Hi folks,
Picked up this flower at a local gardening shop. The guy didn't know what it was called and said it was the only one he had. I absolutely fell in love with it and learned when I got it home and placed it on my balcony that the peddles open during the day and then close at night (at first, I just noticed there were no open peddles and I assumed they had fallen off when I took it out of the car, but then I quickly figured out that it opens during the day when I saw it bloom the next morning and then close in the evening).
https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/dsc00751ff.jpg/
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric
P.S. If it helps with identification, I'm in Israel.[/img]
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The picture above shows a pod and they are called blackberry lilies because of the berry like seeds.
blackberry lily seeds:
[img]https://knitsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/blackberry-lily.jpg[/img]
This article
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-blackberry-lily.htm
describes blackberry lily as opening in the morning and then closing in a spiral fashion late in the day.
blackberry lily seeds:
[img]https://knitsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/blackberry-lily.jpg[/img]
This article
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-blackberry-lily.htm
describes blackberry lily as opening in the morning and then closing in a spiral fashion late in the day.
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The pods are there, just *behind* the flowers. The position is like that of the immature squash behind female squash flowers; the seeds need to mature during the flower's season; then they'll be the main feature.
These are in my MIL's yard, put there by the landscapers five years ago. I never knew their name!
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
These are in my MIL's yard, put there by the landscapers five years ago. I never knew their name!
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9