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Red Spider Lily - Lycoris Radiata :

The red spider lily has many aliases; they are Spider Lily, Naked Lily, and Red Spider Lily. The scientific name of a red spider lily is Lycoris radiata. It can not reproduce sexually.

The plant has both sexes and when they produce they just randomly assort their chromosomes so that there is no order to the assignment to each plant. Since there is no order in the chromosomes assortment that means the plant is sterile. The only way for the plant to reproduce is by bulb division.

In late summer, most often during September, red spider lilies will begin to sprout and bloom. The stems and flower buds quickly emerge reaching their height in about a week. Since they often go unnoticed until they are in full bloom, it is a surprise when all of the flowers appear because it happens in such a short period of time. There is no foliage present during this time.

The flower stems are about eighteen inches tall. At the top a each stem is where the flowers bloom. The red spider lily has six to eight red flowers that grow outwards, and they all bloom at the same time. The individual flowers combined create an illusion of being one large flower that is over seven inches in diameter.