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I was told this was a "Rain Lilly" but it doesn't look anything like the pictures of rain lillys in the books. I would like to know what it is. I have several of them both at my house and a rent house down the street. The smell like cotton candy. This one was fairly small until 6 months ago when I planted the Pulmeria next to it and then it exploded to almost 5 feet high. It, apparently, likes the Pulmeria.
It is what we here in Louisiana call a Swamp Lily or Spider Lily. They are very fragrant and make beautiful big leaves, multiply very fast. I have one.
It looks like, and bear in mind that I know nothing about identifying plants, from what I can tell looking at pictures, now that I know where to look, it is a Hymenocallis latifolia. The other two mentioned look to have a lower aspect ratio petal on them than the latifolia, at least in the pictures that I have been able to find. Thank you all for the help.
i'd have said amaryllis-white spider lily-they r used in south Tx areas in hi water areas, bloom several times i believe, depending on the amounts of water they get-like bluebonnets, rainfall previous seasons indicates amts of bloom next season-they slo down running water in ditches-tho most of them have less spidery bloom lengths-even my rose colored trumpet shaped amaryllis has leaves up to 7' long-and bulbs as big as my d head shovel...
