*warning* flowertard :blah: *warning*
been chasing another rabbit since finishing some menial gardening - aka mowing
almost grabbed a lil' baby columbine when bringing the tree along with me to menard's after she got her shot. was < $3, i should've, and am kicking myself now. the last time we went there, though, is what started the chase...
meant to get some day lily bulbs. am bound and determined to get hummingbirds in my yard without resorting to man-made plastic crap and processed sugars. figured it almost a surety they'd have some, but nope. so i eyed around and grabbed 4 bulbs of something that ended up being mislabeled, based solely on the image - no research at all into the plant. they were supposed to be white spider lilies, but this is what (at least 2 of them for sure) are...
:deslily:
they're still spider lilies, some species of hymenocallis for certain, but it's proving difficult to determine for certain which species. i've seen dead-ringer image matches to multiple different claimed species identifications
what is certain is they are native to coastal desert areas of Peru, where almost all of their water supply comes from condensation of the fog rolling down the Andes. looking into hidden histories (of both ancient and personal significance) and ethnobotanical practices in peru and bolivia is what brought me to GLP
and, of course, as just about every plant i'm drawn to, they are toxic on account of their alkaloid content. lycorine in particular, which so far i've found to be actively researched in modern medicine as an anticancer drug, namely and most promising for anti-ovarian cancer treatment.
and my foxglove started blooming
but still no baby moon flowers that i can tell for sure :/