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Re: Spider Lilies or Naked Ladies?

Chavez, Tim A wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the feedback on this fellow gardeners.
> This really is helpful and within scope of propagation since I plan to
> move onto propagation after identification.
> 
> I cannot say for certain, but I don't remember seeing ANY leaves on the
> ones I have seen, and that is why the sight of it intrigues me. I went
> to the IBS page and saw that its blossoms don't really look like either
> the Lycoris squamigera or Amyrillis belladonna.
> I  have never seen one all year to know if;
> - it has leaves in another season,
> or
> - if the ones viewed in bloom in our park had leaves that got mowed with
> the grass, so perhaps I didn't notice them.
> -
> This "Surprise Lily" you mentioned has a name that explains my reaction
> to it whenever I have seen the ones in our neighborhood. Since it is in
> the park, I presume a nearby resident planted it there, and deep enough
> to be hardy here in zone 6.  So I am interested in what it really is. I
> will get my brother's Digital Camera next time it blooms and share a
> bitmap of it. It has the tall, greenish-pink stalk of the previously
> mentioned Lilies, but the flowers are much more nodding and with very
> long pistils. They are usually pink flowers.
> After identifying it, I am curious if it needs dividing every so often
> so I can approach a neighborhood gardener for a trade or possibly order
> it from a seed exchange or catalog.
> 
> Tim Chavez
> z6 Wichita, Kansas
> > ----------
> > From:         Steve Manion[SMTP:steely@fidnet.com]
> > Sent:         Sunday, August 16, 1998 3:00 PM
> > To:   seeds-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject:      Re: Spider Lilies or Naked Ladies?
> >
> > the belladonna lily has strap-like leaves, if the same one we call
> > surprise
> > lily, it has no leaves. i'm unable to find it in my bulb book........
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Connie Hoy <coneh@uswest.net>
> > To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
> > Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 7:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: Spider Lilies or Naked Ladies?
> >
> >
> >
> >
Tim:
What ever the name of this lily is, also grows in Concordia, KS.  My
parents live there and mom gave me some from her garden.  Usually,
anything that I receive from her, Zone 5, does not survive our winter,
Zone 4, Minnesota.  This lily lives and thrives here.  It has green lily
type leaves in the spring and about a week and one half ago the stems
came out of the ground and have very fragrant lilies on them. I was very
surprised to see that it survived and is a nice addition to my garden.

June
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