Paradisea or Anthericum
Jane McGary (Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:41:07 PDT)

Mary Sue's pictures of Paradisea lusitanica at Wisley look like the plants
I have growing here under that name. Note that the flowers of Paradisea are
funnel-shaped, and those of Anthericum open almost flat. My plants have
been in the garden for 3 years and flowered in their fourth year from
sowing the seeds. The stems were up to 40 inches (1 m) tall. The plants
have not experienced temperatures below 18 degrees F yet.

The name Paradisea liliastrum has the -um ending because it is nominal (a
noun) even though it is used as a species epithet, and those are usually
adjectives. Adjectives agree with their head nouns in grammatical gender,
but nouns each go their own way.

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA