Eucharis amazonica

Im off to Peru!!

this is really lovely.

Stunning scent too!
More to come.........

Stunning.....Oxford is closer Stiki.

yes true pimpernel; im not really going although it is a country that fascinates me.

scent too?? how do you grow these meanie?

I'm smitten in a big way with this one!

I don't know how to grow it Sticki....................not yet anyway!

I had a fleeting daft thought...That they could come up with a daff like that and make a fortune. Then I magnified it and thought no.......This is beautiful.

It's almost like a cross between a Daff and this Pimpernel.......

http://www.growsonyou.com/garden/show_garden_item/33094-hymenocallis-festalis

That is of the same family (Amaryllidaceae) too.

let me know when you find out please. worth being smitten over this one!!!
guess it has to be somewhere damp and warm ~ tropical house?

No way - I'm keeping them all to myself!!!!!!!!!
You got it Sticki - warm, damp and SHADY!

I see what you mean...Meanie, it is.

A pot full of them together would be fantastic!

meanie!!!!!!!!! all of them???????????????

shady is no problem here!!!

I figured that would close the deal for you!

well i cant have any can i cos you are getting them all ~ i even tried googling them ~ no help!!!

You have to persevere sometimes Sticki...............

you laying down the challenge???

Yup!!
Saves me doing the donkey work too!!!!!!!!

well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what can i say.

wisbech, cambridgeshire

or stanmore, middlesex

I've found a source in Sussex..........

cornwall was also an option
these were from the RHS site.

I'll get the book out later..........

this is what i was using

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/pfregions.asp?ID=63015

I always find more in the book........

thats good ~ more ammunition in the price war that way.

very nice Meanie, they do resemble the hymenocallis don't they..

They're rather similar aren't they, although different enough to justify buying.

Yes true, but i'd imagine rather hard to locate a source i would think.

I've suckered sticki into doing the leg work SL!!!!!!!!

lol when you get the source let me know too :-)

I will.

but i might not.

Cheers

Of course you will Sticki!

i thought you didnt trust my research and you were checking your book!!

I have every faith in you! The book is handy as a back up though!

Great pics on today Meanie...This is my fav...stunning..:>)

It's very stunning! I looks like an orchid flower.

Thanks Moti and Delonix!

This is a beauty. Cant be more difficult than hymenocallis, surely Meanie. Whatever you do, dont challenge Sticki with those hand leaf collectors with the jagged ends...she's like a tiger with those lol! I will be ref. (and pinch the bulbs while you are fighting!

what are you saying tetrarch!!! i can fight bare knuckle!!!

Well you looked pretty vicious with them in the Toolroom back awhiles Sticki...thought my end was near lol!

I could come along with a wet towel - I'm pretty wicked with them!

i can well imagine!!!!!

but dont throw the bucket of water at me.

since when did you see me in the toolroom Tet???

On our visit to the garden centre Sticki...where else???
Is that a wet towel you have there Meanie, or a wet trowel?

dont tempt him tetrach!!

oh yes i do remember ~ i was thinking of your house!!