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Posted: Jun/14/2012 2:36 PM PST
My mother-in-law has this flower blooming right now in FL. It came as a gift from someone but they don't know if it is a lily or something else. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 3:50 PM PST
I believe that's a CRINUM LILY...Also called a Swamp Lily or Spider Lily.Sorry about the missinfo But GOOGLE has messed me up alot with ID's. 
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 5:23 PM PST
It is a Hymenocallis, although I can't say for sure which species...maybe H. caribaea. Yes, Spider Lily is one of its common names (but it is not a Crinum or Swamp Lily). |
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 6:28 PM PST
Really Rosemarie ? ?  I was going on what I found at Google Images. All of those names were for that flower. Sorry for the wrong info...JoanDay.
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 6:32 PM PST
I was going to say a Water Lily. |
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 7:03 PM PST
Common names get swapped around a lot. I agree with Rosemarie as to the scientific name. |
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 7:53 PM PST
I have no idea what it is called.....but spider lily is a great name in my book.....it looks like a very pretty spider! heheeeee |
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Posted: Jun/14/2012 8:19 PM PST
Purplepassion, I went & took a look for Crinum & Swamp Lily on Google images...and I did come across a few listed as Swamp Lily that were Hymenocallis (Louisiana Swamp Lily & Swamp Spider Lily, for example). But for the most part those two common names are for flowers that look similar, having long, skinny, droopy petals...but no skirt on them like Hymenocallis. Common names are known to cause lots of trouble when identifying plants. 
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Posted: Jun/15/2012 6:12 AM PST
I believe it is a Swamp Lily-very common from Texas swamps to Florida. We had a big discussion about this quite a while back-I'm not a follower of "scientific" names-Just call it a swamp lily!  They are all blooming now-I have several in my yard-and in the marshes around the rivers & bayous.
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Posted: Jun/15/2012 8:02 AM PST
Its a new one for me never seen it before,guess we dont have it here!. I dont think any of the names really do it justice!. Does it come in any other colour?. 
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