Promised photos

How glorious to see them in a natural environment, growing wild you might say,much better than the cellophane covered potted ones in the supermarket!
the pics are lovely S

They are such dramatic plants Schizolcal. I lost mine over the cold winter last year. Can we ask you why you are living on St Helena?

We've lived on St.Helena for six and half years. My wife is a Saint (that's what the 'natives' call themselves!), and we've been married for nearly 33 years. We came here because her father was ill, and being 5000 miles away was difficult for her. He's now passed away, but we've stayed on. This is home now.

What a fantastic place to live. Wasn't Napoleon interested in the plants on St Helena? I would like my husband to call me a saint, but you have to be born one it would seem,or be awfully good!!

I can't imagine anything nicer than seeing these lovely lillies growing wild like that ... thank you for the pics! :o)

How perfectly these lillies are formed and it must be quite a sight when they are in bloom on your hills.

Thank you for telling us a little more and showing us photos of St. Helena. You are a long way from GB but it seems you are very close to paradise on your beautiful island...and you have found you like it there...it is home. Very fortunate to live in a beautiful locality, Schizolocal.

You know what it is like - you don't really appreciate the mundane. Arum lilies are so common and wild here, that we don't see them as exceptional. But, of course, they are. They are absolutely wonderful, even if short-lived.

Other plants we take for granted are Bamboo, Banana, Guava, Papaya, even Cactus. We have a distillery here that makes spirit from cactus fruit (local name is 'Tungi') - see website http://www.tungi.co.sh/ - a little like tequila - great stuff.

I've just viewed the link you've given Schizolocal. As someone who has never tasted tequila and who is not able to partake in alcohol due to my medications I guess I will not have an opportunity to taste Tungi. The history of developing Tungi was interesting and to learn it is made from prickly pear cactus. Thanks for the link and telling us other plants that grow freely in your climate.

What an amazing sight!!