Not a true lily at all nor is it wild.

Its Lycoris squamigera from Japan. Its a member of the Amaryllis family.

http://www.floridata.com/ref/l/lyco_squ.cfm

You can easily buy the bulbs in the autumn at any place that sells plants.

A google search will turn up much info about the plant, now that you know
its name.


Alice Gless wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm not a regular on this group, but I found this beautiful wild lily
yesterday and wondered if it was unusual. It is pink with an apricot
throat and the petals are brushed with true blue.

Pic:

http://home.earthlink.net/~agless/Wild_Lily.jpg

I would like to try and find out if the property owners will allow me to
dig the bulbs in the fall or what I should do. If I can buy a lily like
this, I would just let it be.

I have tried to phone some lily growers, but their horticulturist is out
until the end of the week.

Thanks to generous people on these groups who are willing to help.