A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 pink lily on a stick

I don't have this flower, but I see it everywhere blooming right now, and I want one. It looks like a lily, pale pink and it looks like it's got a dowel rod for a stem. The stem is straight and brown with no leaves on it, then this pretty flower is at the top.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Could it be a Rain lily? They come in various colors and pop up after a good rain.

Nope...I just Googled that.

The one I'm talking about has no foliage at the bottom...just looks like a skinny brown dowel rod about a foot or maybe a little more tall, with a pink lily looking flower on top.

I'm gonna have to drive down the road and take a picture of one in a little while. There's some in a yard, but the people are never home.

I don't know what the real name is but people here call them naked ladies. I think in the spring the foliage comes out but they bloom in the summer and you don't see the foliage.

Nancy

Nancy...I'm afraid to put "naked ladies" into the Google search!

yep putting nekkid lady's in google would bring you some interesting results. Oh man am I laughing!

Is this it Cindy??

Naked Lady

I think the one she is talking about might be Lycoris squamigera. They are called magic lilies, surprise lilies and naked ladies.

Don't think I would google that either.

Nancy

Pink lily on a stick = Lycoris squamigera

Thank you!!!

Naked ladies =
Naked Ladies
(Amaryllis belladonna)

These beautiful flowers grow out of bare, parched ground during September in San Diego County. They arise from deep-seated bulbs, long after the leaves from the previous spring have withered away. Scroll down to the next paragraph to read about this curious name for a plant.

You know I've always wondered what these were too! I see them in yards all the time and thought what a curious looking flower..no leaves..just straight up then the big flower at the top.
Now I need to find some bulbs! lol

They are fragrant also.

There is a red one also.