Bulbs: Spider lily identification help, 1 by andycdn

andycdn wrote:
I bought this bulb from a local nursery, a Dutch product, and can't find the package/label with the name (I'm usually pretty good at keeping that stuff). It was supposedly a Hymenocallis, Ismene, Spider Lily, etc. and I think it is, but I can't seem to match the photos in Plantfiles with what I have.

It has done very well for me in a tub, which comes in every winter (I'm in Canada, Zone 4). Much like an amaryllis, it has strap-shaped leaves and a single flowering stem. I get more flowers each year (July 7 last year) as the bulb grows larger. It produces numerous offsets, which I pot up and grow on to flowering size (now what? gifts...)

The flower seems more tubular than the Plantfiles photos show. Sorry there's no visual of the leaves, but they look exactly like an amaryllis. It's not nearly as fragrant as I'd hoped -- just a little at night/early morning. But visually it's pretty dramatic!