Hesperocallis undulata
bulborum botanicum (Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:14:13 PDT)
Yes Jim
I visited a friend in Sicily and we went to the beach
I had never seen so many Pancratium maritimum.together
bad luck they where just out of flower
full of seed-pods I have to go back to make pictures
Roland
2010/8/6 Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>
Lee wrote: "They went down one weekend in the early spring and they arrived
around midnight during a full moon. They told me that for miles and miles,
as
they got closer to their destination, the desert appeared to be covered
with
white lily blooms shining in the moonlight as far as the eye could see, and
they
rolled down their windows and the air had this heavenly scent my aunt says
she'll never forget. Wish I could have experienced that."
WOW! I've read similar descriptions of the mass blooming of Pancratium
maritimum.
You Californians have it made.
Jim McKenney
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