flower query

[celticdragonfly]

Okay, anybody want to identify this flower? It's something from a bulb, I can tell that much.



There's a closeup here

It sprouted and blossomed in the planter area in front of our house, next to the "porch" area.

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Another idea

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

Looks like the amaryllis my sister gave me for Christmas. Beautiful, aren't they?

They aren't hardy up north here, but I can apparently keep it indoors all summer, put it in a dark place in the fall, and it will bloom again next year sometime. (Probably after I put the Xmas decorations away, which is what I did with it this year.) You're lucky that you can grow them outside, which would be much easier.