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| I dug these up yesterday where my great grand parents homesteaded...middle of Missouri, zone 5b. The leaves(?) are flat and the bulb looks like an onion, but has no smell. They were growing in clumps. Can anyone help me identify them? Thank you, |
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| Looks like either a Resurrection Lily or an Allium. Have you seen the bloom yet? |
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| No, they were not blooming yesterday and I can't recall what they looked like when they did bloom. Attached is a picture of the clump. |
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| Hmmmm.... Could even be a species of Agapanthus. |
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- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 13:27
| I'd suspect a daffodil or narcissus. FataMorgana |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 13:27
| wow.. in my z5.. the ground is still frozen ... just goes to show how little info is really provided.. when all we have is z5 as where one is ... digging at that growth point.. it wouldnt surprise me if they skip bloom this season ... hopefully not.. but its possible ... be happy enough.. if they survive.. regardless ... ken |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 14:14
| I'd vote for Lycoris squamigera. |
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- Posted by Dzitmoidonc 6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 15:04
| ken, did you miss the first line? "I dug these up yesterday where my great grand parents homesteaded...middle of Missouri, zone 5b" Lycoris doesn't have foliage this time of year, to those who post from what I call the tropics (AL, LA, etc.) ;>p I agree with Fata. My Daffodils look exactly like that this time of year. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 17:57
| hey dzits ... did you miss where i compared my z5 MI to their z5 MO ??? it was an 'aside' .. ken |
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| Ken - if they are daffodils - and I'm not 100% sure about that - the leaf tips seem a bit too rounded and they splay out, unlike mine - they should flower this year if they are replanted immediately at the same depth and watered well. As we learned over on that hyacinth question that the flower is already formed in the bulb by this time of year. Remember? ;-) If they don't flower it won't be because of the move it will be because they weren't ever going to, maybe because they've become overcrowded. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 8:21
| or maybe because they are still not replanted ... i did NOT mean to imply they wouldnt.. i was just trying to say.. if they did NOT.. dont worry about it .. as you know.. we have a lot of 'worriers' on GW .. i doubt they can kill them.. but i was just trying to forestall a fall post about WHY DIDNT THEY BLOOM ... i like to set myself up for the worse.. [expect no bloom] .. and then i am mildly surprised at success ... lol ... its just a frame of mind .... that many with less experience.. seem to lack .... one might sum it up this way: if it lives.. and doesnt blooms.. who cares.. there is always next year .... i win.. because it lived .... just get us a pic of the flower.. it will be ID'd in minutes .... ken |
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- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 10:58
| When daffodils come up in the spring here, this is what they look like. My own house is roughly 160 years old and daffodils spring up here and there - where ever a bulb got thrown and survived over the years. Many of the plants are probably older than I. Daffodils are one of those long-lived plants that one finds at old homestead sites. Daffodils are hard to kill. In my opinion, you have to try to kill them for it to take. Stick the bulbs back in the ground. They may not bloom this year, but they will probably survive to bloom another year. FataMorgana |
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