I live in Arkansas, and these plants are out in my field. There is a patch of them. It doesn't really look natural or look like they are wild. It looks like someone planted them at one time or another. Maybe it could be a clue to an old homesite? I want to look for a well but it is summer and everything is so grown up right now. I think I will metal detect in the winter to learn more about this spot. Also there are rocks where the plants are growing... Anyone know what this means?
2007-07-22 21:49:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
LOL.... I forgot to put the link to the pictures. Here it is! These are pretty good pictures for identification.
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z96/Riveter_2007/
2007-07-22 21:51:11 · update #1
Also, I dug up one of these plants. They grow from rhizomes like irises do. That's why I am confused, because they look like lillies!
2007-07-22 22:01:38 · update #2
*******Also, I dug up one of these plants. They grow from rhizomes like Irises do. I am confused because they look like Lillies!
2007-07-22 22:07:37 · update #3
I HAVE FINALLY IDENTIFIED THEM!!!! THEY ARE CALLED "BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS" OR LEOPARD LILY OR BLACKBERRY LILY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT ANSWERED. I DID SOME WEB SEARCHES ON LILLIES AND FINALLY CAME UP WITH A MATCH. WHAT A CONFUSING PLANT!!! NOW HERE IS A NEW QUESTION. I LIVE IN ARKANSAS SO JUDGING BY THE LAND AROUND ME I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THESE PLANTS ARE WILD. I STILL WANT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE PART OF AN OLD HOMESTEAD. WHAT DO YOU THINK???
2007-07-23 07:57:15 · update #4
HERE IS A BETTER PICTURE.
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/bel_chi.jpg
NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY I WAS SO CONFUSED. THE FOILAGE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IRIS BUT THE FLOWER LOOKS LIKE A LILY. I'M SO GLAD I'VE FINALLY IDENTIFIED THEM. THANKS EVERYONE!!!
2007-07-23 08:09:02 · update #5
The plant or flower in question is undoubtedly- Belamcanda chinensis ( Leopard Lily) of family -Iridaceae. It is an ornamental , cultivated plant and not wild.
Considering the situation in which you have found it it is either an escapee from a garden or indicates previous habitation of that place.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Belamcanda_chinensis_2007.jpg
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/image/belamcanda.jpg
http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FHLC/Inv/images/L/Blackberry_Lily.jpg
2007-07-23 20:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting - it looks like a real Tiger Lily (see http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/tigerlil.htm ), not the mis-named Day Lily of the previous Gardener's Network link. Tiger Lilies are a wild N. American lily, while Day Lilies are an Asian form that were generally planted around or near homes as ornamental edging over the last couple hundred years. As a general rule, where you see patches of Day Lilies, there used to be a house nearby. I can't say what your patch means - I suppose Tiger Lilies may possibly also have been planted, but anyway I'd go ahead and search the area if I were you. You might also find it interesting to go to the county seat or town hall and search in the real estate records to see what they show.
2007-07-23 07:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They definitely look as if they are in the iris/lily family, but the name escapes me right now! They have foilage like lilies and irises, and undoubtedly grow from bulbs in the ground--which means that if you want to plant some of them elsewhere they would be really easy to transplant.
2007-07-22 22:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Megumi D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Awesome flowers. The leaves look a lot like an iris to me, but not the flower. Could be a lily. Hope you discover something really cool buried underneath!
2007-07-22 23:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not a strange plant. It is a very common plant. Usually found growing wild along road sides, parks, old homesteads. The tiger lilly, or perhaps a variety, Lilium spp var.
http://www.gardenersnet.com/bulbs/tigerlily.htm
2007-07-23 01:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
the 1st one jogs my memory of Pampas grass that has been dyed. mom might have the skill to help. She is from the South even with the undeniable fact that no longer fairly that far. She ought to come by the following day or Sunday and that i visit ask her if she is conscious, in simple terms in case you haven't any longer gotten solutions yet for the others.
2016-09-30 12:14:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look like something in my garden but no Orange flowers.
2007-07-22 22:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by ASK A.S. 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
some kind of lily. bulb plant
2007-07-22 21:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by momoftrl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they look like lillies,
really pretty!!
hope i could help :o)
2007-07-22 21:56:47 · answer #9 · answered by gem w 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋