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Complete Newbie in Need of Help Identifying a Lily

12 years ago

A distant cousin game my mother some lilies that she called hurricane lilies. However, they look more like rain lilies to me. My cousin called them hurricane lilies because they bloom whenever a tropical storm appears in the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, they're blooming right now with Tropical Storm Emily in the Caribbean. She found these lilies decades ago when she lived in Miami. Like I said to me they look like rain lilies. They are about 12" tall and the blooms are a sort of cerise pink. Any help identifying these flowers would be greatly appreciated!

Comments (3)

hostaholic2 z 4, MN
12 years ago
You may want to post this on the bulb forum as this forum is for the genus lilium and that's what most people who frequent here are familiar with. Lot's of plants that are not true lilies have lily in the name.
leftwood
12 years ago
If they are rain lilies, then their flower stem will have no leaves. Some other plants with a common name of lily also have leafless flower stems, but true lilies always leaves along the stem that holds the flower.

Rick
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mobilejoy
Original Author
12 years ago
Okay, thanks. I'll try posting it there, and I'll take another look at Mom's plants to make sure I know what I'm talking about. :)

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