Any Botanists?

[woodchip]

Found a bulb on a beach in the Florida Keys 25 years ago and been growing it in a clay pot ever since. It has now bloomed. See if you can identify it.

Pic:



Leaves:

[Duper]

..uh.. don't get your face to close to it. It might spray you with funny spores.



(sorry, I've no clue. pretty cool looking though)

Does your county have a department that can identify that for you? Most do in the case of dangerous bugs and stuff. .. I forget what that Dept is called.

[flip]

Is this the first time it has bloomed in those 25 years?

[Tricord]

Looks like a kind of Agapantha (or Agapanthus as Wikipedia just revealed to me)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapanthus

Then maybe it might be something else

[woodchip]

Is this the first time it has bloomed in those 25 years?

Yes. Even tho I put it outside in the summer, for some reason it is blooming now. Only thing different is I've taken to watering it it with the water I use to rinse the coffee pot. Perhaps it likes the increased acidity.

Tricord, I don't think it is a Lily of the valley type flower but then if I knew I wouldn't be posting here

[Sergeant Thorne]

No idea.

Cool!

[flip]

Aha. Spider lily.

[Tunnelcat]

Looks like it.

[woodchip]

Cool. Thanks Flip. I kinda thought the bloom had a \"Spidery\" look about it. Interesting that the bloom is sterile. Also saw some red variants on the net that look pretty cool too. A bit after I took the flower pic I saw this little guy sitting on one of the lily's leafs. He is a common Grey Tree Toad that must of been down among the roots when I brought the plant in last fall. I set him loose outside after taking his pic so he can join the rest of his kind for this springs breeding season:

[flip]

Glad to help . I think your right about the acidity too, having that plant bloom after 25 years must have been a neat thing to see.