Saturday, July 10, 2010

Old Town Lily


Recognize this lily?

It sure looks like the rare Cahaba Lily that grows in Alabama's Cahaba River. However, it was found growing in Old Town Selma. Could this be a type of spider lily since it's not aquatic, or is it a land-locked variation of the hymenocallis coronaria?

Photo by Christine Weerts

4 comments:

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

Yes, I believe that is a spider lily. You can check out the Caroline Dean wildflower directory for Auburn University here: http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/flora.

They have some shots of this very flower.

Life Is A Road Trip said...

It sure is pretty!

Hilda said...

I have no idea what it is, but I have some in our garden. They bloom so rarely!

Rose said...

I don't know what it is, have never seen anything quite like it, but I sure love it and am glad you showed it here.