Re: Plant ID
Amaryllis belladonna.
Deb Fisher wrote:
>
> A friend of mine has a plant, and we don't know the proper name (botanical)
> for it. She was told it is called "Naked Ladies". The foliage comes up in
> the spring, dies completely back, then it sends up its flower shoots, which
> are just now blooming (Zone 5 - upstate NY). The flower looks just like an
> oriental/asiatic lily. There are five to six pretty pink blossoms at the
> end of one very long, leafless stalk (about 3 foot high), with stamens (I
> think that's the name for the center part) that stick out of the flower.
> Anyway, we were curious what they might properly be called. They grow well
> in the shade, and are quite pretty. Thanks for any help you can give.
>
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