gardens in the 17th century and are still popular with many hobby gardeners. Formerly distributed as wildflower, today these flowers are only occasionally found in nature, for example on mountain meadows, screes and grain bakers. Therefore, names such as "field lily" or "field lily" come from. Other names such as "thunder flower" or "thunder rose" bear witness to the superstition that the flower was brought into the house, causing lightning and fire. In Japan, the sweet, floury-tasting onion of the lily is also enjoyed as a food.