'Queen Emma' (Crinum augustum). Queen Emma was the wife of Kamehameha IV.Our last visit to the Houston Zoo showed a great deal of magnificent plants. Ronnie took some great pictures. One of them was a 6 foot tall spider lily.
So I went web surfing for several weeks with a just a picture on hand, not knowing what it was, I found one on ebay Wohoo. I am not quite convinced this is for real because rare plants are rare plants and they usually cost more than $10 unless they are a pest "there".
Cross fingers we got lucky :)
They grow like weeds here in Hawaii. A little on the slow growing side. I ignore mine and it does just fine.
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