Hymenocallis / Ismene
Dell Sherk (Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:08:05 PDT)

I think I remember that "amancaes" comes from a Peruvian place name where
the plant grows.

Dell

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At 09:43 AM 7/5/2010 -0400,Jim McK. wrote:

syllable

Someone in the bulb fraternity taught me years ago to pronounce amancaes
with four syllables. It is apparently Greek, so I vote with Jim McK. on
this. (I'm afraid my vowels are probably not very Greek!)

Jim S.

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