Sunday, February 22, 2009

Today's Flowers; Lycoris Aurea;





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Lycoris Aurea
also known as Spider lily, surprise lily, naked lady. This yellow magic lily, is a beautiful golden yellow and blooms here in late summer. They reach heights of 20 inches and are often called the "Magic Lily." The strap-shaped green foliage is also very attractive. It disappears before the flowers start to grow.

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19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello,
I am the first to comment..
What a beautiful spider lily, wonderful yellow colour and great pictures!
- Cheers Gisela.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

Your photos are so beautiful. We have spider lilies here in NZ too.

I simply love flowers.

VALKYRIEN said...

Wonderful flowers and pics! Love the waterdrops!

Anonymous said...

Galahs??
I googled, the birds are really pretty..
The can come every day and feast on my Dandelions:)
-Cheers.

Unknown said...

I only have the red ones, would love to find some yellow ones.

Maria said...

Sure they are made of gold :)

Anonymous said...

Lovely, lovely flowers.

Paz

Maria said...

Viel Spaß beim Naschen, lass es dir gut schmecken :)))
Mein Hund wäre wohl die beste Schauspielerin in einer TV Serie wie "Der kleine Koch" und zwar in der Rolle des Testessers :/

Norm said...

love those spider lily so lovely and amazing..

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Titania: What neat photos of the lilies. I do want to see them live.

Arija said...

Titania, these are so bright and lovely!

Lilli & Nevada said...

So beautiful

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Hi Titânia

Wonderful post!
Thanks for your support, my friend!

Luiz

Sandra said...

I have never seen these flowers, and I must say they look gorgeous. Greetings from snowy Croatia!

DeniseinVA said...

I have only recently discovered the Spider Lily, it is such a pretty flower. Your photos are wonderful. Have a great week ahead.

Anonymous said...

The first photo is superb!
Like the drops of water on the flower.

marie-louise said...

Lovely flowers, I haven't got these in my garden yet. Love ML

RA said...

I just love flowers after the rain... They are so beautiful and giving me a peaceful mind :).

Carletta said...

Little bursts of sunshine!

Sorry my visiting is so late this week.