I was traveling in Takehara - Hommachi, Japan. I saw these beautiful hibiscus / lily-like plants. Would anyone happen to know what this plant is?
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I met @KidneySaurus at a birthday party yesterday and saw photos of the red flower. The stock looks a bit like an asiatic lilly, it is not a flower i’m familiar with.
Without specific description, it is very hard to figure out. Does it look like this?
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Hibiscus
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The OP @KidneySaurus has not posted the pic of the flower in question so we really don’t know until the OP shows the pic.
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Yes it’s a hibiscus. I saw this variety in Jamaica and was wondering why in the world (literally) this isn’t widely sold in the US. If so I haven’t seen it. I would buy this over our standard variety any day.
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I posted a picture. I haven’t had the best internet recently, but hopefully that should be fixed soon
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That is a very nice red flower. It is hard to believe we cannot get them in the USA. They look a lot like asiatic lillies in many ways as i mentioned.
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@clarkinks, it not a red Asiatic lily? It reminds me of a red version of a tiger lily. Here’s an Internet picture of the red Asiatic lily:
[edited to add another picture]
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@Audi_o_phile @mamuang @Shibumi @Richard @mrsg47
Maybe they are a taller than normal type of asiatic lilly?
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It looks like Asiatic lily to me. I am not surprised if Japanese one is a bit different.
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Asiatic lilies are hybrids with multiple species in their ancestry and therefore quite variable. There’s nothing about the lilies pictured that indicates they’re anything other than asiatic lilies.
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One of the best sources of lilies/ hybrids I know of.
I even had 6’ tall hybrids from her, (Shererazade) I think was one of them.
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Sounds like most people are now thinking it is a type of asiatic lilly. We will try to figure out which one. How tall was it?
Asian lily
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