Crinum hybrid identification
William Krick (Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:17:16 PDT)
A little over 2 years ago, I moved to Cary North Carolina and found
this plant growing in my back yard, probably planted by the original
owner. There were no flowers at the time, but I was pretty sure it
was an Amaryllis or something closely related. I was getting
landscaping done near the plant and I decided to dig it up and move it
to a better location. It ended up being a massive clump of large
bulbs which took three people to move. The year after I re-planted
it, it flowered at least once that I recall, and it flowered for the
first time this year yesterday (June 27). The flower stalk is about
30 inches high, and the leaves are probably just as long, if not
longer (very floppy). There is only one flower stalk so far, I think
there may have been more last year.
After doing some research, I now think it's a Crinum hybrid of some
kind, but I am unable to identify it exactly. Links to pictures are
below. If you need more pictures, or measurements, let me know.
http://imageshack.us/a/img191/263/shb7.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/2667/dpd1.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/2708/4txn.jpg
Thanks for your time.
William Krick
Cary, North Carolina
Growing Zone 7