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Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)

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Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)		 Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Cahaba Lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)

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Charlotte Robertson 04-Jan-2019 04:49
I have a Cahaba lily which has been growing and spreading in a large pot for 3 years. I need to put it in the ground and wonder when the best time of year is to move it.
Victor Hall 05-Aug-2017 10:58
About 10 years ago I spotted some amaryllis type leaves growing in a heavily wooded area near a shop I built. East Texas/Post Oak Savannah zone. Elevation 420 feet. Sandy soil. I thought maybe moving the large bulbs to a sunny area might help them bloom. I moved a few. They bloom nearly every summer. There is no nearby water. A friend of a family member identified it as the Cahaba Lily and was quite surprised to hear of their existance here.
Lauretta 17-Dec-2015 00:15
I live in Sarasota, Fl and have flowers that look just like these around the lamp post in my front yard. No running water. but, lots of very hot sunlight. Are there any other flowers that look like this? White with long tendrils flowing down. When it bloomed, on Sept 20, 2015, it lasted only a few days, then withered away. I have asked everyone, but no one knows what they are.
Guest 26-May-2014 19:20
I photographed one today (5-26-14) close-up and posted it to facebook. Johnny Watson
Emily Chappel 14-Dec-2013 03:29
I beleive i am growing Cahaba Lillies in my back yard. I live in QLD Australia .No one i know or ive been to could tell me what this flower is. How uncommon would it be if my flowers are Cahaba lillies?
Emily Chappel 14-Dec-2013 03:24
Hi i live in Australia South East QLD. I was given this bulb & told it was something. but then it flowered ive been everwhere to find out what it is. I saw your photos & beleive that i am growing this beauty in my backyard
Tabitha 12-Jun-2010 03:21
I met Suzanne today for a brief moment and now I have the most Beautiful pics of the Cahaba Lilys! I named my daughter for the elegant way Lillies look. I love them. Next Yr I think I will be Canoeing!!
Barrie Bain 25-May-2010 19:41
Who care who has the largest population of cahaba lilies? Aren't we all lucky to have seen them? I saw them in Harris County on May 25 in full bloom. They were fabulous.
mersades hand 31-Mar-2010 17:19
there really pretty an uniqe
Midgey 27-Mar-2010 00:36
I looked at images of the "meadow lily" online and they don't look like the Cahaba Lily.
Stephen Williams 08-Dec-2009 04:40
My mother died in June, 2000. I don't know where she got this particular plant. I always thought it was some kind of white amarillo. The plant is at my father's house in Graceville, Florida. I don't have any idea how long the plant has been growing in my father's back yard; years; over twenty years. Earlier this year, I saw pictures in a National Wildlife Magazine; that looked just like the plant at my father's house; and the article said the plant was the Cahaba River Lily. It is beautiful when it blooms. I didn't even know it was a rare plant.
Guest 21-Jul-2009 04:28
near the cahaba river in the birmingham, alabama area and on the grounds of kirkwood -by -the -river retirement community grow lillies with flowers similar to those of the cahaba lilly. a resident brought them there. no one knows what they are or where they came from. steve betts, head grounds keeper at kirkwood.
Hal Threadcraft 17-May-2009 15:16
Guest
Mark Dutton needs to check his research. Countless sites report and varify that WestBlockton, AL has the largest stand of Hymenocallis coronaria lilies in the world. He may want to consult the Nature WIldlife Conservacy and the Sierra Club to name just two.
Hal Threadcraft
Annette McHan 26-Jun-2008 01:44
Like Renee Cottrell, I have several growing around my house as well. My husband and I have dug at several sites that we have owned and formed a "catch-all" hold-over bed. Last year they started to bloom. I looked for a "Meadow Lily", but could not find one. The ones that I have are in beds near my house and beside a pond in my side yard, but not near running water. Mr. Adams, do you have a picture of a Meadow Lily?
susan bush 03-Jun-2008 17:57
I photographed the "cahaba lily" on The Cahaba River near my hometown in West Blocton, Alabama, which according to Dr. Davenport of Sanford University, is the largest stand of the true lily. It has several cousins that live under very different conditions than the those of The Cahaba River. I'm happy to share photos if you request one from me - skvbrevity@aol.com --
Guest 31-May-2008 10:04
The world's largest population is found at Landsford Canal State Park in SC growing in the Catawba River - in SC we call it Rocky Shoals Spider Lily. Mark Dutton
Charles E. Adams 26-May-2008 21:48
Cottrell's plant is a Meadow Lily--a relative of the Cahaba Lily. The latter would not survive in the habatat she describes.
Renee Cottrell 11-Mar-2008 12:43
Nice pics. I am from Louisiana. I recently bought a farm and last year had two of the Cahaba Lillies bloom in a flower bed that had been established by the former owner. The flower bed is around an oak tree where there is no running water. I did not have a clue what kind of flower it was at first so I took a picture and someone had seen an article about the Cahaba lilies and told me about them. I thought it was rather cool to have such a rare find in my back yard.
Larissa Davis 08-Feb-2008 17:29
Very pretty pictures, I just really discovered what a Cahaba Lilly is. In the Law office I work for they have a sculpture of wood Cahaba Lilies
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