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By jennyg

Nerine Flower

Garden Blip today. Nerine, I love these flowers, giving some autumn colour.

At bit about them.

Nerine is a genus comprising of about 30 species of flowering plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae Family, native to South Africa. This genus has been widely cultivated and hybridized and enjoys world wide dispersion.

Common names for the Nerine flower include Nerine Lily, Guersney Lily, Spider Lily, Cape Flower, Japanese Spider Lily and Jersey Lily.
Nerine Meaning

The genus name Nerine comes from the Greek word Nereus, meaning "sea sprite" or "wet one."


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