Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Look What I Found for GBBD

I found this bloom today. It looks sort of like a day lily. The foliage looks a little like a rain lily. Guess what it is. Zephyranthes grandiflora or giant rain lily. Pretty cool. The flower is smaller than a day lily, but much larger than a rain lily. I have absolutely no idea where I got it or when I planted it. It rained today and it bloomed.
Thanks again to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
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12 comments:

  1. Beautiful flower! It's always so much fun to find something blooming you don't remember too much about!

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  2. That's gorgeous! In much better shape than the ones I've got blooming up here too. I forgot all about it but I do have some interesting mushrooms growing around here. Next month I'll really have to start getting creative!

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  3. Hi
    Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I love zephyranthus too. That happens to me also. SOmething will come up inthe gardenand I wonder where it came from.
    Hugs, Rhondi

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  4. Wow Debbi! I'm so thrilled that you showed this! A dear friend just brought me a plant of Zephyranthes grandiflora from her visit to Monticello, and I had no clue as to what the flower looked like. Wow!!! Now I'm really looking forward to it!

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  5. What a cool present for you - and what another lovely benefit of some much-needed rain. It's beautiful -- I hope it spreads for you!

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  6. Hi meadowview, I really love it.

    Thanks cinj, I saw your mushrooms. Dont eat them.

    Your welcome Rhondi

    OFB, glad you have this too.

    Hi diana, I hope it spreads too. I am definitely going to watch it and try to get divisions.

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  7. Very pretty! Does it smell nice, too?

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  8. That is so pretty! But wait, I don't even like pink. LOL! Drats, I forgot about GBBD. Not sure we have anything blooming. --Curmudgeon

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  9. Lisa, I didn't smell it. What is wrong with me. Dang.

    Curmudgeon, there is a secret mission to make you like pink:)

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  10. Yes! It is bold and quiet all at the same time. I love it. I missed GBBD this month. I have the lame excuse of a kidney stone.

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  11. Hi anna, A kidney stone is no lame excuse. I witnessed one put my big bad daddy on the floor, seriously.

    Bonus of the day lily look alike. It lasts more than one day. Yeah!!!

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  12. That's what I call "rain lilies" around here. I grow them in containers because they aren't hardy enough for our winters.

    Thanks for sharing yours for bloom day!

    Carol, May Dreams Gardens

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