Germinating Rain Lily Seeds

Zephyranthes, also known as rain lily, propagates through producing offsets or through seeds.

However, from my experience, Zephyranthes Citrina, bright yellow-coloured rain lily, do not produce offsets, but will produce 10-25 seeds from one seedpod.

My first experience with germinating seeds from Z. Citrina happened more than a year ago ... I was trying my luck by just planting the seeds in a pot next to my Agavae.

The seed pod, just splitted and ready to be harvested


The seeds, there were 12 seeds from the one and only seedpod, harvested on 16th July 2008


Then, a week later, to my pleasant surprise, needle-like leaves were seen growing


And on day 17, they grow even longer ....


And this is on day 37


Then I moved them to a bigger pot and forget about it. And they still survive without much care from me :-)

Hippeastrum Orange Rascal

My cutest hippeastrum yet, blooms measuring about 2 inches on a tiny scape, just slightly bigger than my rain lilies







Next to a ruler


Next to Roseum


Next to my rain lily, Zephyranthes Citrina

Zephyranthes Candida

Another rain lily species ... white




An this is Z Citrina and Z Reginae side by side

Zephyranthes Grandiflora

These rain lilies are small, yet if a row of them are in bloom, they are a sight to behold

Special, with 8 petals

Zephyranthes Citrina, part 2

Better photoshots of this lovely rain lily

Zephyranthes Citrina

Caught me by surprise ... after a period heavy rain last week, these small bulbs that I planted on the ground have been pushing up scapes, some with three to a bulb, and the colour is a bright yellow which is different than the one I bought from a different nursery, which is a pale yellow ...





The other species, Z. Reginae, a pale yellow

Zephyranthes, a bunch!

Copied from my Fotopage

Easy to grow, multiply easily and will bloom after period of heavy rains, hence the name, rain lily. This time featured as cut flowers!







This morning, I noticed that they came with different petal counts, some with 6, some with 7 and some even with 8 petals

6 petals


7 petals


8 petals