Not open yet. Best guess at this stage --in bud--an ornithogalum. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crawford Neil" <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:27 AM Subject: [pbs] Affodil? > > 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." > I have no idea myself, perhaps in the Asphodelaceae family? > > http://flickr.com/photos/41575387@N04/… > > Best regards Neil > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/