Pretty as a Ditcher: Drove to a nearby Nat'l Wildlife Refuge today hoping for some photo ops. Nary an Osprey or alligator or ANYTHING anywhere in sight. Heading back home, spotted some...

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Pretty as a Ditcher

Jul 15, 2013 23:21:25 #

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Drove to a nearby Nat'l Wildlife Refuge today hoping for some photo ops. Nary an Osprey or alligator or ANYTHING anywhere in sight.

Heading back home, spotted some blooms in a water filled roadside ditch in Gulf Coast Mississippi. Anybody know what these are?

All shot with a Canon 60D; Canon 28-135mm lens

1/50; f/8.0; 100iso; @135mm

1/100; f/8.0; 100iso

1/10; f/29.0; 500iso;

The Ditch: 1/20; f/11.0; 400iso; @ 30mm

Jul 16, 2013 00:03:16 #

etcraig Loc: Chandler, Az

The are called "String Lily" a member of the amaryllis family. Always a treat to see, Thanks for sharing

Jul 16, 2013 00:17:41 #

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

etcraig wrote:

The are called "String Lily" a member of the amaryllis family. Always a treat to see, Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the info. I knew someone on UHH would be able to identify them. I googled to learn more - might be taking a shovel with me on my next trip there.

Don't suppose you see too many in Arizona!

Jul 16, 2013 00:20:28 #

etcraig Loc: Chandler, Az

Right, none here but managed to spend a lot of time in Florida and was into the plants and reptiles

Jul 16, 2013 10:48:34 #

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

We called them spider lilies where I grew up.

Jul 16, 2013 15:05:16 #

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

It's a variety of Crinum. Common name is swamp lily or string lily.

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