Here's one. Cyrtanthus obliquus. Arnold -----Original Message----- From: David Pilling via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2020 8:16 pm Subject: [pbs] An amaryllis family puzzle Hi, We got the following question mailed to the PBS website. I will forward any replies to the list to the person who asked. " Are there any other plants in the Amaryllis family other than Clivia spp that have distichous basal leaves? I am trying to determine the identity of a liliaceous plant in our garden with distichous basal leaves in a very tight arrangement. The leaves are strap-shaped, recurved distally, and about 1 foot long. The bulb (?) sent up a stem with a few bracts near the top that was about 2 or 3 ft high. The stem formed 2 short branches at the top, each of which bore 2 or 3 upright, almost sessile, yellowish flower buds about an inch long. These flower buds were about to open when they were completely eaten by deer. so I cannot give you any details about the interior of the flower (number of stamens, whether ovary was superior or inferior, etc). I believe the plant is quite unusual and probably very beautiful if allowed to flower. Thank you for any light you can shed on this question. Sincerely, William " 'distichous' means "(of parts) arranged alternately in two opposite vertical rows" -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Cyrtanthus obliquus.2020.2JPG.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 179231 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…