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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Rob Potterton on September 30, 2015, 01:36:48 PM

Title: Bulb identification
Post by: Rob Potterton on September 30, 2015, 01:36:48 PM

Hello, please could anybody identify this indoor bulb.

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 30, 2015, 01:47:21 PM

Looks like Cyrtanthus elatus, once known as the Vallota Lily,
Cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: Rob Potterton on September 30, 2015, 01:57:40 PM

THANK YOU :-)

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: Matt T on September 30, 2015, 08:02:32 PM

Often known as Scarborough lily here in the UK. Not sure why?

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 01, 2015, 07:39:19 AM

Quote from: Matt T on September 30, 2015, 08:02:32 PM

Often known as Scarborough lily here in the UK. Not sure why?

Wasn't it one of the "ship wreck" lilies? The bulbs washed ashore (according to the mythology, could easily have been brought ashore the normal way) and taken by the locals to grow as "their own" - I've no idea how far Scarborough is from the coast though! I think the same story is told about Nerine sarniensis - "The Guernsey Lily"!
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: Matt T on October 01, 2015, 08:15:24 AM

It would seem so, Fermi. Scarborough is indeed on the coast.

Title: Re: Bulb identification
Post by: P. Kohn on October 01, 2015, 01:02:09 PM

My immediate reaction was Cyrtanthus elata too.