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Re: [OM] Weird, funky bokeh

Subject: Re: [OM] Weird, funky bokeh
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:19:25 -0400
Thanks.  This is what I was remembering, Hymenocallis palmeri S. Watson 
Or the alligator lily.  The common name also explains to me why I've 
seen it growing where it does.
<http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=hypa4_001_ahp.tif>

Incidentally, Hymenocallis are native to the Americas.

Chuck Norcutt


Marc Lawrence wrote:
> I don't know what their botanical name is, but here we call them "spider 
> lily".
> 
> Hold on, I'll just google...
> 
> Google says Hymenocallis littoralis.
> 
> Cheers,
> Marc
> 
> 2009/8/1 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Yikes, I was getting seasick from the "bokeh".  I which I knew the name
>> of the white flower.  There is one that is the same or extremely similar
>> that grows in the Florida Everglades, near the boundary between cypress
>> swamp and marsh.  I can't remember it's name either and I'm about 600
>> miles away from my Florida plants library.
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