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Can anyone identify this lovely red flower?

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Papi Jo said:
    Hi @Evecake That could be Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’, with its petals larger than the "normal" Schizostylis coccinea. See https://www.perennials.com/plants/schizostylis-coccinea-major.html
    Apart from being politically correct, another good reason to prefer the scientific/botanical names over the common names is that the latter can be applied to more than one species. Just found out that this is the case with "Kaffir lily", which can be either the Clivia miniata or the Hesperantha coccinea (formerly Schizostylis coccinea). ;)
    I've got a pale pink (almost white) Hesperantha coccinea specimen in my garden (in Brittany, France) which is in flower at odd times of the year, but mostly in autumn. Here's a pic.

    Sorry to be picky but to be Botanically correct 
    ALL Schizosylis are now in Hesperantha...the name was changed several years ago.
    So this could well be larger flowered one but that now makes it ...
    Hesperantha coccinea Major.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/303127/Crimson-flag-lily-Major/Details


    Hi @Silver surfer Being a picky person myself... I did mention in my post that Schizolostylis have been re-named Hesperanta. Which makes the name easier to pronounce and write. ;)
  • cowslip2cowslip2 Posts: 137
    Oh dear, I had no idea. My excuse is, I am very much of the older generation! Old habits die hard...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited November 2020
    cowslip2 said:
    Oh dear, I had no idea. My excuse is, I am very much of the older generation! Old habits die hard...
    You are far from alone cowslip, I grew up calling it the same name.
     I had no idea how very offensive it was..... it was just the common name.
    It was on here recently that @Dove posted, saying how  very offensive it was to her family, that  I took it on board.
    Sadly I cannot find that post.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    It is a minefield today, isn't it (I thought it has the same etymology as kefir - fermented yoghurt - it seems it doesn't)? What about kaffir lime? I guess we won't see it described as citrus hystrix in cookbooks, although I usually call it simply Thai lime.
    Wikipedia says "The etymology of the name "kaffir lime" is uncertain."
    Here is a longer article for anyone interested: https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/kaffir-lime-racist-murky-origins-suggest-a-racial-slur-might-be-responsible-for-the-fruits-name.html
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I didn't know it was a "heinous racial slur" in much of the world either.
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