type of lily: Need to know the type of lily this is and where it is originally from. I have attached three photos and I am sure there is a UHH member out there that will know what I...

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

Need to know the type of lily this is and where it is originally from. I have attached three photos and I am sure there is a UHH member out there that will know what I have photographed. Thanks for any help you can give me.

will47 Loc: Indianapolis, IN

Might be a spider lily. I got a photo of one very similar a while back and that's what it was.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Ghost Lily.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

MCHUGH wrote:

Need to know the type of lily this is and where it is originally from. I have attached three photos and I am sure there is a UHH member out there that will know what I have photographed. Thanks for any help you can give me.

The flowers look something like the Crinum Lily that grows around SW FL

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stogieboy Loc: Marlboro, NY

Those are spider lilies.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

stogieboy wrote:

Those are spider lilies.

Can't be spider lilies. Spiders have 8 legs. Other insects have 6, like the photo.
Must be bug lilies.

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

Never seen one. Cool looking.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

DirtFarmer wrote:

Can't be spider lilies. Spiders have 8 legs. Other insects have 6, like the photo.
Must be bug lilies.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

"Spider lily" - from Amaryllidaceae, the Amaryllis family. There are 4 genera and a bunch of species. Yours looks like it might be Hymenocallis caribaea, native to the Caribbean. Common names - "Caribbean spider-lily" or "Variegated spider-lily."

Mike

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

Blenheim Orange wrote:

"Spider lily" - from Amaryllidaceae, the Amaryllis family. There are 4 genera and a bunch of species. Yours looks like it might be Hymenocallis caribaea, native to the Caribbean. Common names - "Caribbean spider-lily" or "Variegated spider-lily."

Mike

Thanks so much for your answer. That is exactly what it is. I looked it up and there is no doubt.

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

UHH is a fountain of information. I have always received help when I needed it. Thanks everyone.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

MCHUGH wrote:

Thanks so much for your answer. That is exactly what it is. I looked it up and there is no doubt.

Thank you for posting the nice images of that beautiful plant.

Mike

IreneAC Loc: San Diego

I bought a similar plant last year and have them growing in my pond - loved the flowers! Mine will bloom again in late Spring.
My plant was labeled as "Texas Water Lily", and the scientific name for that species is Hymenocallis liriosme.
It is native to Texas as well as a few other southeastern states: www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYLI . They look very similar to the Hymenocallis caribaea.
Since you live in Texas my guess is it probably is a Texas water lily...

IreneAC Loc: San Diego

IreneAC wrote:

I bought a similar plant last year and have them g... (show quote)

Oops, I meant to write: Texas SPIDER Lily
(It was late last night when I posted), I guess I should have just gone to bed :-)

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

MCHUGH wrote:

Need to know the type of lily this is and where it is originally from. I have attached three photos and I am sure there is a UHH member out there that will know what I have photographed. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Very nice shots!