plant ID help- not an orchid

[DirtyCoconuts]

I have two of these growing outside the side door to the garage....they are lovely with their foliage but have not done anything but be lovely for the 4 odd years i have lived here...i decided to give them some fert a few months ago to see if they were just neglected and a few days ago i noticed a spike and then this!!!

wow

Plants and animals by J Solo, on Flickr


i thought spider lily but there are a lot of variety and i cant be sure and the culture i am finding is that they are aquatic and these are quite terrestrial LOL


Plants and animals by J Solo, on Flickr


thanks!

[Ray]

Hymenocallis speciosa

[DirtyCoconuts]

Thanks

WW said Hymenocallis latifolia

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looking at the plant i have it is Hymen. latifolia- thanks!


if anyone wants to have a few bulbs (to those of you especially that i frequently trade with) i am going to dig up one of these guys to make it easier to get in the garage and to plant them down the side but given their size i imagine there will be bulbs-a-plenty to share

[estación seca]

Pollinate them. Most are self-fertile.

[DirtyCoconuts]

is it as simple as putting the pistol onto the stamen or do i need to collect the pollen and stick it on like with Vaseline?

[estación seca]

Just put the pollen on the pistil. The pollen may ripen at a different time than the pistil so you may need to take pollen from one flower and put it on another.

[DirtyCoconuts]

thank you...and pistol did not look right but my phone was convinced that pistil is not what i wanted....thanks technology LOL