Can you Identify this plant?

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Demi, Mar 24, 2007.

  1. Demi

    Demi Member

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    ....I bought this plant several years back and lost the tag that once came with it. I just ran outside and took photos as it is now in bloom. The plant it's self looks very similar to my daylily that sits next to it. The flowers are very different. What might this plant be???
     

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    Carol Ja Active Member 10 Years

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    I'm not good at id's, but it looks a lot like an agapanthus that hasn't finished opening up.
     
  3. Liz

    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    No definatley not agapantha. Have them coming out of my ears. Does this plant have a bulb. What time of year does it come up? or is it above ground all the time?

    have a look at pic half way down for Agapanthus
    http://www.pinemountainnursery.com.au/category12_1.htm

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    Above ground all the time. It reminds me of a daylily or agapantha, but the flower is now where near the look of the daylily, or the heigth of an agapantha.
     
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    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I feel I have seen the flower before. The leaves have the look of a veldt lilly. (sth Afican thing). When I get a few minutes will check my "what flower is that" and see if I can scare it up. It certainly is a nice thing. What is the climate you are in?

    Liz
     
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    zone 17 ish.......San Jose, Ca
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    D. Mosquin has already identified it.
     
  9. Demi

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    yes, yes this is correct identification!! Thank you all!! Good Job D. Mosquin!!
     
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    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Ta can't see for looking. Well at least I know it will grow here if I can find one and I was not far off it being some sort of lilly (Cuban lilly)

    Liz
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Interesting fact: Scilla peruviana is native to Spain and Portugal, not Peru as one might expect. The reason for the name is that the specimens sent to Linnaeus for naming, arrived on board a ship called the Peru, and he was misled into thinking that was where they came from.
     

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