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Amazon Lily - Eucharis amazonica

"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair."

~Susan Polis Schutz

 

Common Names | Amazon Lily

Botanical Name | Eucharis amazonica

Family | Amaryllidaceae

 

Basal leaves are long-elliptic, wavy and dark green. In late summer, smooth stems bear fragrant, white flowers, arranged in umbels of up to eight, with stamens protruding. Each daffodil-like flower has six spreading sepals arranged in two rows, with the outer being longer and narrower than in inner ones, and six stamens that are fused into a cup.

 

Taken at Allan Gardens Conservatory

 

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Uploaded on November 28, 2019
Taken on November 26, 2019