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Sunday, April 17, 2011

African Crinum Lily (Crinum jagus)


Scientific name: Crinum jagus
Common name: African Crinum Lily, St Christopher Lily, Swamp Lily
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Origin: Africa

Photographs taken at: The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

This is my entry for Today's Flowers # 139, a meme which opens every Sunday, 2pm GMT. My grateful thanks to Today's Flowers team members; Luiz Santili Jr, Denise in Virginia, Laerte Pupo and Sandy Carlson. To participate and view other gorgeous flowers around the world, click here.


7 comments:

  1. Delikatna, biała piękność.Pozdrawiam

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  2. ALWAYS i LIKE TO VISIT YOUR BLOG CAUSE i LEARN MORE AND MOER ABOUT THE NAME OF FLOWERS.

    NICE SHOT
    HAVE A NICE SUNDAY
    http://graceolsson.com/blog/2011/04/the-white-roses-of-my-mother/

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  3. Superb capture of the lilies. They are beautiful.

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  4. I always think I'm not fond of white flowers, until I see photos such as this. Magnificent!

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  5. Pretty! I'm amazed at your knowledge of the names of flowers.

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  6. Beautiful! I haven't seen this lily before.

    I just finished painting a star gazer lily - http://www.etsy.com/listing/71884016/star-gazer-lily-art-limited-edition

    Enjoy.

    I'm your new follower.
    Barb

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Yay! You like flowers too.