como se traduce "lirio" in Venezuela

Question

From a song by Luis Lozada, "La Copla Venezolana":

Cuando se acerca el invierno, cuando se acerca el invierno la llanura se engalana porque florecen los lirios que embellecen la sabana y el mastranto reverdece con fragancia perfumada ....

Es mas cuestion botanica que linguistica - ¿"lily" or "iris"?

I tried to google what sort of Lily it might be but I failed so I give you a picture of two fairly typical examples. - annierats, May 26, 2014

Answer 1

I put the word into google image and most of the flowers were lilies[95% lily 5% iris.] I looked it up in a dictionary and it says iris and for another type lily of the valley or water hyacinth. Lily of the valley has a beautiful perfume. In the UK I am not aware of irises being perfumed so as you are translating and the song stresses the perfume I would suggest lily is the better choice.

By putting Venezuela + lirios + sabana I found this photo in a blog spot. There were others on Flickr but I do not know if they can be shared:

Thanks, nice picture. My guess is probably iris in reality. - hharmony, May 26, 2014

Answer 2

Como no sé que tipo de flores crecen en Venezuela no puedo decir pero en Ingles decimos ' Iris ' de este típo.

Lirio azúl o lirio común: Iris

Tengo unas ' lirios blancos ' en mi jardín en este momento., voy a sacar una foto y volveré muy pronto con un 'Lily'. Here we are: White lilies