ID Mystery Plant

[Sarah D.]

A flower I've never seen before decided to sprout in a shady area that happens to be below my bird feeders. I have no idea if it's from a bulb that I just never knew was there, or was somehow "planted" by the birds. I'm suspecting it's a bulb plant because it looks similar to a lily. It's on a single smooth stalk about 2 feet tall; no discernable leaves, topped with multiple pale pink, lily-like flowers with yellow stamens and a sweet fragrance. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[Wil]

I suspect you are asking about a Resurrection Lily, also nicknamed, "Naked Lady". They seem to just appear around here. I wonder if birds drop the seed.

Here is a link to a picture of one.

if that doesn't work try this link

[Cereus-validus]

It would be impossible for a bird to drop seeds of Lycoris because:

1. the mature fruit is a dry dehiscent capsule not a berry which would have been eaten by a bird.

1. Lycoris squamigera is a sterile triploid incapable of setting fruit.

The bulbs must have been there for a long time but since the flowers and foliage appear at different times of the year, she didn't make the connection between the two.

> Or if that doesn't work try this link

[B & J]

It sounds as if you have lycoris squamigera (a.k.a. resurrection lily, naked lady, etc.).It's featured on p. 24 of the Park's Advance Bulb Sale 2004..

Here's a site with a picture and description:

[gregpresley]

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[Cereus-validus]

More likely it was planted they by mischievous garden pixies!!!;)

Believe it or not, squirrels do not remember where they bury most things. They don't have any sort of master plan or remarkable memory.

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[Sarah D.]

mind because there were no leaves on the stalk.) Now that I recall, there was some previous foliage in that area that I thought may have been a daylily. Perhaps this plant had been there for years, but it seems the squirrels in this area love knocking the taller, colorful flowers down, and I never "caught" the bloom phase until now.