Rain Lilies or Zephyranthes are plants when once planted will live forever in your garden. Over time, every single bulb will establish a sizable clump to reward us with its mass blooming effect. I have two varieties; the pink called Z. rosea while the white is tagged Z. candidia.
Here a Common Green Darner dragonfly (Anax junius) is totally engrossed with a Zephyranthes candida.
The six-petaled white flowers sprout like mushrooms after our heavy tropical showers, thus they are sometimes refered to as Thunder lilies.
A row of blooms standing erect alongside a boulder.
The six-petaled white flowers sprout like mushrooms after our heavy tropical showers, thus they are sometimes refered to as Thunder lilies.
A row of blooms standing erect alongside a boulder.
Being fast multiplying bulbs, the original borderline clumps has spread inwards, forming a thicker border.
Here they border some ...
... Ixora coccinea 'sunkist' shrubs.
Here they border some ...
The flower appear dramatic with golden stamens arising from the flower's green throat. Ants are gatherers here too.
A Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus) seeked a brief respite from the harsh mid-day sun.
Zephyranthes rosea appear to bloom less frequently than its white cousins. Both however, have pristine white pistils.
