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Re: Spider Lilies or Naked Ladies?

A word for latin names!  Here 'naked ladies' are colchicum, or autumn
Crocus.

Chavez, Tim A wrote:

> A friend recently deflected my admiration for his Spider Lilies and
> claimed emphatically that they are called naked ladies. Is it possible
> this plant has both common names, or do I need to learn which is which?
> And what is the Latin name in case I want to look them up and order
> them? Having never heard of that common name which recently popped up in
> discussion here, I am wondering who can tell me more. I m intrigued by
> these bulbs ability to pop up out of nowhere and put on a head of
> flowers, then vanish.
>
> > Tim Chavez
> z6 Wichita Kansas
>
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