Help with ID please

Yuma, AZ

Can anyone help with ID? Had it for over three years and just started blooming. I have three others all starting to do the same.
Thanks

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Jacksonville, FL(Zone 9a)

Crinum americanum????

Yuma, AZ

Flowers

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Jacksonville, FL(Zone 9a)

Hmmmm, too much pink for C. americanum Sort of looks like and old fashioned Milk and Wine Crinum.

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Maybe this one:
Crinum procerum splendens, listed on Pacific Bulb Society's webpage:
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CrinumSpeciesFour

Yuma, AZ

Don't those flower from the center? This shoot comes from the side of the plant.

Yuma, AZ

The flowers do look similar, but splendins is described as a red leaf type. Thank you for your help.

This message was edited Oct 22, 2007 4:53 PM

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

One more try, maybe this one:
Crinum × augustum
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CrinumHybridsStriped

Yuma, AZ

That's the one! Thank you very much for your help.

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Yay, those flowers are really gorgeous!

Tolleson, AZ(Zone 9a)

Good job Dave!! Those are nice flowers. I just started to get into crinums.

Yuma, AZ

Thanks, have had this plant for while, never knew how cool it was. The gardener kept cutting it back, I finally told him to just let it go and that's what happened. Pretty cool.
Davie

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