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can some one tell me what this is,I love it,and it was a bonus gift from plant order.

OOPPs!!!


I WILL learn!! For some reason,my pic won't download. Mike

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Can you describe your plant?

I think I have it now

I think it is a peacock orchid... or peacock lily. My mom gave me some bulbs LATE this spring (maybe it was even summer) - they didn't bloom. I love them in the magazines, though.

Very well, AuntB got it right!!

Scientific Name:
Acidanthera bicolor

Family:
Peacock Lily

Family:
Iridaceae

Description:
This native of Ethiopia and member of the Iris Family blooms in Summer with showy, pendulous flowers.

that is one of my absolute favorite flowers. Shade or sun, loves it wet, and smells fantastic! Enjoy.

plantnutga

Thank you all DGers,I knew I'd get an answer,and I love it too,and hope it multiplies too.Thank you again,Mike

Mike, I saw 2 pics in the PF... they don't really look like the same plant - the 2 pics. The bottom one looks like your bulb/plant. Maybe the top one is a mature specimen grown in it's natural habitat? Sorry, I just really like your bulb/plant and would like to find one IF I can provide it its needs.

AuntB

It gets sold by several names, I usually see it in bulb catalogs as Abyssinian Gladiolus or Peacock Orchid,

botanical usually is not in listing: Gladiolus callianthus
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/756/index.html


Where were the photos you mentioned? I'll check. -plantnutga

Thank you for the response,plantnutga,All I now know is it was a promotional gift from Breck's,and I think they have a new customer, Mike




I am going to make another attempt,to send another view of the peacock lily,but no promise,so please bear with me..Mike

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This is another atempt: whoopy!!!!!I might get the hang of this camera stuff!!

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Its not a good repeat returner for me...must not like it so hot in the winter. =(

I'll have to report back next year- I planted a lot at our last house and then we moved, I just planted a bunch here.

I think the bulb just has "issues" with me--seems to do great for everyone else, go figure! lol

yeah, well I killed 2 bougainvillea, bulletproof in this part of the country........I always figured that the plant just had a bad attitude to start with

:)

If its like the gladiolias in this zone(7),it will do well to dig after after it dies down,put in open container with dry peatmoss,and plant back in spring after last frost.Mike