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UPDATED! Daisy blooms & an unknown
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:03 am Post subject: UPDATED! Daisy blooms & an unknown |
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I found these small Shastas blooming out front - snow princess, or something like that. I forgot the name.
Then, this blubs-looking lily thing was here when we bought the place. It bloom every Spring and is really pretty, but I have no earthly idea what it is. It's about to bloom and I'll post pix of the blooms when they come, but does anybody recognize it now?
It bloomed today. I am convinced it is crinum, as y'all said:
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Wrennie
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Does it bloom pink, looks like it from the bud.
The leaves look almost iris, or clivia like.
Are they small blooms, large?
Could it be amaryllis??
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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It blooms red & the flowers look like lilies. I'll post a picture when it opens.
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toni
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Clivia is in the Amaryllis family and are also commonly known as Kaffir Lilies, Bush Lily, St John's Lily and Fire Lily.
It does look smaller than an Amaryllis, it's probably a
Clivia miniata
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| WTxDaddy wrote: | | It blooms red & the flowers look like lilies. I'll post a picture when it opens ... but does anybody recognize it now? |
My best guess would be Crinum,  yet another member of the Amaryllidae group.
Lots of red/pink hybrids.
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glendann
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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My guess is the same .I have one just like it.
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: yup |
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By jove, that's it!!
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: Check |
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Check out the picture I added - I think this is crinum!
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zuzu's petals
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Ermmm,  now seeing the open flowers,
I find myself thinking that it looks a good deal like
Hippeastrum (commonly called "Amaryllis" in the U.S.).
Perhaps this hybrid - Hippeastrum x johnsonii JAY. 
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:41 am Post subject: pretty |
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Well, whatever it is, it's "purty".
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm still struggling to grasp the fact that people grow those in the garden. They're beautiful. 
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Wrennie
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I vote for the hippeastrum. Very pretty!
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trudy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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I think Zuzu is right its St. Joesph's Lilly which I've read somewhere is the mother of all amaryllis's. I have a lot of those, they multiply fairly quickly. They are found in most southern landscapes here.
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eileen
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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I don't care what it is (although I agree with Zuzu's ID) as I'm too busy drooling over it!! 
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glendann
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:16 am Post subject: |
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It looks like an amaryllis now.
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