Is this an unusual Lily?

[simy1]

In response to this. I bought and grew a collection of wild chicories from Territorial Seeds. Tremendously vigorous plants, with all the leaf hues from lime to maroon, and they provided modest radicchio-like heads in the fall (they needed to be cut a couple of times before they headed). Radicchio is tamed chicory. They provided again some greens (reds) in April, and I let them go to seed in the summer. I collected the seeds (about two pounds), which then I used on a patch of clay soil I had brought in to fill a hole in my backyard. They broke the ground nicely (they have dandelion-like taproots), and now I toss some seeds in out-of-the way parts of my backyard for some bitter greens and also because my daughter guinea pigs will eat nothing else if they can get chicory. Fun plant to grow, and free veggies for all at this point.

[Cereoid-UR12-]

Not a threat at all, just an observation.

Your many enemies in your home town of Las Vegas are free to do as they wish, Tomski.

You are listed in the Las Vegas phone book for all to see.

Maybe you can have some refreshments and snacks ready for surprise guests that stop by to talk about your plant business?

[Jan Flora]

[snipped the sniping]

Is the blue in your flower more pronounced or the blue in that photo? (That's a gorgeous plant and a cool nursery -- thanks for the link -- I just requested a catalog from them. *g*)

Here's a good photo of a Lycoris squamigera (Naked Lady).

ladies grew all over the yard, when I lived in a Victorian in the Bay Area. I really miss them. The fragrance is wonderful, too. I'm trying to figure out how to grow them in Zone 3. They're hardy to Zone 5. Maybe in big pots that go into the garden shed in the winter? Or tons of mulch? I'll have to get my brother to go dig some bulbs up out of my old garden and send them up. It's worth a try : )

Jan

[NAearthMOM]

My folks almost got a severe fine for picking wildflowers in Nevada years ago.

Interesting article David, thanks. Love Caryn "Come into my garden, my flowers want to meet you!"

[Alice Gless]

JIs the blue in your flower more pronounced or the blue in that photo?

The catalog place photo is pretty small, but it appears to have quite a bit more blue in it. Still I like my flower as it looks a little more robust. My photo is pretty true colorwise, but it does depend on peoples' monitors.

Happy to have found them for you. More temptations :-).

That's a real beautiful specimen(s). Looks pretty multi-flowered but it could be a cluster of many together. I don't see these growing in my area; all the lilies, while lovely, are the same old same old sort of thing.

Thank you very much for the White Flower Farm link. Looks like a quality company.

Maybe one of the experts here can help you. Maybe you can grow them potted. I did find a website that was a memorial to a husband and they had moved theirs to Arizona which is pretty arid and hot in places, but I don't know the exact growing conditions everywhere there. Her plant is still thriving.

Other than make a trek to the courthouse and get the landowner info and drop them a couple bucks for copies, I haven't contacted the owner yet, as I don't know what kind of reception I'll get. I may just forego that part and buy some bulbs. I may just alert the owner in case they might prize something like that if they don't know it is there. No phone # or listing in the book, just an address.

Thanks very much for the comment and info.

[Alice Gless]

Thank you. I'll check out that link. I try to ignore the rude posts, but I have to tell you that it kind of put a damper on my exhiliration (had to use the spell checker on that, it passed but doesn't look right) on finding such an unexpected treasure, if nothing more than for a photo.

[Alice Gless]

[Alice Gless]

Here's what it had on squamigera. I don't know what perianth is, will have to look that up, but the blue in the one I found is very true and not purplish or lavendarish, even though the rest of the blossom has pink to lavendar tones.

Leaves first appearing in autumn and then reappearing in spring; perianth purple

11 LYCORIS squamigera + Leaves appearing in spring; perianth yellow or white.

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Cereoid-UR12- wrote:

[Cereoid-UR12-]

You look up the botanical terms and get back to us.

Perianth is the sepals and petals = tepals (when they look the same)

Both Lycoris squamigera and Lycoris sprengeri can have blue tipped tepals depending on temperature (weather) and growing conditions. That character is not what distinguishes the two from each other.

The important differences to distinguish the two species you ask about are:

Lycoris squamigera - tepals (= both whorls of showy flower parts (3 sepals +

3 petals) look alike) have wavy margins toward the base and throat of flower is yellowish.

Lycoris sprengeri - tepals do not have wavy margins and throat of flower is whitish.

The plant in your photo is without a doubt Lycoris squamigera.

Go back to the photos on the Plant Delights website and you can clearly see the differences between the two species.

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[Tom Jaszewski]

Right on Stanley!!!