Has anyone seen a plant like this

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some one gave my cousin a plant and said he got the onions in Italy she gave me a plant now i can take out the onions that push their way out of the pot when it gets too full than i can make another plant she told me it was called an onion plant

Kelley Aho Phillips · Answer

Looks like some kind of day lily.

Tammy@Deja Vue Designs · Answer

kinda looks like rain lilies too!

Sherrie · Answer

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S · Answer

It will require a free sign up, but you can post this picture and explanation here; http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/plantid/all/ These folks are very knowledgeable, international and fast! I have made use of their combined expertise on many occasions over the years - not only to ID mystery plants, but insects as well ;-) Let us know when you find out - that's a pretty plant!

Douglas Hunt · Answer

I'm with Tammy. It looks like a kind of rain lily to me. I've never seen an onion with foliage or a flower like that.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

I am thinking Lycoris as well. Beautiful plant.

Flowerscapes Garden Design & Landscaping · Answer

The flower is similar to my pink miniature amarylis. I can't tell how large the leaves are from your picture to be sure and but I cant tell about the center without my reading glasses. If it is, I got mine tears ago mail order from Michigan Bulb Co. and share from my garden with friends and clients. The bulbs are small and very easy to break apart.

Debbie G · Answer

I think miniature amaryllis and rain lily are refer to the same plant by different people. And I'm fairly certain that is what this is.

Rosalie M · Answer

I really like this onion plant. Does anyone know if it is known at garden centers? I'd like to have that in my garden.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

@Rosalie M you will likely find onion plants as a bulb and the flower will look like a roundish pincushion with flowers. I am reasonably certain that the flower in the above picture is not in the onion family. You will find onions listed as Alliums in catalogs and on the web. If you click on this link you will find onions( alliums) https://store.brentandbeckysbulbs.com/spring/search/search.php?section=keyword&criteria=allium If you click on this link you will find the the rain lily (lycoris) which is what is in the above picture to be identified. http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Lycoris/Lycorislist.shtml

Rosalie M · Answer

Thanks so much. I will go on a hunt.

Rosalie M · Answer

That was a very fast response. It definitely is the Lycoris, pictured above, that I would want in my garden. It is such an unusual and pretty flower. I am very grateful for your immediate response. Perhaps it is helping others as well. I've said it before and I'll say it still: Hometalk is my favorite site since I have gotten hooked up to the web. Everyone I have encountered to date has been so helpful and kind. Thank you all.

Flowerscapes Garden Design & Landscaping · Answer

Don't know why did my pictures not post. Trying again

Flowerscapes Garden Design & Landscaping · Answer

Definitely not an onion. It was called in the Michigan Bulb catalogue 10-15 years ago Miniature Amarylis. I got this and Miniature Hollyhock called Party Girl. For years Party Girl reseeded, but not this year. I would love to find the seeds again or the plant.

Frances S · Answer

It's a day lilly

Linda Witt · Answer

http://www.edensblooms.com/product/Z12 Lyconis covers many lilies....I believe this one fits in there also. It looks like rain lily to me too. They are very prolific. I love to see them after the rains come in the summer.

Maria Elena Martinez · Answer

In S. FL they are known as Liriopes. They bloom after a heavy rain and they make great borders.

Katie Price · Answer

Looks like rain lilies (Zephyranthes). That is not the same as Liriope. Liriope flowers are nothing like rain lilies. I had them in my landscape in S. FL. They knew the difference between rain and irrigation water.

Barbara Little · Answer

We call these zephyr lilies. Glad to see more information on them.

Diane Rich · Answer

Love these...are they mail order only? I haven't seen them around here in MA.

Douglas Hunt · Answer

@Diane Rich , they are only hardy in Zones 7 and warmer, so would not make it through your winters in Springfield.

Laurie · Answer

these are Zephyranthes rain lilies for sure. I have some blooming in my garden right now. They come in pink, yellow and white. I think the pink are the most hardy and reliable.

Laurie · Answer

Also, they are a bulb. Check this link at Old House Gardens http://www.oldhousegardens.com/display.aspx?prod=SP28

Diane Rich · Answer

Laurie, thanks for the link. I will order some because they say the pot can be set in a basement in winter. If I can over winter them, that is wonderful. They are so beautiful and delicate looking.

MaeGatineau · Answer

it looks like the zephyranthes grandiflori to me when i went to the link old house gardens

April E · Answer

that is a VERY healthy Rain Lilie/Zephyranthes great job!

Barbara Little · Answer

My late grandmother had a pot of these and over the years her daughters-in-law, granddaughters, and granddaughters-in-law have all come to have a pot of their own from her original lilies. We all live in zone 5 so our lilies winter in our basements to be brought out in late spring for a repeat performance. I'm just to the point of dividing mine so that my now grown daughter can have a pot of her own to carry on the tradition.

Marilyn Highley · Answer

'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' Whatever your plant is, it is gorgeous!

MaeGatineau · Answer

This Zephyranthes Grandiflora  looks like my plant

MaeGatineau · Answer

this is what i found to be the nearest to the flower on my plant

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