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tanya.crowleytanya.crowley Posts: 2
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Hi, 

I am hoping someone can help, please. 

I bought this plant some time ago, and have since forgotten its name. I seem to recall the lady I bought it from referencing it was some type of lily. can anyone identify it? 

With thanks,

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Last edited: 17 September 2016 14:59:29

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,210

    Hi tanya. Its a Kaffir Lily or Schizostylis coccinea.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,113

    Hesperantha coccinea  used to be Schizostylis coccinea aka Kaffir Lily.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,154

    They used to be called Kaffir lilies but that's not PC now so they are now more usually called by their botanical name Schizostylis.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • tanya.crowleytanya.crowley Posts: 2

    Hi all - thank you! :-)

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,154

    Blimey.  When did it become hesperantha?!

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,409

    Immediately after I managed to get my tongue round Schizostylus without sounding rudeimage`

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