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Aug 24, 2014 12:49 PM CST
Name: Toni Melvin
Sherwood Oregon (Zone 8a)
Beekeeper Region: Pacific Northwest Permaculture Organic Gardener Region: Oregon Native Plants and Wildflowers
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JRsbugs said:Photos on the internet should be viewed with caution, unless you can find a site which one would expect to show reliable photos.

Hymenocallis littoralis on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I would consider more likely to be reliable than not.

http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bi...

The long tepals and size seem to match this, however one can never be certain. The length of the tube suggests a large flower but we can't see the tube in the photo posted.



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





Thank you for the info.. The tube was almost 8 inches long.
Toni
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