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Urginea maritima (syn. Drimia maritima) Bloom from October 7th, 2011.
I found mine at Lowes, last November. It was a giant, unmarked bulb - orphaned from it's display - which had been taken down and trashed. None of the employees had a clue what to call it, or how to price it. I got it for 5.99 - the price of a potted bulb of another type (daffs?) they were also selling at the time.
One of the other customers said 'Giant Squill,' so when I got home, I looked it up.
Glochids. The bane of the desert gardener.
Found on Opuntia species. Like this one:
You like that cool color echo on the cinderblock fence? Found that item on large trash day. Somebody took the time to cut that out of masonite and color it a lovely mettalic copper. And then they threw it away. I love large trash day.
More pictures:
A little betta ceramic by Wade (a Red Rose tea lagniappe) amidst the haworthia [H. attenuata]. Very under-the-sea in feel. I love these together.
A relative of cotton. It makes these little teeny tiny bolls. Very cute. Reliable in desert heat, but a scraggly looking plant. Blossoms for just a few hours. All the more lovely for it's scarcity.
Pomegranate with rusting spiral. This is the miniature pom {Punica granatum 'Nana'}. I picked this plant up at Trader Joe's two or more years ago. It does fine under the patio overhang.
(Stick with me, kid. I'll teach you new words. You like new words, don't you?)
