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It has very beautiful fragrance..................

Faisal Riaz wrote:It has very beautiful fragrance..................

It is spider lily Hymenocallis species. I love it's fragrance too...like that a perfumed wet tissue paper.

Regards,

Farooq

I love the fragrance of hymenocallis.. which was sold to me as "Crinum pink" by chanandin seeds...

Thank you Farooq & Izhar

really i cant describe its fragrance but it is certainly good enough...........

Izhar wrote:I love the fragrance of hymenocallis.. which was sold to me as "Crinum pink" by chanandin seeds... :oops:

Izhar, I have never seen lily seeds fertilize. Just curious about the biological reason. Hymenocallis anthers shed tons of pollen and the stigma is quite exposed. I guess it is my misconception that lilies could only be proparated by bulbs. In our previous home we had huge row of these lilies but never saw single seed form.

I have seen the seeds quiet often from hymenocallis and crinums, they are very large 1-1.5 inches in diameter, pale green... but i usually cut the stalks right after the flowering is finished.. i will try to pollinate the flowers next time...