Please I.D. This Flower

Deborah · April 27, 2016

There's an outdoor plant at work that looks like an iris but the flowers are white and tubular shaped like the flowers of a trumpet vine. No fragrance. Anyone know what it is?

AlittleSalt · April 28, 2016

Deborah, can you take a picture of it tomorrow? I can think of several flowers that are white and look somewhat like a trumpet vine. If it blooms later in the day - it may be a moonflower.

Deborah · April 28, 2016

The plant/leaves look exactly like an iris. I thought it might be a tuberose but there's no fragrance at all.

dmforcier · April 28, 2016

Native orchid?

Really need a picture.

Deborah · April 28, 2016

I'm shall we say... tech challenged. If somebody will explain AGAIN how to post pictures from a cell phone I'll give it a try.

dmforcier · April 28, 2016

Hee hee. I'm not exactly technically challenged, but I don't have a smart phone.

By choice, I might add.

luigiwu · April 28, 2016

not a Calla Lily, right?

Deborah · April 28, 2016

No, not a calla lily. The flowers are pure bright white, shaped like the flowers of a trumpet vine but bigger. This is driving me crazy! I can take a picture and take my phone to the garden center, but I thought I'd ask here first. I can't pick a flower because the plant is in the yard of the lady I take care of. (I'm a caregiver)

Labradors2 · April 28, 2016

Sounds like a white penstemon, but the leaves are wrong.

Deborah · April 28, 2016

Hang on, I'll Google.

Cole_Robbie · April 28, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deborah

I'm shall we say... tech challenged. If somebody will explain AGAIN how to post pictures from a cell phone I'll give it a try.

I am yet to get a smart phone. With my old phone, I send the pic as a text message, but enter my email address instead of a phone number.

Deborah · April 28, 2016

Google-nothing even close. I called my favorite garden center and they didn't know either but suggested bringing them a picture. Since I'll be there Saturday to buy fuchsias I hope they can identify this plant so I can get some sleep!

Deborah · April 28, 2016

By the way, imagine a daylily, leaves, budding stems and all BUT white tubular flowers bigger than a trumpet vine flower.

Starlight · April 28, 2016

Are the flowers individual or on a raceme that opens up one at a time?

No cell phone here so can't help with the pic part.

I had thought Penstemon too. What about Foxglove?

Deborah · April 28, 2016

No, everything about the plant is EXACTLY like a daylily but with white tubular flowers.

April 27, 2016	#1
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Please I.D. This Flower There's an outdoor plant at work that looks like an iris but the flowers are white and tubular shaped like the flowers of a trumpet vine. No fragrance. Anyone know what it is? __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 28, 2016	#3
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	The plant/leaves look exactly like an iris. I thought it might be a tuberose but there's no fragrance at all. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 28, 2016	#5
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	I'm shall we say... tech challenged. If somebody will explain AGAIN how to post pictures from a cell phone I'll give it a try. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 28, 2016	#7
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	not a Calla Lily, right? __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

April 28, 2016	#8
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	No, not a calla lily. The flowers are pure bright white, shaped like the flowers of a trumpet vine but bigger. This is driving me crazy! I can take a picture and take my phone to the garden center, but I thought I'd ask here first. I can't pick a flower because the plant is in the yard of the lady I take care of. (I'm a caregiver) __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 28, 2016	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Deborah, can you take a picture of it tomorrow? I can think of several flowers that are white and look somewhat like a trumpet vine. If it blooms later in the day - it may be a moonflower.

April 28, 2016	#4
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Native orchid? Really need a picture.

April 28, 2016	#9
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,886	Sounds like a white penstemon, but the leaves are wrong.

April 28, 2016	#10
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Hang on, I'll Google. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 28, 2016	#14
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Are the flowers individual or on a raceme that opens up one at a time? No cell phone here so can't help with the pic part. I had thought Penstemon too. What about Foxglove?

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