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Hymenocallis sp.
These lovely spider lilies, herbaceous bulbous perennials, really do look spidery, due to the long, strap-like petals drooping from the shallow cup of the flower. It's not a typical flower construction because the cup is formed by a membrane stretched between the fused stamens. It's almost see-through, which is the source of the genus name, hymenocallis, with hymen meaning membrane, and callis derived from the Greek word for beautiful.
It was growing in a marshy spot beside a pond.
Since there are 60 species native to the New World, I'm not going to put a firm name to it, although I suspect it is H. littoralis
Spotted on Dec 18, 2011
Submitted on Feb 18, 2016
3 Comments
Stunning.
Thanks, Jim. I consider it an honor to be praised by such an expert as yourself!
Great photography, Irene! Taking photos of anything white is difficult to capture the detail...and you nailed it.