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By Treetop

West Midlands, United Kingdom

Hi guys/girls, Am I right in assuming this is an Orchid Lily?




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I know it as one of the many things called spider lily, or as Peruvian daffodil (Hymenocallis x festalis)

1 Jul, 2020

 

Thanks Tug.

1 Jul, 2020

 

I agree with tugs id
I grew them in pots one year but they didn't survive the winter even in the greenhouse. just too cold I guess.

1 Jul, 2020

 

Thanks folks, the only reason I asked is because I had them given to me, and the label read Orchid Lily. I looked them up on the internet and couldn’t find any orchid lily that resembled them. But now you’ve cleared it up many thanks.

2 Jul, 2020

 

Looks like Crinum americanum or Swamp Lily - an aquatic lily commonly found in Florida and the Carolinas in wetlands and along river banks. Also known as spider lily - related to onion.

2 Jul, 2020

 

Same family, Bathgate, but in Crinum the bases of the anthers aren't fused into a funnel like on the Hymenocallis species.

2 Jul, 2020

 

OK, thanks for that. I know I've seen these displayed at the NY Botanical Gardens. I thought that's what they said about them.

2 Jul, 2020

 

Well, like all of us, even botanical gardens aren't infallible.
I tell people that "I'll be perfect tomorrow."....Tomorrow, of course, never comes! :)

2 Jul, 2020

 

for now just 'better than'. You'll be perfect when you get to Heaven.

2 Jul, 2020

How do I say thanks?

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