Crinum blossoms!

 Hello, everyone. 

It's still in the 90's (F) at almost 5 pm, but my crinum lily has something to say:

This lily was here when we came. Last summer it threw a lot of bloom stalks. This summer,  with drought and a hot July, the blooms are coming later.

This is a baby crinum bulb. It's supposed to be the "milk and wine lily" type, with burgundy stripes down the middle of each petal. As I just got it this year (last bulb in the store bin) it's too young to bloom.

But I have hopes.

Coming soon, an update on the Singer 66 sewing machine reconditioning.