Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa it was botanically described from

it was botanically described from a cultivated specimen (a no-no) and never known from the wild

Here in the lower Piedmont of NC

The drier the soil

Dryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla' is an old English selection of Dryopteris filix-mas

but overlooked

Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa it was botanically described fromCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,