tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post2086417939980658928..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: PHOTO A DAY......number SEVENTEENMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-64729466643584681582014-10-26T16:46:48.940+08:002014-10-26T16:46:48.940+08:00Oh dear, I do hope I emailed you back to say thank...Oh dear, I do hope I emailed you back to say thank you for your efforts on my behalf and, I I missed doing so, my sincere apologies.<br />Ours is obviously the white variety as no pinks at all. I checked and found it is known as "Painted lady" and am pretty sure it has a corm more than a bulb but then have not pulled one up for many years.<br />Many thanks again for solving this mystery for me.<br />I must admit I have never over the years seen them growing as a weed unlike the watsonia which one sees on the roadside out in the countryside.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-79302157772072917422014-10-26T16:41:49.515+08:002014-10-26T16:41:49.515+08:00We now of course have the answer we were seeking t...We now of course have the answer we were seeking thanks to your good self. : )Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-84822440448352882652014-10-26T16:40:55.820+08:002014-10-26T16:40:55.820+08:00It's strange to think I have had this mysterio...It's strange to think I have had this mysterious plant in our garden for 40 years and never enquired before what it is. Now I know I'm still not completely convinced but then, what do I know?Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-67430041008416306062014-10-26T16:40:08.185+08:002014-10-26T16:40:08.185+08:00I am not sure they look like what they actually ar...I am not sure they look like what they actually are but then I'm not a horticulturist. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-62098633045833963272014-10-26T16:39:36.477+08:002014-10-26T16:39:36.477+08:00Apparently not irises after all.Apparently not irises after all.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-5173028291396625722014-10-26T16:39:19.006+08:002014-10-26T16:39:19.006+08:00Answer appears below.Answer appears below.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-59478576505965522352014-10-23T13:06:31.478+08:002014-10-23T13:06:31.478+08:00As you know, I emailed the Gardening Australia peo...As you know, I emailed the Gardening Australia people about this and here is the reply I received today.<br /><br />A: It is Gladiolus carneus, an easily grown South African bulb that flowers in mid spring with cream, pale pink or apricot flowers with maroon throat flashes on 45cm tall stems. It’s very drought hardy and, like many of the species Gladiolus, has escaped from gardens and is a weed in WA, especially around old settlements from Albany to Busselton. It grows from corms and spreads readily as they produce many tiny corms around each small corm.<br /><br />There you have it, Gladiolus carneus, drought hardy and a weed in WA.<br />So it isn't a lily as I thought. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-49233987944302002982014-10-22T11:16:00.372+08:002014-10-22T11:16:00.372+08:00Clearly a lily of some sort, but what sort?
Nerin...Clearly a lily of some sort, but what sort? <br />Nerines?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-57273411523965819442014-10-22T03:01:22.683+08:002014-10-22T03:01:22.683+08:00My contribution is that I too, believe they are a ...My contribution is that I too, believe they are a lily of sorts but gosh Mimsie I'm the most hopeless gardener in blogland but still, they do look like a lily and maybe someone will call by with a proper name.<br />They are lovely!Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-49847512636631122482014-10-21T20:14:10.472+08:002014-10-21T20:14:10.472+08:00Hari OM
With apologies to MacWheeler but those are...Hari OM<br />With apologies to MacWheeler but those are NOT irises. What you have there is one of the many LILY forms and I suspect a variation on the storm or <a href="http://www.lettuceshare.com/tag/rain-lilies/" rel="nofollow">rain lily</a>. ... they are lovely and it matters little to have their exact designation; as it has been said, ' a rose by any name...' &*> YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-55231854142816175612014-10-21T19:38:08.359+08:002014-10-21T19:38:08.359+08:00pretty irises pretty irises Author R. Mac Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679108828353499313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-63336856399413910012014-10-21T18:04:59.473+08:002014-10-21T18:04:59.473+08:00It will be interesting to see if anyone knows what...It will be interesting to see if anyone knows what they are....they are very pretty indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com