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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
August 14, 2001 4:03 AM Post #10743
| It produces a bunch of white flowers from a single stalk during the summer. Name this one please. Thanx. 
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Joy
Kalama, WA (Zone 8b)
August 14, 2001 5:57 AM Post #110121
| Looks like a hosta to me! Joy |
mark
Antrim, Northern Ire
United Kingdom (Zone 8b)
August 14, 2001 6:56 AM Post #110135
| I agree it looks like a hosta. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
August 14, 2001 11:02 AM Post #110165
| Are hostas bulbous plants? |
woodspirit1
Lake Toxaway, NC (Zone 7a)
August 14, 2001 11:07 AM Post #110168
| yes they are. They like shade too, a good thing for me! There are hundreds, if not thousands of varieites. A good place to view them is at http://www.shadyoaks.com |
MzMunchken
Crestview, FL (Zone 7b)
August 14, 2001 11:26 AM Post #110177
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pebble
Bodrum
Turkey (Zone 10a)
 August 14, 2001 2:55 PM Post #110264
| Looks like a hosta to me too |
Azalea
Jonesboro, GA (Zone 7b)
August 14, 2001 5:06 PM Post #110345
| Yep - Hosta. |
Jerseyguy
Princeton, NJ (Zone 6a)
August 15, 2001 2:33 AM Post #110577
| Dinu, I don't know why but I question whether this is a hosta. Just a few questions if you don't mind. Are the flowers up and down the stem similar to a snapdragon or are they clustered in a ball at the top at the end of the stem similar to a geranium? Did you plant this from a bulb yourself? If so approximately how big was the bulb, the size of a tulip bulb or larger? Are the flowers fragrant? |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
August 16, 2001 11:17 AM Post #111233
| Yes, Jerseyguy, it flowers like granium, slightly scented. Its white bulb is like the onion, fits in the palm (not small). It flowers in summer almost before the new set of leaves arrive. Help! |
Jerseyguy
Princeton, NJ (Zone 6a)
August 16, 2001 10:55 PM Post #111480
| Ok, then I know what it ISN'T and that's Hosta. Now we just have to find out what it IS! I'll let you know when I find out. If anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears!
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Jerseyguy
Princeton, NJ (Zone 6a)
August 17, 2001 10:43 PM Post #112056
| Here are a few photographs of Proiphys, do the flowers resemble these? The first two are Proiphys cunninghamii, the second one is a double form http://155.187.10.12/images/photo_cd/732131822186/007.html
http://www.bulbsociety.com/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPH...
The third one is Proiphys amboiniensis http://www.bulbsociety.com/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPH...
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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
August 20, 2001 6:58 AM Post #112926
| Hosta, hosta...It's NOT a hosta. It really isn't! It is indeed, proiphys amboinensis. Great job, Jerseyguy! Thanxalot. |
Jerseyguy
Princeton, NJ (Zone 6a)
August 20, 2001 1:25 PM Post #112984
| Your're welcome! |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
April 24, 2002 6:42 AM Post #248573
| Jerseyguy, I have now posted a couple of pics in the plants database and the plant is flowering now.
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2754.html |
