Putting on a show this month is the poorly endowed rain lily, Habranthus brachyandrus. Native to Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia, this showy bulb starts its flowering season in mid-June (NC), and continues through September. Three days after each rain a new crop of flowers emerges. The specific epithet brachyandrus lets the world know that it
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Because we ‘ve had an abnormally wet summer, the rain liles of the genus Zephyranthes and Habranthus have been blooming up a storm, and the insects that feed on them, like Tiger Swallowtail butterflies, are everywhere. Within 2-4 days after a rain, during the summer months, the clumps burst forth with an amazing floral show.
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We’ve written before about our plant collection rescue efforts, and last week, we were fortunate to conduct yet another of those important missions. This was the rescue of the Flory/Flagg/Smith rain lily collection. Walter Flory and Ray Flagg are two of the biggest names in the rain lily world over the last 70 years, while
