SC - RE: THE ALIEN PLANT

[rcmann4@earthlink.net]

- --- RANDALL DIAMOND <ringofkings at mindspring.com>
wrote:
> This rather definitely sounds like one of the
> fritullaries.  I
> would venture that you are describing a Crown
> Imperial
> Fritullary.   It is quite unique among bulbed
> varieties and
> indeed has the leaves characteristically over the
> flowers
> on a tall, thick, amarillys-type stalk rising from a
> base of
> short lily-like leaves

Yep.  That sounds just like the plant I've seen.  Now
that I have a name to go with it, I can start homing
in on it.  Thanks bunches for the info, and the
warning about the scent!!  I'll keep an eye out in the
garden catalogs this fall.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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