In message , Tim west
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , jim west
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Was given a couple of these plants recently without the chance to find out
what they were or how to look after them.

They were placed in water in a vase when given to me. I've now put one in
a
pot with soil and kept the other in water in case i'm doing the wrong
thing.

Grateful for any identification. See tiny pic website for photo

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ajynnr&s=6

Any any advice on how to care for them. Thanks.

As you've probably noticed you're defeating the collective wisdom of the
group.

So, could you provide more information.

Since you indicate that you've seen it, what does the below ground portion
of the plant look like? Is a bulb? a tuber? a bundle of roots?

What does the flower look like from the front? How many tepals? How many
stamens? How many styles and stigmas?

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Stewart Robert Hinsley

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Thanks for all your efforts. I'm now nervous about keeping this plant in my
care in case i do the wrong thing looking after it and have now handed it to
my cousin since she is really good with plants and will sense more than
anything on what action to take.

Here is a tinypic photo showing the roots. Hope this helps. Thanks.

http://tinypic.com/r/w9vdya/6

That cuts out all the identifications as various types of bulbous
plants, but none of them seemed to have any significant support anyway.

The ideas so far have all been petaloid (lilioid) monocots; I've been
wondering if it was some type of commelinid (such as something in
Zingiberaceae), but I couldn't identify a plausible match, nor do I know
the nature of the group well enough to say yea or nay.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley