Bulbs: Lycoris aurea or traubii?, 1 by WillisTxGarden

WillisTxGarden wrote:
Hello everyone...looking for assistance to identify which type these are.

Most of the flowers tilt upwards a little (one or two are somewhat horizontal - perpendicular to the stem) If you look at the scape in the background....
you can see that the flowers are opposing one another, symetrically - 90 degrees to adjacent flowers,...if I understand correctly) which makes me believe these are "traubii". I'm just not experienced enough to be certain of identification. Referencing Scott Ogden's book....I read that "aurea" is a cadmium color - "traubii" is a saffron color.

I'll admit my lack of knowledge about this by saying that ...to me,...it's like comparing the differences between the spoken languages of Kiowa vs Cheyenne....guess I need to go study color shades now,.....'cause the colors of the aurea and the traubii flowers photos in Scott's book are so close...it is of no assistance to me in determining flower identities. I must fall back on Debbie's
descriptions at Solas Gardens....(and Scott's notation too) & hold onto the fact that the flowers oppose each other symetrically and 90 degrees to adjacent flowers....(at first,...I thought the "90 degree" reference applied to the positioning of the flower ...relative to the stem - ie: horizontal to the vertical) I'm just uncertain! Anyone out there who can enlighten an old gardener? Thanks in advance! Lee