Affodil?
Ken (Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:50:03 PDT)

I agree with Paul ... as it appears very similar to my Urginea (now Drimia?) maritima, on which I had an early bloom last month.  I expect subsequent blooms to pop up over the next few weeks.

Ken
San Diego
Z10-11

--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com> wrote:

Hi, A friend in Portugal sent me this beauty, from the woods near Lissabon
, does anyone know what it is? (more or less!) He wrote thus:
"Strange thing is that is has no leaves. Just sprouts from the
soil, about 50-60 cms tall."