Re: OT-PLANTS-Jacobean Lily
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- Subject: Re: OT-PLANTS-Jacobean Lily
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 07:35:45 -0600 (MDT)
On Sat, 3 May 1997 Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
> Walter, who sounds like he has a gawjus garden, asked:
>
> "My first Jacobian lily is in bloom. Is red the only color available?"
>
> I am wildly fond of Jacobean Lilies--also known as St. James Lily, Aztec
> Lily, and Orchid Amaryllis--known botanically as Sprekelia formosissima, of
> the Amaryllis family. My beat up Hortus Third, confirmed by my beat up
> Wyman's Encyclopedia, says only bright red, although there is some indication
> the tone may vary slightly. Hortus says there is a cultivar listed as
> 'Superba', but there is only the one species.
>
> These are splendidly beautiful things.
>
> Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
> Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
>
And, if there were an orchid colored one, one would have an
'orchid,' for they are shaped like one!! Walter Moores
