Wednesday, October 14, 2009

rain lily

Presenting the fairest thing on earth...after the rain, thus the name...

The Rain Lily

The fairest thing is also known as fairy lily or zephyr lily. Her family is Zephyrantes. She may dressed in pink. Or yellow which Lucyriver have yet seen eye-to-eye.

More info about the fair lady, Zephyranthes Candida.
The site has beautiful pictures of the flower too.

Lucyriver have planted the rain lily in a plastic basin and put them out to the sun. The lily is quite a hardy type with the ability to survive with just a small amount of soil. The leaves are thin and long. She blooms in day and sleeps at night. Her lifespan on this earth is just two days. She would make a beautiful spread of carpet if planted in large quantity.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er hills and vales
When all at once, I saw a crowd,
A host, of white rain lilies;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Wordsworth, you don't mind if I 'borrow' this, do you.

1 comment:

  1. I like this rain lily too...near to ur style!

    wah! Lucyriver not only a monkey trainer, seem like a princess of flowers too, planting lovely flowers while waiting her white horse prince:)

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