February 2011 - Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Anne,
yes, that blue staining on the petals seems to indicate that sometime, someday someone will breed a blue lycoris.


I'll wait to see if any seed set from crossing it with L. incarnata,
cheers
fermi

[Tecophilaea King]

Hedychium is a rhizomatous, mainly subtropical genus in the Zingiberaceae or Ginger family.  
Many have very attractive flowers, often beautifully perfumed..
They are hardier than most people realise and given a warm south facing wall with a protective mulch in winter, they will survive reasonable frosts
Hedychium  coccineum “Tara” and Hedychium densiflorum “Assam Orange” are both colourful specimen well worth growing.