Does anyone know what this is??

musebaby · Dec 20, 2008 3:39 pm

Can anyone please tell me what this flower is :?:

I found it growing among the weeds at the side of the house...

Just wondering if I should put it in a pot and then transplant somewhere....

There is (i think its called mothers tongue???) in there as well... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

kek · Dec 20, 2008 4:42 pm

Can't help with your flower, I'm afraid, but if the other plant you're referring to is mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria Trifasciata), it should look like this:

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TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 20, 2008 10:02 pm

looks like a crocus. and here's a picture of one similar...
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musebaby · Dec 21, 2008 1:13 am

Great! Thanks

ECOECO · Dec 21, 2008 8:25 am

I have crocus - I don't think so. Much thicker short stem, flowers stay in a bowl shape.

Ed

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 21, 2008 10:58 pm

there are a hell of a lot of different crocus. The one first pictured by musebaby is a variety commonly sold in nurseries as a rockery plant. What the variety is I am not sure but I will ring a mate and find out

that was the closest pic I could google

Yeah it isn't anything like what most folks buy in a bulb pack

one possibility is Crocus tommasinianus alba.

this is crocus corsicas which would be flowering this time of year
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There are many species. and the above ones do come in white

musebaby · Dec 22, 2008 1:12 am

It does look a lot like Fu Manchu's pic.
I dug it up and put it in a pot.. but I've prob killed it

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 22, 2008 1:20 am

when you dug it up was there a bulb or small roundish bulbs attached to the roots?

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 22, 2008 6:30 pm

I remembered! the fella wasn't in when I rang but I bumped into another mate who grows these

It's not a crocus as such. It has a few common names and one is Autumn crocus. storm lily or rain lily are others sometimes used. They tend to appear after rain. I can't believe i couldn't get this. they are as common as muck in nurseries.

They are related to the crocus.

Zephyranthes Candida (white autumn crocus)
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Michelle · Dec 22, 2008 6:42 pm

It is a crocus, I have a garden full.

Love them.

musebaby · Dec 23, 2008 12:42 am

The ground was rock hard!
When I dug it up, I couldnt find anything... no bulbs or roots!! Thats why I think I killed it.... :oops:

But I put it in a pot anyway.. you never know... :shock:

it may be ok..

ECOECO · Dec 23, 2008 10:39 am

If it's a crocus - then you didn't kill it because it grows from a bulb... and it's still in the ground.

But I still doubt it... many years, many crocuses (crocii?), but not this one.

Ed

musebaby · Dec 23, 2008 1:45 pm

I had a good dig around. Maybe the bulb is down further...
The ground is soooo hard there... Going to fix that area up in the new year... Want to plant bamboo or something tall there.. maybe I'll find the bulbs then?? :shock:

Quite like lilies!

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 24, 2008 10:40 am

It isn't a crocus, it is a Zephyranthes or white autumn crocus. different species, from a different genus and a different family. same order of plants though

I was going on the flower features to identify it and ecoclassic was right that it wasn't a crocus but the the features of the flower indicate at a glance to be a crocus or crocus like flower

many crocus do open right up and have pinate petals

Spot · Dec 24, 2008 11:05 am

musebaby

I had a good dig around. Maybe the bulb is down further...
The ground is soooo hard there... Going to fix that area up in the new year... Want to plant bamboo or something tall there.. maybe I'll find the bulbs then?? :shock:

Quite like lilies!

Don't plant bamboo! You'll regret it! Well in my experience anyway, sooooo hard to get rid of later on.

musebaby · Dec 24, 2008 11:10 am

Just looked Zephyranthes up on wikipedia. They have pic there and thats the flower!!

Thanks!!
(although, I must say that it looks very simular to the crocus!!) :shock:

You guys know your plants!

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 25, 2008 1:06 am

Heh heh, I met up with a lady that knows obscenely more names of plants than me. I mentioned this thread and she was onto the name like flys on poo :lol:

She mentioned this one, which i am not familiar with

, Zephyranthes pulchella, (I think it was) as an option

all too much

Also thanks to this thread I learnt that Saffron comes from a species of Crocus (an actual Crocus) They make it from the stamens of the flower and hence the yellow colour to saffron

Learnt that while looking for pics, so thanks

TheGardenWhisperer · Dec 25, 2008 1:11 am

Oh and musebaby please plant something like a golden cane palm instead of bamboo! Yeah there are clumping forms and runners but even the clumping ones widen out to a fair width that rarely comforms to domestic garden scale

You are bloody lucky to live in Brissie

I recon if Perth and Brisbane collided we would get the perfect Australian city

musebaby · Dec 26, 2008 12:01 pm

I have an unhealthy obsession with bamboo.

I have a few different types in pots. My real favourite is Buddha's Belly Bamboo . Cant wait to see it get bigger!! I was soooo excited when I found it in a garden center!! Its in a massive pot!! My DH hates moving it! I would love to plant that!!!

Yea, kudos for living in Bris, its great being able to plant soo many plants yaaay! I would love to visit WA, I have a cousin living there... good excuse to go...

ECOECO · Dec 26, 2008 1:19 pm

Fu Manchu

I recon if Perth and Brisbane collided we would get the perfect Australian city

They did, they called it Melbourne...

Ed