Sweet aroma, but no name

I would like to again request your valuable services in identifying this one more flower just blossoming today in my garden. Every year it rises from underground and flowers in a matter of two weeks.

I can't help but I thought I'd comment and say it was very pretty :-)

It's got a light, sweet, lemon-like aroma.
I'll take more photos and post them soon.

Like dipsydoodle I can't help with the ID but gosh that's a beautiful flower. And it smells good too! What a treat. Wonder if it would grow over here in my neck of the woods.

My wife says that it is a species of the lily family. I know nothing about flowers.
Could it be, though?

It looks like some type of lily to me.

It look like Hymenocallis festalis http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1234/

They always looked like Crinum to me, but, they aren't.

Here's a different shot, now with a sister next to her. And there are another five on the way!

I think Dalethegardener might be right, or at least very close. I've googled pics and they look very similar indeed.

I thought it looked like a daffodil (well the daffodil trumpet anyway).

I found a web site with the right information about this flower.
http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/plantguide/hymenocallis-narcissiflora-peruvian-daffodil.aspx

i believe this flower is hymenocallis narcissiflora common name Peruvian daffodil

Greeting from North Carolina, USA
It is Amaryllis, which is in the lilly family. It has a bulb that multiplys over time and the planting gets thicker. It should be split every few years for best growth.
Check with your local garden store to see the best time in your area

No, it's not Amaryllis. It definitely looks like a Hymenocallis as others have mentioned previously.

It's very beautiful, jjulio!

Looks like this, too.

oops. here is another view before it was in full bloom. The name is 'Queen Night Blooming Ceres'.

Your plant is a cactus--if you look at the leaves on the one in jjulio's picture you can see that it's got leaves like you would expect on a bulb sort of plant not a cactus--I do see the resemblance of the flowers but it's definitely not the same plant.

WOW... Stunning and smells like lemons....I want one!

I bet it would hate freezing cold central Oregon....


Ginger

hymenocallis. I just ordered more after I cut mine walmart one in half with the blasted shovel last fall. Also called peruvian daffodil as another member said. I love the fragrance too.
Karen

Sorry to kidnap your thread but does anyone know how hardy or what zones the original flower (hymenocallis narcissiflora common name Peruvian daffodil) can survive in?

I saw them in a garden centre a few weeks ago and was wondering if they'd be hardy in my region Zone 8 or 9. I've missed the planting time for this year but I'm considering them for next year!

Thanks :)

Plant Files says zone 11. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/51530/

Here's one of the comments made about it on Plant Files:

Loves a moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. It won't stand temperatures much lower than 55F even when dormant so best grown indoors.

There are other hardier species of Hymenocallis and as far as I know most of them smell nice. I grew H. festalis here with no problem and it has a beautiful fragrance http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1234/ (it's listed as hardy to zone 8) and H. caroliniana is listed as hardy to zone 6 http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62064/ And H. narcissiflora is also listed as zone 8 http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/113466/ So maybe you can't grow the exact one from this thread, but the H. narcissiflora that you saw at the store ought to be OK, and there are a few other species you could try as well if you see them around.

Thanks Pirl and ecrane3. I'll look in to growing it indoors is worst comes to worst.