Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
Where are the leaves? Where did you see it? It looks like a Sego Lily.
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Name: Kim Black Hills, SD (Zone 5a) Discover more wildflowers
Thanks guys! I didn't find exactly the type of flower that I have, but it looks exactly like Calochortus luteus 'Golden Orb' just with the color white.
Also @DaisyI, sorry I don't have pictures of the leaves right now, but I can explain them to you: they're very thin and stringy. About 2 inches long I'd say.
There are many, many species of Calochortus and they can vary to a great extent. It may be difficult to determine exactly which species you have. They come in different colors, spotting and hairiness.
I'm a few hours away from you in Central Oregon and we have these mariposa lilies. LOVE LOVE LOVE them! Too bad they grown as single flowers and are nearly impossible to transplant. They are little angels that I feel lucky to find!
Claude Barr, a great plantsman, experimented with several species of Calochortus at his ranch (Rapid City area) in South Dakota for many years. He found them not to be suited, due to the cold.
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Name: Kim Black Hills, SD (Zone 5a) Discover more wildflowers
Leftwood said:Kim, was this is South Dakota? Where?
Claude Barr, a great plantsman, experimented with several species of Calochortus at his ranch (Rapid City area) in South Dakota for many years. He found them not to be suited, due to the cold.
I believe I've heard of Claude Barr before. This was in California, because we just moved to SD three months ago.
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
Back in the 1950's (Ah-oh! Showing my age! ) people grew opium poppies in their yards. My Mom had a bunch as they are really pretty flowers (I've grown them in my yard since). The DEA came through Sacramento and the surrounding hills and destroyed the poppies (I assume they covered the whole state). I probably remember this because of how upset my mother was... But anyway, no one gave the DEA guys any identification help so the Poppies were all pulled as were all the Sego lilies. There weren't any Sego lilies for years in the Central Valley so I was happy Kim had found some.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost
President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org
Name: Kim Black Hills, SD (Zone 5a) Discover more wildflowers
Oh dear! I did not know that had happened Daisy. Maybe I should've gotten the seeds from the bloom to grow here. Are Sego Lilies close to becoming extinct?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost
President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org