बस यूँही……

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The rain lily was happy to be planted in a new environment and each bulb sent out shoots and flowered within 2 weeks of our taking them there from my city home. Nothing is more enchanting than the sight of a fresh bloom with raindrops glistening on its petals, shuddering ever so slightly in the breeze.
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Zephyranthes carinata, commonly known as the rosepink zephyr lily or pink rain lily, is a perennial flowering plant that’s native to Mexico, Central and equatorial South America. It has now been widely distributed and naturalized through many parts of the world, including the Caribbeans, Southern and Southeastern US, Africa and Asia, all the way to Japan and the Pacific islands, even Queensland in Australia.  Zephyranthes carinata grows from tunicate globular bulbs 2 to 3 cm  in diameter. The tunics are wine-red in color. Four to six linear and flattened leaves are produced by each bulb. Each is 15 to 30 cm  long and 6 to 8 mm wide, reddish at the bases and bright green for the rest of their lengths.

The funnel-shaped flowers are solitary, with pink to rose red perianths. They are borne erect or slightly inclined on scapes 10 to 15 cm  long. The deep lilac to purplish spathes are 25 to 30 mm  long. There are two lengths of the stamen filaments – 15 mm and 21 mm. The anthers are 6 mm  in length. The style is filiform and the seeds are black and shiny.
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