Dunedin, Florida: Hammock Park Butterfly Garden Beautiful Red Flower

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I had the pleasure of strolling the new Butterfly Garden at Hammock Park during lunch one day recently. It was there I came upon this brilliant, beautiful red flower. It reminds me of some sort of Hibiscus, but please don't quote me on that. Either way, it is a very pretty blossom, and I have no doubt that it must be quite attractive to butterflies.

The Butterfly Garden at Hammock Park was created by the Friends of the Hammock group, and is very nicely done. I suspect it will only become more and more wonderful as it becomes more established. This is a real treasure of a park, and I would encourage you to join Friends of the Hammock to help support it.
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Dunedin, Florida: Rain Lily - Zephyr Lily

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It seemed like such simple thing... take a picture of a beautiful flower blooming in someone's front yard. Well, that was the simple part! Trying to convert my knowledge of its common name into a website link for the post was another adventure altogether.

There are lots and LOTS of plants that have very similar names to Rain Lily and Zephyr Lily. Also, once you narrow it down, you find LOTS of different versions of the family. I believe the scientific name of this beautiful plant is Zephyranthes grandiflora. That is according to information I found on the USDA Plants Database website. Anybody out there know different?
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