Lycoris squamigera is very common in cultivation while Lycoris sprengeri is
rarely seen.

The plant in your photo has flowers with the wavy tepal margins and yellow
throat typical for Lycoris squamigera. So, there is no doubt to its
identity.

http://flora.huh.harvard.edu:8080/fl...axon_id=119162

Lycoris squamigera is considered to be a sterile triploid hybrid between
Lycoris sprengeri and Lycoris chinensis.

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You can forget about the nitwit trolls like Tomski. As you can see, they add
nothing to the discussion other than showing everyone how immature they are
and how little they know about plants. All their arrogant puffery and
showboating is just overcompensation for their many inadequacies.


Jan Flora wrote in message
...
In article , Alice Gless
wrote:

Sorry you two got into a flame war over my flower.

Are you sure it isn't Lycoris sprengeri? I found a picture of one which
is very
similar to my flower but the blue is even more pronounced (you will need
to
scroll down about halfway):

http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog...nt/page62.html

In any case, I am very grateful to all who responded.


[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).

http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/930593-product.html

Naked 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

Cereoid-UR12- wrote:

Lycoris squamigera is very common in cultivation while Lycoris sprengeri is
rarely seen.

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.

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 16:29:56 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

All my arrogant puffery and
showboating is just overcompensation for my many inadequacies.

Right on Stanley!!!